Under the sea

I spoke to the Grade 8 students about life in the Arctic by sharing both a book and a video-clip with them.  The book was called "Very Last Very First Time" by Jan Andrews and is about a little girl who goes under the sea ice to collect mussels. I'm fortunate to have a smart-board in the library so I was able to share a remarkable video-clip to show the students how brave Inuits do this in real life. WOW!

"The Inuit of Arctic Canada take huge risks to gather mussels in winter. During extreme low tides, they climb beneath the shifting sea ice, but have less than an hour before the water returns." BBC News-- Inuit's risky mussel harvest under the sea 

Sometimes we find that a book is not a folktale but rather a historical harvest that has been passed down from generation to generation. The students had many queries and thoughts to share after learning about this and seeing the how the event unfolds.