Connector:  Angulalik’s Life through a Timeline

Stephen Angulalik was a remarkable person. His skills and knowledge as a hunter and leader were legendary among his people, the Inuit.  In the following activity, students will gain an appreciation for Angulalik’s life by making a timeline.

1. Gather the following materials:

clothes pins

                        string

                        scissors (one pair per group of 3-4 students)

                        time line cards (student copy)*

                        time line cards (teacher copy)*

                  map of the Kitikmeot (class set)

* included in materials section

2. Photocopy a set of the time-line cards for each group of 3 or 4 students.  The time-line cards, marked ‘student copy’, are mixed up.  The ‘teacher copy’ has the cards in the correct order.
3. Hand out a copy of the time-line cards to each group. Have the students cut the cards.  Ask them to lay out the cards in the order which they think the events described on each card occurred.
4. Hang a string in the classroom (like a clothes line) either along one wall or up high through the middle of the room.  When they are finished, ask one group to hang their copy of the timeline cards in chronological order along the string.  Ask the rest of the class if they agree on the order.
5. Once you have checked the order, hand out the cards that state what year each event occurred and how old Angulalik was when it happened. Only the teacher copy has these events dated. Keep this clothesline up to refer to in other activities.
6. Hand out a copy of the map of Nunavut and the Kitikmeot region to each student.   Alternatively, put the map on an overhead projector or digital overhead projector, and mark where each place is as you go through the cards.  For many students the names will be new and challenging to pronounce.  Encourage the students to say the words out loud.  As the proper pronunciation is not evident for some place names, students who want to say the words correctly can learn to do so by clicking on the hyperlinks in the attached map.

7.   Extension:  To learn more about the traditional place names complete the activity What’s in a Name? found in the Junior High Module.

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