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THE FOUR SEASONS OF THE OJIBWE

new vocabulary words

Aquatic – something that grows or lives in the water
Manoomin – the Ojibwe word for wild rice
Harvest – the act of gathering a crop
Parching – to toast under dry heat
Husk – the part of the plant that covers the rice grain
Threshing/jigging – to separate the husk from the grain.  Ojibwe people jig or lightly dance on the rice to remove the husk
Winnowing – to remove the chaff or husks by a current of air from the rice
Process – a series of actions taken toward an end result

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1  
Essential Question
2  Learning Goal
3  New Vocabulary Words
4  Autumn Season –“Today you will learn”…
5  Video – Spear Fishing 
6  Different ways to Catch Fish
7  Minnesota Fish
8  Wild Rice
9  Video – How to Harvest Wild Rice  Video – PBS Wild Rice Harvest (8 minutes)
10  Wild Rice Quiz
11  Quiz Answers
12  
Hunting-Animated
13  Tools for hunting
14  Slide Show - Exploring Deer Parts 
15  Video – Hide Tanning Process
16  Time to Move
17  Autumn Season Review
18  Essential Question Review
19  Learning Goal Review
20  Extension of Learning