Yukon Curriculum Connections
Arts Education
CH8.2 Analyze the influence of social issues on the work of contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists, and share results.
We achieved this when we were at the Cultural Center in Dawson City. The Han people created a dance to bring back the salmon to their lands, and they still sing and dance for the salmon today.
CH8.4 Examine and respond to the work of artists who incorporate more than one art form in their work (e.g., combining poetry and music).
We did this outcome when we were viewing a dance and song at the cultural center in Dawson. The First Nations people there did a “Welcome Dance” for us and they used drums, a dance, and a song all mixed into one!
English Language Arts
CR8.5 Listen critically to understand, gather information, follow directions, form an opinion, and analyze oral presentations for diverse opinions, presenter’s point of view, values, and biases, stereotypes, or prejudices.
To achieve this, we went to the Interpretive Center in Tombstone, and received a presentation from some First Nations elders. They told us about their perspectives on the land, and the issues that connect to their land and their people.
CC8.8 Write to describe a landscape scene; to narrate a personal story or anecdote and a historical narrative; to explain and inform in a presentation of findings, a biography, a documented research report, and a résumé and covering letter; and to persuade in a mini-debate and a review.
To accomplish this outcome, we were to write a 5 page reflection on every day that we were situated in the Yukon. We went on many hikes, so to capture the moment in those hikes, we wrote to describe a landscape, such as the tundra, boreal forests, or mountain ranges.
Health Education
USC8.6 Examine and assess the concept of sustainability from many perspectives, and develop an understanding of its implications for the well-being of self, others, and the environment.
We did this when we talked with the people from Bean North. They told us how they wanted to make coffee a powerful thing that can positively change the world. They wanted to make it sustainable, to have fair trade with their co-op, and healthy for the workers and people taking in the coffee.
USC8.1 Analyze and establish effective strategies of support for purposes of helping others increase health-enhancing behaviours.
We accomplished this outcome when we got a presentation form the people at Bean North Coffee Roasting. They told us how the farmers who farm the coffee in southern countries are not paid fairly, so they use fair trade, which helps the communities out a lot more so that they can have money for health care and schooling. They also only use organic matter to farm instead of herbicides and pesticides because it is easier on the community.
Physical Education
PE8.1 Create, implement, evaluate, and revise a personal health-related fitness plan targeting the health-related fitness components of cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility that involves setting goals for improvement, applies the F.I.T.T. principle (Frequency, Intensity, Type of activity, and Time), and incorporates daily moderate to vigorous movement activity.
To do this, we went hiking every day. Hiking to the summit of a mountain sure gets your heart, breathing, and muscles going. We made plans and goals to make sure that we could have breaks at times, but still arrive at the peak of the mountain!
PE8.2 Apply an understanding of how to positively affect the major muscle groups (e.g., biceps, triceps, pectorals, abdominals, quadriceps, hamstrings) while clarifying an understanding of the effects of exercise and inactivity on the muscular system (e.g., increased/decreased strength, increased/decreased lean muscle, increased/decreased elasticity, increased/decreased muscle tone).
We accomplished this when we went on a hike at 5 Finger Rapids. We hiked up and down stairs, and on open terrain to improve our muscle groups. People hike up and down stairs to improve muscle, but they don’t know how it feels to hike up and down mountains to improve the muscles.
Practical and Applied Arts
We did PAA when we had to create our meals every day. We had to learn to use a stove, how long it took to boil water, what foods went bad faster and which foods lasted, how to cook those foods, and how to create a healthy meal plan with good calories and health benefits!
We also accomplished Practical and Applied Arts when we created a campfire one night. We had to gather tinder, kindling, and good fire wood. We also had to get the fire going with matches. This will be very helpful if we are ever in the wilderness, or if we have a fireplace in our house.
Science
FD8.4 Identify and interpret the scientific principles underlying the functioning of natural and constructed fluid systems. [CP, SI]
To achieve this, we looked at a river near our campsite. We saw how fast the water was flowing, and the earth around the water. We weren’t allowed to go to close or else the ground could have broken, due to how fast the water was!
WS8.1 Analyze the impact of natural and human-induced changes to the characteristics and distribution of water in local, regional, and national ecosystems. [CP,DM]
We achieved this when we received a presentation form a few ladies at our Mess Hall. They told us about climate change in their community, and how one massive lake where they get a lot of salmon from drained in 36 hours due to the intense heat they have been getting. That is very unusual for them, and alarming.
Social Studies
DR8.3 Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity
To do this, we received a presentation from Allison at the Cultural Centre in Dawson. She talked about how in her culture a long time ago, when the Gold Rush was on, a chief named Chief Isaac had a vision saying that his people would lose their culture with many new people coming, so he took all of his culture to Alaska, and after the Gold Rush, the Han people went back to Alaska to re-learn their culture. They are still learning new song and dance right now!
PA8.2 Examine the role of power and authority in the application of diverse decision-making processes in a variety of contexts.
To achieve this, we researched the case at the Peel Watershed. The government and the First Nations made an agreement that 80% of the Peel will be protected, and this took 7 years. Then all of the sudden, the government switched that and said that only 20% of the Peel is protected. The government (power) completely switched a 7 year process without negotiating with the First Nations.
Religion
We experienced religion when we received a presentation from the Tr’ondek Hwech’in people in Tombstone. They told us many of their cultural practiced, including how they make decisions, how they view the land, and how their spirituality connects to the Creator.
We also experienced religion when we were on a solo at Muncho Lake Provincial Park, BC. We saw how connecting to the land makes your spirituality grow immensely. Sitting by the lake made me see the beauty of what God has created, and showed me how nature is so much more important to protect than the cities and development because that is God’s creation and it is so beautiful.
