STORYTELLING

Left: Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Beaver (Castor canadensis). Right: Peterson, Douglas. Muskrat mugshot.

Stories were told for entertainment but also to teach children about the world around them and how they should behave and respect one another.

A beaver’s tail is well suited to help him swim and build his dams and homes.  He even uses it to warn all the animals when there is danger by slapping it on the water to make noise.

But Beaver didn’t always have this tail.  No, the Muskrat once had this very same tail.  I wonder how the Beaver got it?

Play video below to watch Beaver and Muskrat story

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Page Jump 
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