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the four seasons of the ojibwe

spring season (ziigwan)

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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
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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