The Inuit & Alaska

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Two years ago we studied the Inuit people of Alaska, their homeland of Alaska, and unique animals to their area...whales. This Certificate of Adoption signifies that our class volunteered to adopt the Humpback Whale, Noumea.  Noumea is believed to be about 40 to 45 feet long and weighs about 40 tons -- or as much as 500 average sized people!
 
            This is a picture of our Inuit village and whale scene.

This is student work created from listening to audio sounds of whales.  Students were to draw lines throughout the audio sounds according to what they heard.

Each year we still study the Inuit people, and the geography of Alaska. However, with the change of classrooms and curriculum our focus of this unit also changes. We still study the people because the Inuit people are such a unique Native American group, especially when you live in the Midwest. We also study the history and geography of Alaska which is again very different than what we experience in Indiana. However, now our animal focus includes all of the unique animals of Alaska, such as the Musk Ox, Moose, Caribou, and the Snow Owl. Also during this thematic unit the classroom participates in guided reading of the book Stone Fox and the read aloud focus is the book Julie of the Wolves. We have a great time engrossing ourselves with the Inuit and Alaska during this month long thematic unit.

Last updated on November 4, 2002
by
Jennifer Fox & Kelly Kirkbride