spring season review (ziigwan) 

Photograph by Robin Nelson (2014)

Spring was a busy time for the entire family.  Men were hunting for food, fishing, and finishing up with their trap lines.  Women were taking care of the sugar making, making birch bark containers, and helping the men make their canoes.  The children were helping where they could, all the while learning from the  elders  the skills  they would need when they became adults.  As the weather got warmer and the leaves on the trees unfolded, the Ojibwe started thinking about moving to their summer homes.

Today we learned about:
Making maple sugar
The Many Uses of Birch Bark
Gifts from the Trees

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  Page Jump
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