We are doing a split year with Robin this year as he just turned 9 the end of May. We started the year with a 3 week block on Native American Legends. I have divided the legends up by culture so that we can study the various nations that came up with the legends.
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To begin, we read a creation story from the book "Keepers of the Night". This was a great intro to the legends and culture. "The Birth of Light" from the Yuchi. It is our only legend from the Southeast cultures.
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Our first culture was the Eastern Woodland. We learned about where they lived, thier shelters, clothing, food, games, and a few of the tribes in the culture.
"Keepers of the Night" has three great legends from the Eastern Woodland cultures.
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"How the Bat Came to Be" (Anishinabe)
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"The Great LaCrosse Game" (Menominee)
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"Oot-Kwah-Tah, the Seven Star Dancers" (Onondaga)
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Of course, we had to build a wigwam! Fortunately, we had already grown some sunflowers into a little room so it was no problem to weave them together into a snug little wigwam.
We also did some form drawing based on designs used in the Eastern Woodland culture, and made a little paper canoe.
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