Oral Tradition and Native American Literature: An Ohio 4th Grade Teaching Unit Theme Michele Beery Svetlana Kincaid Alice Teeters Cantessa Wallace

Photo of Native American story doll

U tube video of a Native American story telling

Themes found in Native American stories  Creation  Nature  Coyote (“trickster”)  How things came to be the way they are

Ohio 4 th Grade Language Arts Standards  Vocabulary Acquisition –Identify word origins to figure out the meaning of unknown words  Reading Process –Establish a purpose for reading –Compare and contrast information –Answer literal, inferential, and evaluative questions to show understanding about what has been read or watched  Reading Applications/Informational Text –Locate important details about a topic using books and Internet –Draw distinctions between fact and opinion –Understand the meaning of main ideas and supporting details

Ohio 4 th Grade Language Arts Standards (cont)  Reading Applications/Literary Text –Identify how the setting influences the reading –Identify the major events of a plot sequence, the conflict, and the resolution –Examine meaning from different points of view –Identify the speaker  Writing Processes –Learn to organize thoughts –Proofread and publish  Writing Applications –Use narrative to put events in order, including descriptive words, vivid langauge, character development, setting, and plot

Ohio 4 th Grade Language Arts Standards (cont.)  Communication: Oral and Visual –Demonstrate active listening skills –Know the difference between fact and opinion –Give focused presentations that share ideas/events in order; show understanding of topic; include introduction; body & conclusions; use visuals; & name sources –Develop delivery skills of speaking clearly, using pacing & volume, & appropriate body language

Ohio 4 th Grade Social Studies Standards  History –Explain the causes & effects of the frontier wars on American Indians in Ohio & in the U.S.  People in Societies –Describe the way of life of various groups who have settled in Ohio over time, including Historic Indians of Ohio  Geography –Use cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the location of places –Use map to identify the location of Native American settlements in Ohio  Skills & Methods –Distinguish between fact and opinion –Use a problem solving/decision making process

Ohio 4 th Grade Arts Standards  Drama/Theatre -Historical, Cultural & Social Contexts Standard –Discuss how a performer adjusts to a specific audience –Explain how certain characters reflect their time periods & cultures –Identify storytelling traditions in the cultures or ethnic groups throughout Ohio history –Discuss how a written adaption of a story varies between picture books & video  Drama/Theatre - Creative Expression & Communication Standard –Create the movement & voice of a character & explain the consequences of the character’s actions –Use vivid language to create a script  Drama/Theatre - /Analyzing & Responding Standard –Describe the plot, characters, conflict, resolution & theme of a dramatic work or experience –Compare & contrast the impact that drama (storytelling) have on the audience  Visual Art – Historical, Cultural & Social Contexts Standard –Identify & describe artwork from various Native American groups that lived in Ohio –Compare & contract art forms from Native American & their own cultures  Visual Art – Creative Expression & Communication Standard –Identify & select art materials, tools * processes to achieve specific purposes in their artworks –Give & receive constrictive feedback to produce artworks that meet learning goals  Visual Art – Valuing the Arts/Aesthetic Reflection –Explain how works of art can reflect the beliefs, attitudes & traditions of the artist

Ohio 4 th Grade Arts Standards (cont.)  Music – Historical, Cultural & Social Contexts Standard –Recognize & describe ways that music serves as an expression in regional cultures  Music – Analyzing & Responding –Identify how elements of music communicate ideas or moods  Music – Valuing Music/Aesthetic Reflection –Respond physically, or emotionally, &/or intellectually to music  Music – Connections, Relationships & Applications –Interpret music through dance, drama & visual art –Describe roles of musicians in various music settings  Dance – Historical, Cultural & Social Contexts –Share a traditional dance from Ohio history  Dance – Creative Expression & Communication –Perform locomotor & nonlocomotor movements in combination & sequence altering direction, pathway & tempo  Dance – Analyzing & Responding –Recognize & discuss the different ways that dances are created & performed

Ohio 4 th Grade Math Standards  Numbers, Number Sense & Operations –Use mental math strategies to make estimates & to check the accuracy of computations –Add & subtract decimals & fractions with like denominators  Measurement –Relate the number of units to the size of the units used to measure an object  Mathematical Processes –Use a variety of problem solving strategies –Use reasoning to match solutions to problem situations

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Photo(s) of Ft. Ancient field trip