Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
interactions between cultures and the natural environment
Elaboration
- Sample topics:
- climate and native plants and animals
- natural resources and economic development
- human adaptation to the physical environment:
- Polynesian wayfinders’ use of ocean currents
- Cree seasonal hunting practices
- fish farming in B.C.
- transportation issues in local urban development
- degrees of separation between the physical environment and cultural world:
- San people’s relationship to water
- Canadian First Peoples community water supplies
- protection of waterways in central/northern B.C.
- local urban life and bottled water usage
- interdependence of cultural identity and the physical environment:
- Yanomamo group identity and hunting practices in the Amazon
- Newfoundlanders, fishing, and identity
keywords
interactions between cultures and the natural environment