POTE Never Cry Wolf - Study Guide
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Movie Introduction – “The Lupine Project”
In recent years, the Arctic region has been the
scene of biological catastrophe. The great caribou herds that only a few years ago
numbered in the millions have all but vanished.
A Government agency orders a biological report
be prepared that would scientifically justify extermination of the suspected culprit... a creature known from story, myth and legend as a ferocious killer, Canis lupus.. the wolf.
Because of the extreme difficulties involved, no scientist had ever actually observed wolves in the act of attacking and killing caribou. So the major task of “The Lupine Project” was for someone to travel to the Arctic, track down a pack of wolves and observe this behavior in detail.
Vocabulary- please define these terms
Inuit-
Arctic-
Tuktu-
Amaho-
Kapluna-
Alpha Wolf-
7) Raised Leg Urination-(RLU)-
8) Tundra-
Scat-
Lone Wolf_
Innuck-
Questions:
Draw a food web that includes all of the organisms in the Arctic (N. Canadian) region. List everything that you saw in the movie and anything else that you already know. Don’t forget the plants and people.
The Inuit people have existed in this harsh ecosystem for thousands of years. How are they able to do this? List some techniques they employ that allows them to survive.
a. food-
b. shelter-
c. temp. control-
d. transportation-
How do wolves hunt caribou? Explain how they are able to bring down and kill animals which are much larger and faster.
What type of an ecosystem is the N. Canadian Arctic? Include the following characteristics:
geography/geology-
climate-
plants-
animals-
e. environmental issues/problems-
Construct the following for the Arctic ecosystem:
Food Pyramid
Pyramid of Numbers
Biomass Pyramid
What story does Ootek tell about the time that the wolf became his “helping
spirit”?
What is the Inuit creation story that Mike tells about the first man and woman
on earth? “Tell the story of when there was nothing in the world but one man
and one woman.”
9) How do the main characters Tyler, Rosie, Mike and Ootek, change throughout
the story?
Tyler-
Rosie-
Mike-
Ootek-
Trailer at the end of the movie:
What do you think this means? What does it have to do with what we have studied in this class or ecology/environmental science in general? Keep in mind where this song comes from. What were the people like who wrote it? What type of a life did they lead?
Some Important Movie Quotes:
1) “I wish I could say thank you, just so, straight into the universe.”
2) “He knows what they’re saying.”
“He doesn’t recognize such a thing as impatience.”
“Deep in the bone marrow reveals the disease that she had found to cut the
sickness from the herd.”
“This thing that is happening is too big for you. It’s a question of how you
survive…Survival of the fittest.”
“What do you eat?” “I eat mice!”
“Traditionally there are no orphans among the Inuit.”
“Traditionally there are no orphans among the wolves.”
8) “To me, wolves mean money.”
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Answer Card a [0] Never [1] Rarely [2] Sometimes
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