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Canadian students are a diverse group. Some may currently come from a trapping, hunting or farming culture which is quite connected with the seasons. Others may be only one or two generations removed from these types of activities while others still may not relate at all. However, no matter how connected we are as a society or as individuals to the natural cycles, we all have yearly cycles. For example, starting school in the fall or summer holidays (note, the school cycle follows the harvest seasons as youth were needed during the busy farming season which is why there was no school in the summer).
To get students thinking about their seasonal round complete the following:
1. Using a different colour from the one they used in the opener activity, ask students to write or draw what they do in each of the seasons.
2. Discuss what is similar and what is different about how the land was used then and how they use the land now.
3. Do they know their family history? Do they or did their parents or grandparents need to pay more attention to the seasons? If yes, how? If no, why not?
4. Mathew Ehaloak is from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. If possible find a seasonal description from one of the Elders from your community and repeat the activity.
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