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Create Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven ActivityCreate Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven Activity
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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1 hr 30 mins
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Create Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven

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This Create Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven activity also includes:
  • Raven Steals the Sun (.html)
  • Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott Read Aloud
  • Print and Color a Free “How Raven Stole The Sun” Native American Legend (.html)
  • How Raven Stole the Sun Booklet (.pdf)
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The raven is the focus of a lesson that examines trickster tales and the different stories about the bird. After listening to three tales about the raven, scholars pinpoint and discuss descriptive words. Pupils use one story to illustrate and read aloud to the class or create an acrostic poem.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

trickster tales, fables, animals, indigenous people, native american culture, native american legends, native americans, north american native americans

Instructional Ideas

  • Plan to perform the lesson during Native American Heritage Month  inNovember
  • Browse other trickster tales depicting different animals

Classroom Considerations

  • One of the included video links is no longer available, but a replacement has been provided
  • Requires internet access, projection, copies, paper, writing, and drawing tools

Pros

  • Offers lesson variations if links or supplies are not available

Cons

  • The links to the read-aloud and printable booklet no longer work

Common Core

RL.3.2 W.3.4 W.4.4 W.5.4

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