New ! A kit up to your class !
Experience life in a Huron-Wendat village! Through quiz, crafts, planting and observations, your students will learn more about the diet and the 16th century Huron-Wendat way of life.
This educational kit will allow you to explore the world of food among the Huron-Wendat. As part of the proposed activities, your students will learn about a semi-sedentary Iroquoian nation and its way of life around 1500. More specifically, students will explore:
- Foods originating from North America and the eating habits of the Wendat;
- Horticulture and its importance in a semi-sedentary indigenous society around 1500;
- The role of different social groups (women, men, children) within a Wendat society around 1500;
- The three sisters and their culture;
- The rate of development of plants;
- The consumption, processing and conservation of food grown by the Wendat around 1500
Learning areas: Social world; Arts; Languages; Mathematic, science and technology
Subject areas: Geography; History and Citizenship education; Plastic Arts, Science and technology
Disciplinary skills: The Three Sisters allows students to:
- Develop attitudes of openness to the world and respect for diversity
- Locate in space and time (occupied territories)
- Organize and transform the living (associate the parts of a plant with their general function, describe the stages and name the essential needs for plant growth)
Technical needs (material provided by the school):
- PowerPoint presentation equipment: screen, projector, speakers connected to a computer with USB port or a personal computer per student
- 2 tables of 6 feet to place the material
- A pair of scissors and a dark pencil per student
- A tub of lukewarm water* (*only if doll activity is extra)
