Lesson Topic: Origin Stories: How did you come to be here?

Length of lesson: 3 Class Periods Date: December 3rd !"#3 Stage 1 Desired Results ontent Standard!s": (

Grade level: 9th Prepared By: Amy Jindra For: $D%C &3'#

9)&)9)9 Analy*e how an author draws on and trans+orms source material in a s,eci+ic wor.e)g) how Sha-es,eare treats a theme or to,ic +rom O/id or the 0ible or how a later author draws on a ,lay by Sha-es,eare or how a 1innesota American 2ndian author uses oral tradition to create wor-s o+ literature3) 9)4)4)4 Conduct short as well as more sustained research ,ro5ects to answer a 6uestion .including a sel+(generated 6uestion3 or sol/e a ,roblem7 narrow or broaden the in6uiry when a,,ro,riate7 synthesi*e multi,le sources on the sub5ect demonstrating understanding o+ the sub5ect under in/estigation) %ssential &uestion!s": ( ( ( 9hat can we learn +rom cultures di++erent +rom our own? How did you come to be here? How does this re+lect who you are as a ,erson?

#nderstanding !s"$goals: ( ( ( 8he historical and cultural signi+icance behind indigenous ,eo,les manner o+ story sharing How other cultures although di++erent +rom their own still a,,ly to all students) How to conduct a ,ro,er inter/iew and share the in+ormation with an audience)

Student o'(ectives !outco)es": Students will be able to: ( 8a-e a second thought as to how cultural di++erences cannot be so di++erent a+ter all) ( Conduct research in a thorough and timely manner) ( %se research +indings to create a ,roduct that is +it +or a s,eci+ic audience) Stage * +ssess)ent %vidence Su))ative: For)ative: ( Oral Story Presented ( 2nter/iew ;uestions ( 9ritten re+lection o+ ,rocess:disco/eries ( 2nter/iew Data:<es,onses Stage , Learning Plan

Teaching Resources- +ttached Belo. ( ( ( History o+ Oral Story 8elling .A,,endi= A3 O5ibwe 1igration Story .A,,endi= 03 8he $arth on the 8urtle>s 0ac- .A,,endi= C3

Learning +ctivities: Day # .#? 1inutes3 Share the history o+ oral story telling using the teaching resource as a guide .3" 1inutes3 @ <ead aloud the O5ibwe Areat 1igration Story .#" 1inutes3 @ Discussion Ha/e you heard this story be+ore? 9hy do you thin- that is? 9hat do we gain by hearing other cultures stories? 2s this im,ortant? 9hy or why not? Day ! .#" 1inutes3 @ <e/iew Discussion and Story +rom yesterday .#" 1inutes3 @ <ead aloud B8he $arth on the 8urtle>s 0ac-C Story .#" 1inutes3 @ Discussion Ha/e you heard this story be+ore? 9hy do you thin- that is? 9hat do we gain by hearing other cultures stories? 2s this im,ortant? 9hy or why not? .#" 1inutes3 @ 2ntroduce Personal Oral History Pro5ect ( 8hey will now be conducting and inter/iew with a +amily member to create and oral ,ersonal history ( 8hey may s,end the rest o+ the class time creating inter/iew 6uestions ( Pose the 6uestion BHow did you come to be here?C and let them go with it ( 8hey may choose to as- 6uestions about how they ended u, in this ,articular city state country etc) ( As long as they are loo-ing into some ,art o+ how they came to be they are on the right trac( Once they ha/e as-ed their inter/iew 6uestions.to be conducted o/er the wee-end3 ha/e them ,ractice reciting their oral story since it will be shared the +ollowing class ,eriod) .#"(#? 1inutes3 @ 9or- time creating 6uestions Day 3 .#" 1inutes3 @ Set u, a considerate audience .6uiet res,ect+ul considerate3 since the stories are ,ersonal .3" 1inutes3 @ Allow the students to share their stories) .As they +inish their stories ha/e them turn in their notes and inter/iew 6uestions as a +ormati/e assessment3 .#?(!" 1inutes3 @ A+ter all the stories ha/e been read ha/e them ta-e out a sheet o+ ,a,er to write a short re+lection on their e=,erience o+ the oral history o+ the O5ibwe ,eo,le listening to the stories creating their own and sharing what they learned) DDDEor assessing the lesson use their inter/iew 6uestions and data +or +ormati/e assessment DDD 8o see i+ they got the big ,icture use the story itsel+ and the re+lection as summati/e assessment

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History of Ojibwe Oral Story Telling It is largely through oral traditions that American Indian cultures have been preserved and shared through the generations. These stories express values and beliefs, what it means to be human, our need to know why things are the way they are, and how to conduct ourselves to live in a good way. These beliefs and traditions connect people to the land, plant life, and all living creatures, and the mysteries of birth, life, death and the spirit world. Like many events in American Indian culture there is a proper time and place for all activities. Traditional storytelling is reserved for the winter months for many tribes. This was a practical choice given the fact that during the other season's people were busy growing, gathering and hunting food. It was in the winter, with the long dark evenings, the snow and wind blowing outside, that telling stories was a way to entertain and teach the children. Another reason is that many traditional stories contain animal characters. To be respectful, people waited until the winter when animals hibernate or become less active so they cannot hear themselves being talked about. To have a storyteller tell you a story is like receiving a gift. To be respectful, a gift of tobacco is offered to the storyteller before the story begins. The storyteller will often take the tobacco outside and place it on the earth as an offering to the spirits of the story. any !"ibwe stories are about a person with both human and mystical characteristics# his name is $ay% na%boo%&hoo. 'ome people refer to him as half man and half spirit. (e has many human like characteristics but could also change into different things like a tree or an animal. (e makes mistakes at times, but learns from those mistakes so he can accomplish things and become better at living in harmony with the )arth. $ay%na% boo%&hoo has been looked upon as a hero by the !"ibwe and his stories have been told for many generations. American Indian oral traditions include personal and family stories, creation stories, tribal history, and stories of explanation. In recent years, some of the stories have been put into written form. *endered into )nglish, the stories sometimes lose some of the original humor and meaning. American Indian stories should not be triviali&ed by referring to them as myths, tall tales or fables. These categories prevent students from fully understanding the vital role played by oral tradition in American

Indian tribal cultures. Credit: Lessons of !ur Land % http+,,www.lessonsofourland.org, American Indian 'torytelling Among the !"ibwe Lesson -lan . Teacher /ackground

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