Arts Education
CH8.2 Analyze the influence of social issues on the work of contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists, and share results.
We achieved this when we were at the Cultural Center in Dawson City. The Han people created a dance to bring back the salmon to their lands, and they still sing and dance for the salmon today.
CH8.4 Examine and respond to the work of artists who incorporate more than one art form in their work (e.g., combining poetry and music).
We did this outcome when we were viewing a dance and song at the cultural center in Dawson. The First Nations people there did a “Welcome Dance” for us and they used drums, a dance, and a song all mixed into one!
English Language Arts
CR8.5 Listen critically to understand, gather information, follow directions, form an opinion, and analyze oral presentations for diverse opinions, presenter’s point of view, values, and biases, stereotypes, or prejudices.
To achieve this, we went to the Interpretive Center in Tombstone, and received a presentation from some First Nations elders. They told us about their perspectives on the land, and the issues that connect to their land and their people.
CC8.8 Write to describe a landscape scene; to narrate a personal story or anecdote and a historical narrative; to explain and inform in a presentation of findings, a biography, a documented research report, and a résumé and covering letter; and to persuade in a mini-debate and a review.
To accomplish this outcome, we were to write a 5 page reflection on every day that we were situated in the Yukon. We went on many hikes, so to capture the moment in those hikes, we wrote to describe a landscape, such as the tundra, boreal forests, or mountain ranges.
Health Education
USC8.6 Examine and assess the concept of sustainability from many perspectives, and develop an understanding of its implications for the well-being of self, others, and the environment.
We did this when we talked with the people from Bean North. They told us how they wanted to make coffee a powerful thing that can positively change the world. They wanted to make it sustainable, to have fair trade with their co-op, and healthy for the workers and people taking in the coffee.
USC8.1 Analyze and establish effective strategies of support for purposes of helping others increase health-enhancing behaviours.
We accomplished this outcome when we got a presentation form the people at Bean North Coffee Roasting. They told us how the farmers who farm the coffee in southern countries are not paid fairly, so they use fair trade, which helps the communities out a lot more so that they can have money for health care and schooling. They also only use organic matter to farm instead of herbicides and pesticides because it is easier on the community.
Physical Education
PE8.1 Create, implement, evaluate, and revise a personal health-related fitness plan targeting the health-related fitness components of cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility that involves setting goals for improvement, applies the F.I.T.T. principle (Frequency, Intensity, Type of activity, and Time), and incorporates daily moderate to vigorous movement activity.
To do this, we went hiking every day. Hiking to the summit of a mountain sure gets your heart, breathing, and muscles going. We made plans and goals to make sure that we could have breaks at times, but still arrive at the peak of the mountain!
PE8.2 Apply an understanding of how to positively affect the major muscle groups (e.g., biceps, triceps, pectorals, abdominals, quadriceps, hamstrings) while clarifying an understanding of the effects of exercise and inactivity on the muscular system (e.g., increased/decreased strength, increased/decreased lean muscle, increased/decreased elasticity, increased/decreased muscle tone).
We accomplished this when we went on a hike at 5 Finger Rapids. We hiked up and down stairs, and on open terrain to improve our muscle groups. People hike up and down stairs to improve muscle, but they don’t know how it feels to hike up and down mountains to improve the muscles.
Practical and Applied Arts
We did PAA when we had to create our meals every day. We had to learn to use a stove, how long it took to boil water, what foods went bad faster and which foods lasted, how to cook those foods, and how to create a healthy meal plan with good calories and health benefits!
We also accomplished Practical and Applied Arts when we created a campfire one night. We had to gather tinder, kindling, and good fire wood. We also had to get the fire going with matches. This will be very helpful if we are ever in the wilderness, or if we have a fireplace in our house.
Science
FD8.4 Identify and interpret the scientific principles underlying the functioning of natural and constructed fluid systems. [CP, SI]
To achieve this, we looked at a river near our campsite. We saw how fast the water was flowing, and the earth around the water. We weren’t allowed to go to close or else the ground could have broken, due to how fast the water was!
WS8.1 Analyze the impact of natural and human-induced changes to the characteristics and distribution of water in local, regional, and national ecosystems. [CP,DM]
We achieved this when we received a presentation form a few ladies at our Mess Hall. They told us about climate change in their community, and how one massive lake where they get a lot of salmon from drained in 36 hours due to the intense heat they have been getting. That is very unusual for them, and alarming.
Social Studies
DR8.3 Assess how historical events in Canada have affected the present Canadian identity
To do this, we received a presentation from Allison at the Cultural Centre in Dawson. She talked about how in her culture a long time ago, when the Gold Rush was on, a chief named Chief Isaac had a vision saying that his people would lose their culture with many new people coming, so he took all of his culture to Alaska, and after the Gold Rush, the Han people went back to Alaska to re-learn their culture. They are still learning new song and dance right now!
PA8.2 Examine the role of power and authority in the application of diverse decision-making processes in a variety of contexts.
To achieve this, we researched the case at the Peel Watershed. The government and the First Nations made an agreement that 80% of the Peel will be protected, and this took 7 years. Then all of the sudden, the government switched that and said that only 20% of the Peel is protected. The government (power) completely switched a 7 year process without negotiating with the First Nations.
Religion
We experienced religion when we received a presentation from the Tr’ondek Hwech’in people in Tombstone. They told us many of their cultural practiced, including how they make decisions, how they view the land, and how their spirituality connects to the Creator.
We also experienced religion when we were on a solo at Muncho Lake Provincial Park, BC. We saw how connecting to the land makes your spirituality grow immensely. Sitting by the lake made me see the beauty of what God has created, and showed me how nature is so much more important to protect than the cities and development because that is God’s creation and it is so beautiful.