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Traditional Foods

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Yupiit School District

5

Social Studies

Traditional Foods

Grade

Subject

Unit Title

The students will learn how food was stored and preserved in earlier times.

1 week

One-Sentence Summary

Time to Complete

Standard
C. A student should develop the skills and processes of historical inquiry.

Detailed Description
The student will research types of food storage used by people in villages.
The student will draw pictures of storages.
The students will write vocabulary.
The students will write reports on storages and types of food and make miniature fish caches out of willows and wood.
Student will do research asking elders in villages how they store food. Compile a word list. Write summaries of different ways of storing food.
Student discussion regarding food storages to today's food storages. Relate these to the earlier times.

Task Management Skill
Technology: Works with a variety of technologies

Vocabulary

puckaq-barrel
lagyaq-storage house
ellivik-cache
teqaq-hole in ground
kanartat-dried lush fish
kinengyiit-dried meat, etc.
ulligtat-split fish
tepet-fermented fish
tepngayiiq
qassayagaat-fermented white fish
puyurtat-smoked
sulunat-salted fish, meat
uksuartaat-fish caught early fall
kumlanret-frozen fish
kuusgutet-grass baskets
qemiitaat-animal hanged by head
igyamcuut-fish esophagus
nuvat-stringed fish
neqkiurat-fermented fish eggs
yayussat-fermented fish dried
tamuanat-dried fish without smoking

EFG
Primary Domain

Detailed Description
The student will research types of food storage used by people in villages.
The student will draw pictures of storages.
The students will write vocabulary.
The students will write reports on storages and types of food and make miniature fish caches out of willows and wood.
Student will do research asking elders in villages how they store food. Compile a word list. Write summaries of different ways of storing food.
Student discussion regarding food storages to today's food storages. Relate these to the earlier times.

Domain Outcomes

P1. Read to Understand
Core Skills: reading, information acquisition and management, annalytical thinking

P2. Complete a Mathematical Analysis

P3. Create a Map, Graph, or Chart

P4. Demonstrate Competency in World Languages

P5. Action research project with a team approach:

P6. Utilize one form of technology:

P7. Develop Creative Expression:

P8. Write a report:

P9. Make an Oral Presentation:

Partnerships

Career Investigations

Community Service Options:

Internet Questions:

Grade5

SubjectSocial Studies

Date Created2/12/1997

Unit TitleTraditional Foods

Date Modified3/24/2000

Time to Complete1 week

Cultural ConceptThe students will learn the importance of the traditional food in the Yupik Culture.

Outcome Area
Traditions/Family

State Standard
C. A student should develop the skills and processes of historical inquiry.

District Outcome 1:
5. Understand the life of the first Americans.

District Outcome 2:

Detailed Description:
The student will research types of food storage used by people in villages.
The student will draw pictures of storages.
The students will write vocabulary.
The students will write reports on storages and types of food and make miniature fish caches out of willows and wood.
Student will do research asking elders in villages how they store food. Compile a word list. Write summaries of different ways of storing food.
Student discussion regarding food storages to today's food storages. Relate these to the earlier times.

Specific Grading Critieria:
>Student discussion comparing food storage to today's food storage methods. Relate these to the earlier times.

General Grading Critieria:
> Format and organization

SCAN Skill
Technology: Works with a variety of technologies

Resources
1. people - village elders, parents, relatives.
2. materials- charts, papers, pencils,, pictures.
3. information- parents, community
4. equipment- wood, grass, moss, and other source of land plants.

Specific Grading Critieria>Student discussion comparing food storage to today's food storage methods. Relate these to the earlier times.

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