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Quiz #2

Post-Quiz Reflections:

• What did you score on each quiz?• What were we EXPERTS about?• What did we have VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE

about?• What does this say about western culture?• What are some DANGERS to not knowing

more about our local and global environment?• How is this an activity about SUSTAINABILITY?

INTRODUCTION:What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge?

• Environmental information and skills evolved over centuries of living as part of the environment

• Knowledge of earth and how it works: e.g. plant and animal behaviour, cycles, habitat needs, interdependence, cycles and changes in the earth and sky

• Promotes environmental values and sustainability

Making as much money as possible

Preserving what we have for future generations

Living in harmony with nature

Using resources to create a prosperous economy

Living in a way that is sustainable

Considering the needs of animals, plants and wildlife

Putting human needs first at all times

Looking at the bigger picture

Living in the moment and not worrying about the future

Using no more than is necessary

1. Work with a partner. All the cards show different values and beliefs about the environment and our relationship to it. Cut them out.

2. Discuss each one in turn. Do you agree with it or not? Why?

3. When you have discussed all the cards, try to put them in order from most to least important for creating a sustainable future. You must come to consensus on the ranking. Then glue your cards on the pyramid with your most important card at the top.

4. You are not allowed to place more than two cards equal to each other…and be ready to justify your choices!

Card Sort Activity

TEK:Reimagining Canada

Western Economic Values VS.Traditional Environmental Values

How is TEK different from Western Values?

Continue working with your partner and read The Role of Place and Landscape article together before answering these questions:

1. In what ways are the meaning of: landscape and arctic different in Inuit culture from how we have learned about these terms?

2. What is Avatimik Kamattiarniq? HIGHLIGHT and DISCUSS2 examples of how it is practiced by Inuit people?

TEK ChallengeWHAT IF learning TEK was the ultimate human purpose?

How might this be achieved?

In your partner group, Create a MIND MAP that demonstrates your ideas on the following (Choose ONE):

How might Canada’s ______________ be different in the future if it were to adopt TEK as a guiding principle:

1. Schools2. Government3. Economy4. Leisure Activities (free-time, entertainment)

Be Creative – include sketches, doodles, and colour to make your ideas stand out. Really try to imagine what it would look, and feel, and sound like.

Mind Map Samples

Exit Ticket

• What is one thing we could do in our neighbourhood to promote Traditional Ecological Knowledge? – Be creative, what could you introduce, promote

awareness about, etc.)• How might we benefit from this learning? – Discuss 1-2 positive outcomes that might result

from this activity and how it would improve our neighbourhood in the future.

Review Questions• What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge? How is it passed on? • How are TEK values different from the dominant western values

that influence our political, economical and social systems. (e.g. Living in harmony with nature vs. putting humans needs at all times)

• Discuss an example TEK and how it is used. (e.g. salting salmon to preserve it)

• What is Avatimik Kamattiarniq? Discuss 2 examples of how it is practiced by Inuit people?

• In what ways might our country benefit from adopting TEK principles? (e.g. in governance, education, leisure activities, etc.) Discuss