The great race teams from Avon Heritage North Elementary School completed the project with a videoconference with Ipalook Elementary in North Slope Borough Alaska. The fifth grade students were treated to a presentation about North Slope and the Inuit culture by the students from Mr. Darling’s 5th grade class. The presentation started with a traditional dance, followed by the clothing that is common with their students and Inuit artifacts consisting of drums and masks. The Avon students were in awe of the coats made of wolves, seal and wolverine.
On a seasonably warm day in Ohio the Avon students were shocked to hear that it was 24 degrees below zero and that the students shared many of the same interests. While the adults were amazed with the wolverine boots one of the students were presenting on of the Avon boys commented on the Air Jordan’s that the boy behind were wearing. The question and answer period between the classes showed that the students had more in common than not.
We enjoyed our time with Ipalook Elementary and hope to see them online again.
