TEACHER'S GUIDE: COMPREHENSION
Use this activity with your students before or after they watch the program Minik, the Lost Eskimo.
Answer the following questions as you view the film.
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What was Robert Peary's ultimate goal in exploring Greenland?
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Who asked Peary to bring an Eskimo back from Greenland to the United States, and why?
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When did Peary tell the Eskimos they would return to Greenland?
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How old was Minik when he came to the United States? In what year did this occur?
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In what building did the Eskimos live when they came to the United States?
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At the time, did anthropologists believe that all peoples around the world are basically equal, or unequal?
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What did museum officials tell Minik they did with his father's body? What did they do with the body?
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With whom did Minik live when he left the Natural History Museum?
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What middle name did Minik take? Why was this an ironic choice?
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What caused Minik to lose faith in his new life in the United States?
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When, according to Peary, did he reach the North Pole?
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Where was Minik headed when he left New York on his own in 1909?
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What agreement did Minik sign before leaving the United States for Greenland later in 1909? How old was he?
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Why did Minik say he was no longer fit to live where he was born or where he was kidnapped?
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Did the Eskimos believe Peary's claim that he had reached the North Pole?
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What job did Minik gain on the basis of his language skills?
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When did Minik return to the United States?
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Where did Minik move in the winter of 1917? What job did he take?
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What disease killed Minik?
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What happened to Minik's body? What happened to the bodies of the other Eskimos who died in the United States?
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