spring season (ziigwan)
Photograph by Robin Nelson (2014)
At the very end of winter, when the weather gets warmer, and the snow begins to melt, the Ojibwe people would move to their Spring sugar bush camp. They would also collect birch bark to make important items.
Today you will learn about:
• Making maple sugar
• The many uses of birch bark
• Gifts from the trees
Today you will learn about:
• Making maple sugar
• The many uses of birch bark
• Gifts from the trees
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
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