WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN LITERATURE TIMELINE UNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LEARNING TARGETS:  by the end of this lesson you should be able to

1. Put the state standards for this unit into your own words.
2. Be able to define  ORIGIN MYTH in your own words  (HINT: IT’S ON YOUR EXAM!!!!)
3. Be able to explain the main ideas of the following stories
   1. “The Earth on Turtle’s Back”
   2. “When Grizzlies Walked Upright.”
   3. “The Navaho Origin Legend.”

 

ACTIVITIES

1.  We all read “The Origins of Pandora’s Box”
2. At your group/table, each student was assigned to read one of three origin myth stories.  Then, working together, you analyzed the three stories.
3. Class discussion followed.