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Earth on Turtle's Back & When Grizzlies Walked Upright Native American Myths

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Grade Levels
7th - 11th, Homeschool
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Pages
50 pages
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Description

Bundle of 2-3 days worth of activities to introduce Native American Mythology, including an editable slide presentation in both PowerPoint and Google Slides, a link to an online game matching morals to children's stories, reading comprehension worksheets, a pre-reading fill in the blank cloze activity (printable or digital), a compare and contrast worksheet and a writing or class presentation assignment that has students creating their own origin myths about their least favorite school rules.

Use as Native American Heritage month activities or as part of a wider mythology unit.

All materials are editable, Google Classroom compatible, and ready to go.

UPDATED so it can be used as a self-paced assignment for flipped classrooms, E-learning, or hybrid. All materials are editable, Google Classroom compatible, and ready to go.

Terms covered include:

Archetype

Origin myth

Creation Myth

Oral Tradition

Mother Goddess

The materials are part of a wider Native American unit that set students up to better understand some of the conflicts that arose as settlers began to arrive from Europe.

It also lays the foundation for covering theme by asking students to make predictions about the moral of the story, or what we can learn from the different character's behaviors.

If you are looking for more information, this material is part of a bundle -

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-American-Mythology-Unit-1-week-bundle-Native-American-myths-legends-6392984

Total Pages
50 pages
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Teaching Duration
3 hours
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

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