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the four seasons of the ojibwe

CRAFTING

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Sinpetru, Laura. Porcupine Falls from the Sky, Lands on a Woman’s Head (2014). Original photographs by Robin Nelson (2014)
Have you ever seen a porcupine?  Most porcupines have stocky bodies with sharp quills covering them from head to tail. These quills protect them from predators.  They live in the forest and like eating bark off trees.
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1  Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Winter Season – “Today you will learn”…
5  Living in Winter
6  Cooking in Winter
7  Hunting
8  Trapping - animated
9  Tracking Quiz
10  Answers to Tracking Quiz
11  Crafting (Moccasins)
12  Crafting (Porcupine quills)
13  Crafting (Cradle Boards)
14  Winter Activities - Animated Video (Toboggans)
15  Snow snake game
16  Story Telling
17  Beaver and Muskrat  (animated video)
18  Beaver and Muskrat Story Question
19  Signs of Spring
20  Winter Season Review
21  Essential Question Review
22  Learning Goal Review
23  Extension of Learning