Brainstorm: What is culture?

Write down as many words or phrases as you can think of!

Culture: The whole way of life of a group of people

Today’s Agenda:

1. Class Discussion: What is culture? What is our culture? What is your individual culture?

2. What is the culture of the Netsilik people?

Elements of Culture:Take 10 minutes to describe YOUR culture!

Religion/beliefs:

Customs/traditions:

Art/music/dance/literature:

Family structure:

Technology:

Native Americans of North America: Each tribe has a different culture

Who are the Netsilik People?

The Netsilik people are part of the Inuit (Eskimo) people of the Arctic regions of

Canada and Alaska.

Netsilik Inuit

1. What does this film tell you about Netsilik life?

2. In what ways are these people like you?

3. Does anything in the film surprise you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-cYeWjQsOE (watch film minutes 1-8)

Netsilik songs and stories:

As the Eskimo hunter and his family silently cross the tundra, their thoughts are many. Some may be unique, reflecting their personal experiences,

others are likely based on knowledge and experiences shared by all Netsilik people.

What are the beliefs shared by all Netsilik people?

Tales of the Netsilik: Thunder and Lightning

1. What does this story tell us about the Netsilik inner world?

2. Why would the Netsilik want to explain these things?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j3qBKZKsds

The Earth and the People

With your group:• Read the story aloud

• Discuss the following questions:

1. What do these songs and stories tell us about the Netsilik inner world?

2. Why would the Netsilik want to explain these things?

How do Netsilik beliefs compare to other cultures?

All people wonder how their world came to be.

Can you think of other ways we explain the origin of the earth?

What is one animal that lived with early people in America?

Which region?

What is archaeology?

What river is a tributary of the Mississippi?

What is an artifact?

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

What is the Beringia Theory?

Which river is A?

What is the main artifact of the Clovis Period?

Which region?

Where is Cactus Hill located?

Map Game!

Map Game: World