SESSION 4 - World Tribes summary

You can have the complete reading in


http://www.bbc.co.uk/tribe/



the ANUTAS

HABITAT
•Remote island of the Solomon Islands.
•Tropical weather with cyclones, droughts or other natural disasters.
•Surrounded by reef.

LIFE STYLE
•Their philolophy is “Aropa” = concern for others, giving and sharing.
•Take care of their vegetable gardens.
•They believe that head is sacred, feet profane. Physical height in rituals is important.
•Pikita is the Polynesian traditional nose kiss.
•Communal fish drives, net fishing.
•Use of stars and other signs ( clouds, wayes,etc ) to navigate.

TOOLS
•Canoe.
•Coconut trees.
•Turmeric (ritual dye + spice for food).
•Maa pit: fermented food wrapped in banana leaves and buried.
•Shark fins are cut off and dried to sell to passing cargo ships.


FUTURE
•Due to its remote location, traditions are well preserved.
•Epidemics, natural disasters, climate change and the encroachment of the modern world are all potential threats.


the NENETS

HABITAT
•They live in the Arctic tundra and depend on the lichen pastures.
• Live in extreme temperatures, that can plummet to -50ºC.


LIFE STYLE
•Reindeer herding.
•Migration patterns through the Arctic.
•The reindeer is revered as a symbol.
•Fishing through ice holes using nets.
•Durign migration chums are moved every other day. ONE family per chum.
•Labour division: men-animals, women-domestic sphere.
•Russian boarding schools.


TOOLS
•Economy based on reindeers.
•They use sledges to carry their camps.
•Traditional clothing : malitsa, gus & yagushka made of reindeer skins.
•Also wear double layer boots.
•They have the sacred sledge.
•Their hut is called CHUM ( split into male & female space).

FUTURE

•The discovery of gas and oil reserves will change their future.

•Land is becoming scarce for the Nenets.

•Russian governement doesn't take care of tribal cultures.

the BABONGOS

HABITAT
•Live in the African virgin forest.
•Hot, humid, the air is thick with insects.
•Malaria and dengi fever are endemic.
•Logging is destroying their habitat.


LIFE STYLE
•Nomadic life moving through the forest.
•A camp has 6-8 huts with up to 20 people in it.
•They are hunt-gatherers (generally men).
•Women grow vegetables and stay with the children.

TOOLS
•Use bows and arrows to catch preys.
•Also use arrows tipped with poison.
•They’re experts in the use of Iboga (a powerful drug for their ceremonies)

•Their hut is called TUDI.

FUTURE

•The jungle is decreasing due to logging activity. New roads will bring desease and cash economy.

•In 2002 a big portion of the rainforest was declared National Park, thus protecting the environment and opening opportunities for the Babongos to work as forest guides or wardens.

•They could get a viable economy if they found a western way of marketing for the iboga .

SESSION 3 - Treasure Hunt - page 1

SESSION 3 - TREASURE HUNT.



Our treasure hunt is designed to help you learn more about tribes around the World as well as other facts.


INSTRUCTIONS :

• We will work with page 1 only. Please focus on the correct page for each session, or you won't have enough time to collect the required information. This treasure hunt will always be available from this blog. If you feel you didn't have enough time to browse around, you can always go back to it later.

• Take a white piece of paper to fill in your answers. Write your name and date at the top.
  Even if you work in pairs, each student must complete his/her own page with answers.
  
• Click at this link to access the TREASURE HUNT page

http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=126862&page=1




Session 3 homework.
Go back to the main page on our blog. Click on to the WORLD TRIBES wiki and give your opinion about this treasure hunt ( remember to save your changes !)

Did you enjoy the activity? What have you learn? What did you like the most? What didn't you like?...

SESSION 2 - 2nd conditional

We use second conditional to talk about a hypothetical situation or to give advice.


If + Past simple ......................would + verb
...............................................wouldn’t + verb
(condition) .................................(result)

If you were a Babongo, you would hunt with bow and arrow
If I had enough money, I would travel to Anuta

--> Notice that if the condition verb is TO BE, we use WERE with all personal pronouns
If I were rich, I would travel to Anuta
If I were you, I wouldn’t go to the park

SESSION 2 - 1st conditional

The LUCKY CHARMS & THE CURSE
These are the sentences from the MASTER CHIEF in regards to the lucky charms & the curse

If the whole tribe can say the sentence together,
--> this tribe will get a lucky charm.
If you fail to do this task in 3 minutes,
--> you will be cursed (ha,ha,ha!)
If you take the magic candle,
--> your ancestors will protect you for 10 years.
If you take the magic candle,
--> your people and your animals will grow healthily.
--> your people and your animals won’t be ill.
If you take the magic shell,
-->the sea will be grateful to you.
If you take the magic shell,
-->you will fish endlessly for 3 years.
If you take the magic seed,
-->the soil will be grateful to you.
If you take the magic seed,
-->you will be able to grow plants anywhere.
If you get the curse,
-->you will have to do double homework for next day



We use first conditional to talk about a result that will occur in the future - if the condition takes place:

If + Present simple --> will+ verb
.................................. won’t + verb

(condition).................... (result)

SESSION 1 - homework - vocabulary in context

Pay attention to new words in their context.
In red, you have the answers from Session 1 homework.
Try to remember the pictures we used in class:





When inside the chief’s hut, people must crawl; standing up and being higher than the chief is very badly thought of.


Due to its remote geographical location, Anuta's environment, traditions and culture have been well preserved.


When the Anutas catch shark, they cut off the fins and dry them.


Coconut leaves are also used to thatch roofs and cover canoes, and they can be woven to make mats, fans and baskets.


The church is believed to be responsible for protecting the island and its population from harm (such as epidemics, droughts and other natural disasters).


Traditionally hunting was done with traps and snares.


The reindeers are used to pull sledges that carry the people and their camp.


The migration pattern depends on seasons and on sustainability of lichen pastures on which the reindeer feed.


A blizzard is a severe snowstorm with high winds.


The clay is a sticky impermeable earth that can be moulded when wet and baked to make bricks and pottery. Some tribes use it as a face painting material.


A drought is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water.


In tribes, women spend long hours grinding the manioc to turn it into a sort of flour.


An ancestor is a person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended.


When you carve a hard material you cut into it or shape it produce an object or design.


The Babongos use bows and arrows to catch large preys and often the arrows are tipped with poison.

SESSION 1 - basic vocabulary

Let me help you with some words you may need to get around in this new world.

Weather condition/ natural habitat:
Blizzard
Coral reef
Drought
Greenhouse effect
Lichen in tundra
To melt / melt away

Activities in the house:
Hut
Chopping wood
Maori carving
maori women weaving ( weave-wove-woven)
Manioc / grinding manioc
Straw

Hunting methods/ men activities :
Bow & arrow
Hunting
Net fishing
Wire snare
Paddling an outrigger canoe
Shark fin

Other:
Ancestor
Clay on the face
Log
Reindeer
Sledge
To crawl

SESSION 0 - World map

• The Anutas take their name from Anuta Island , an isolated island that is part of the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific.
• The Nenets live in the Yamalo- Nenets region, in the Siberian arctic. Yes! Freezing cold !
• The Babongos are a tribe from Gabon - look at the Western Africa coast.

Have a look a the World Map and locate the area where these tribes live. Type the name of the place you're looking for in this link http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx

ENJOY YOUR TRIP !