Chiara Montgomerie. Material Quality Reference- Birch Bark. floda31by8 (2011)
Look at this close-up picture of the birch tree. How do you think all the lines and markings came to be? The Ojibwe have a traditional story that explains how these markings came to be.
Would you like to hear it?
The Ojibwe name for the birch bark tree is wiigwaasi-mitig.
In this story we will call him Mitig for short.
Play video to watch story
Would you like to hear it?
The Ojibwe name for the birch bark tree is wiigwaasi-mitig.
In this story we will call him Mitig for short.
Play video to watch story
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1 Ojibwe Children's Song
2 Essential Question
3 Learning Goal
4 Vocabulary Words
5 Maple Sugar –“Today you will learn about …”
6 Video – Honoring the Maple Sugar
7 Life in spring – When the black crows appear...
8 Sugar bush supplies & Slide show – Maple tree
9 Four Stages of Making Maple Sugar/Candy
10 Maple Sugar Quiz
11 Answers to Quiz
12 The Ojibwe and the Birch Tree
13 Gathering Birch Bark
14 The Many Uses of Birch Bark
15 Making Birch Bark Containers
16 Making Birch Bark Homes & Canoes
17 Animated Story – The Birch Tree
18 Birch Tree Story Questions
19 Spring Review
20 Essential Question Review
21 Learning Goal Review
22 Extension of Learning
1 Ojibwe Children's Song
2 Essential Question
3 Learning Goal
4 Vocabulary Words
5 Maple Sugar –“Today you will learn about …”
6 Video – Honoring the Maple Sugar
7 Life in spring – When the black crows appear...
8 Sugar bush supplies & Slide show – Maple tree
9 Four Stages of Making Maple Sugar/Candy
10 Maple Sugar Quiz
11 Answers to Quiz
12 The Ojibwe and the Birch Tree
13 Gathering Birch Bark
14 The Many Uses of Birch Bark
15 Making Birch Bark Containers
16 Making Birch Bark Homes & Canoes
17 Animated Story – The Birch Tree
18 Birch Tree Story Questions
19 Spring Review
20 Essential Question Review
21 Learning Goal Review
22 Extension of Learning
