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Creation Stories

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Students read and research American Indian creation stories as a way to understand the origins of American Literature. They conduct Internet research utilizing Internet search engines. They create an online report page as well as write and record audio script for the report.

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the cherokee, native american tribes

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and shawnee cultures, apache, cherokee, english language arts
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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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