Integrated Literacy Assignment

By: Heather Vandenberg

GLCE

• 3 – H3.0.4– Draw upon traditional stories of American Indians

(e.g., Anishinaabeg, - Ojibway (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), Potawatomi; Menominee; Huron Indians) who lived in Michigan in order to make generalizations about their beliefs.

Books All Around

Poetry

Sleep Song

Sleep, Sleep

It will carry you into

The land of wonderful dreams.

In those dreams you will see

A future day and your future family.

– Biernhorst

PoetryGrandfather Story

Grandfather,Look at our brokenness.

We know that in all creationOnly the human family

Has strayed from the Sacred Way. We know that we are the ones

Who are dividedAnd we are the ones

Who must come back togetherTo walk in the Sacred Way.

Grandfather,Sacred One,

Teach us love, compassion, and honorThat we may heal the earth

And heal each other.

Music and Dance

• Dance– Menominee Dance• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGhzoMnQl0

• Song– Ojibwa Song• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqapXCjcmr8

Videos on the Web

• Ojibwa Creation Story– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etn92Ms8plo

• Legend of the Corn (Ojibwa)– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-nAiqWas

• Arts from the Native American tribes– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNj5bfbR4yU

• An Ojibwa man tells a legend (I.C.E.)– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-20ZobInUg

GLCE Websites• Native American Stories (printable)– http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-ameri

can/short-stories/

• Michigan Native American Legends– http://web.pccs.k12.mi.us/fiegel/michigan_legend

s/Michigan_Native_American_Legends.htm

• Native American Languages Network– http://www.native-languages.org/

• Grand Rapids Public Museum– http://grmuseum.org/teachers/resourceguides

References

• American Indian Heritage Foundation. (2012). Chippewa, ojibway, anishinabe Literature. Retrieved from http://www.indians.org/welker/chippewa.htm

• Bierhorst, J. (1994). On the road of stars: Native american night poems and sleep charms. (1st ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishers.

• Clark, A. N. (1941). In my mother's house. New York: The Viking Press.• Esbensen, B. (1989). Ladder to the sky: how the gift of healing came to the ojibway nation. Boston:

Little, Brown and Company.• Grand Rapids Museum. (2013). Native american culture days: Teacher's resource packet. Retrieved from

http://grmuseum.org/teachers/resourceguides• Hackney, P. (2007, October 16). Native american legends of michigan. Retrieved from

http://web.pccs.k12.mi.us/fiegel/michigan_legends/Michigan_Native_American_Legends.htm• Indian legends: The legend of corn (ojibway). (2012, Febuary 11). YouTube. [Video podcast]. Retrieved

from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-nAiqWas• Lunge-Larsen, L. (1999). The legend of the lady slipper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.• Menominee nation contest pow wow dancing 2010. (2010, December 4). YouTube. [Video podcast].

Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGhzoMnQl0• Montano, M. (1998). Coyote in love with a star. (1st ed.). New York: Abbevile Press Publishers.• Native american heritage - michigan. (2012, May 16).YouTube. [Video podcast]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqapXCjcmr8

References Cont.• Native american indian myths. (2010, July 24). YouTube. [Video podcast]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNj5bfbR4yU• Native american stories and legends 1 of 2. (2009, July 25).YouTube. [Video podcast]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-20ZobInUg• Native languages of the Americas: Preserving and promoting American Indian languages . (2011).

Retrieved from http://www.native-languages.org/ • Otto, S. (1990). Walk in peace: Legends and stories of the michigan indians. (1st ed.). Grand Rapids: The

Michigan Indian Press.• The ojibway creation story. (2001, May 5). YouTube. [Video podcast]. Retrieved from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etn92Ms8plo• Wargin, K. (2004). The legend of the petoskey stone. Chelsea: Sleeping Bear Press.• Wargin, K. (2006). The legend of minnesota. (1st ed.). Chelsea: Sleeping Bear Press.• Webstantaneous. (2013). Children's native american stories: Indian short stories for kids. Retrieved from

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/native-american/short-stories/ • Wright, J. (1917). The crooked tree: Indian legends and a short history of the little traverse bay region .

Harbor Springs: Erwin Publishers.