Mythology Choice Board/Stations/Groupwork: Monster Myths of the Native Americans
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Description
Native American mythical creatures are the intriguing subjects of spooky tales, but they serve a much larger purpose in a culture's folklore. Often these mythological monsters are used to explain the unexplained or serve as a warning against dangerous or inappropriate behavior. In this lesson, students will explore a diverse set of mythical creatures from Native American folklore and look for patterns or similarities between the stories.
The resource can be used either in digital or printable formats as a choice board, stations activity, or mini group project. It works well as a one-off lesson (for Halloween, for example), alongside other Native American Heritage Month activities, or as part of a wider mythology unit.
Everything is ready to go - no prep required - but can also be edited to better fit your students' needs.
Materials Include:
- Reading passages from three different monster myth stories
- Links to three videos about different mythological creatures (from PBS, The National Museum of the Native American, and the National Film Board of Canada)
- Three monsters for students to carry out their own internet searches
- Guided reading and analysis questions in both digital and printable formats - all fully editable
- Mythological monster classification activity which gets students thinking more deeply about the purpose of each monster within the folklore
- Answer key
Goals for the lesson:
1. For students to familiarize themselves with myths and legends from a variety of Native American cultures.
2. For students to analyze the purpose of each creature in the myths, whether the stories were used to explain something that was observed but not understood or to influence behavior.
3. For students to look across a diverse set of myths from different cultures, identify similarities in themes or ideas, and classify the creatures into categories based on their purpose in the legends.
Estimated prep time:
Digital version - less than 5 minutes to copy the links & post them to your online classroom
Print version - 5-10 minutes to print copies for the stations and make copies of the work packet for each of your students
Estimated class time:
Individual choice board - 20-50 minutes (depending on how many options you want the students to choose)
Stations - 30-70 minutes (depending on how many stations you want the students to visit)
Group activity - 35-60 minutes (depending on if you want the groups to present their findings to the class)
Required Materials:
If students will be using the print version of the materials, they will need pencils and a mobile device to scan the QR codes to get to the videos. Post-it notes will also be helpful if they are going to be categorizing the monsters into different classifications.
Other Native American mythology lessons are available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store here:
www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Little-Brown-Bird-Literature-Resources
