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Classroom Guide for
Vanishing Cultures: Frozen Land

by Jan Reynolds

Far North

Vocabulary
Write the following words on the chalkboard and review their meanings with students. Then have students search through the book to find a photograph or place on the map that illustrates each word.

inlet     caribou igloo windbreak
bay ptarmigan     disguised     angled

After Reading
Discussion Questions
Use these or similar questions to generate discussion and deepen/extend understanding. Encourage students to refer back to the text and photographs to support their responses.
  1. How do the Inuit fish? How do they hunt?
  2. How do the caribou help the Inuit meet their needs?
  3. What kind of transportation do the Inuit use?
  4. How does Kenalogak’s father find his way without a compass?
  5. Why is it important for Kenalogak’s grandparents to build a new igloo?

Writing Activities
You may wish to assign one or more of these activities for students to complete. Set aside time for them to share and present their work.

  1. Suppose you are a weather broadcaster in the Northwest Territories. Write a weather report for the Inuit at Qamanituaq.
  2. Kenalogak and Aretak like to invent games. Invent a game that they could play in the snow. Describe the game and explain how to play it.
  3. Imagine you are visiting the family of Kenalogak and Aretak. Use your imagination to write a sensory description of your visit. What smells, sounds, and tastes do you experience? What sights do you see? What things do you touch? Use the text and photographs in the book to help you.

Interdisciplinary Activities
You may wish to use some of the following activities to help students integrate their reading experiences with other curriculum areas.

Social Studies
  1. Have students find Lapland or Finmark (a province of Norway) on a world map or globe. Then ask students to find the answers to questions such as: On what continent is Lapland? What pole is it near? What imaginary line is it near? What bodies of water border it?
  2. Discuss the role of a shaman for the Sami. What persons in our culture do some of the things a shaman does?

Science
Review how camouflage helps the ptarmigan and hare blend into their landscape and escape from predators. Have students research other examples of animal camouflage and make a bulletin board display.

Math
Ask students to search for geometric shapes in the photographs. For example, challenge them to find a rectangle, triangle, circle, semicircle, oval, cylinder, and pentagon.

Art
Remind students that Jan Reynolds is the photographer as well as the author of these books. Have students look at the photographs to explore the effects of shadow, light and dark, color, perspective, texture, and composition.

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