The Inuits ~ Free Unit Study

With the cold weather coming up, maybe now is a good time to study how people in colder climates live. Enjoy this free unit study on the Inuits!

The Inuit, a unit that originally appeared in Home School Enrichment Magazine, begins with a short vignette that gives us a peak into Eskimo life through a young girl named Kirima. After further background information, students learn more about Inuits through:

Math
Bible study.
Reading.
Science.

Some of the activities included are:

Researching animals that live near the Arctic circle.
Making Sno Cream.
Learning about the Iditarod.
Building an igloo.
Discovering permafrost.
Learning more about the Inuit words we have in our vocabulary.
Copying and memorizing Bible verses.

This is a great beginning to a study on Eskimos that you can expand with a few of the resources below — and it is free!

Update: This resource is no longer available, so we are linking to an archived version.

Free Resource

The Inuit: A Complete Unit Study by Paula Miller @ Crosswalk.com.

Activities

Building an Igloo (archived)
Linked in the article.

Sugar Cube Igloo (archived)
Link in original is no longer active, but this is the archived version.

Eskimo Igloo Cake
Unique recipe for kids to make.

Iditarod
Our free unit study has all you need to draw the map and answer the other questions in the unit!

Activity: Collect Vocabulary
Options for interacting with the vocabulary list.

Books

The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
A Step-Into-Reading account for young children.

The First Book of Eskimos by Benjamin Brewster
Delightfully illustrated look at Eskimo life from the viewpoint of an Eskimo boy named Pipak who lives in a village on Baffin Island. Free in the public domain.