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Page 1: INTRODUCTION TO CREATION MYTHS. MYTH Is a story that has been passed on to explain something (natural phenomenon, a religious belief, or a cultural belief)

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Page 2: INTRODUCTION TO CREATION MYTHS. MYTH Is a story that has been passed on to explain something (natural phenomenon, a religious belief, or a cultural belief)

MYTH

• Is a story that has been passed on to explain something (natural phenomenon, a religious belief, or a cultural belief)

• Is unbelievable

• Employs the third person point of view

• Contains superhuman characters

• Personifies natural phenomena

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TOTEM POLE - WHAT DO WE KNOW?

Brainstorm answers to the following questions:

What do they look like?

What do the figures on the poles represent?

What are they made of?

Describe a real totem pole that you have seen?

Totem Poles

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THE STORY OF THE TOTEM POLE

Read the native myth on page 55 of the Literature and Media text

During Reading :

• What does living in harmony with the Black Bear mean, specifically?

• What does living in harmony with the Blackfish mean?

• What is the moral lesson explicitly implied in the last paragraph.

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JOURNAL RESPONSE:

In a short written response or the drawing of a totem pole (follow the pattern shown in the story – human form at bottom, followed by animals, then symbols)

• What is your story?• How have your experiences defined

your identity?


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