Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
by Joseph Bruchac, Michael J. Caduto
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A selection of traditional tales from various Indian peoples, each accompanied by instructions for related activities dealing with aspects of the environment.Tags
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Simple stories, engaging activities. This book starts with a chapter relating Native American myths to science, followed by a chapter advising how to best use the book. Each of the subsequent chapters, covering broad topics, contains 1-6 tribal stories followed by a summary of relevant science, and 1 or more learning activities for ages 5-8 and 9-12. Tribes represent many parts of North America, from Abenaki in the NE to Dine & Hopi in the SW, from Nisqually in the NW to Muskokee in the SE (altho they are listed as Oklahoma, they originated in the Georgia area), and more. The only direction missing in the SE tribes. Topics covered are: Creation, Fire, Earth, Wind and Weather, Water, Sky, Seasons, Plants and Animals, Life Death and show more Spirit, and Unity of Earth. There is an index to the lessons intended and a glossary with pronunciation guide.
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A great teacher's companion book! Native American stories are combined with environmental activities for children. No matter what culture one associate's with, we all share one planet, Mother Earth.
Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
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"First Fulcrum trade paperback edition published June 1997"; soft cover;
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Joseph Bruchac, author of more than seventy books for children and adults, is also an acclaimed storyteller and poet. He has received many prestigious literary awards, including the American Book Award, the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of The Americas
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Author, storyteller and musician Michael J. Caduto was born in 1955. He studied agriculture at the University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1978) and University of Michigan (M.S., 1981) with the intention of owning and working his own farm. Along the way, he became an ecologist and educator interested in Native American myths, legends and practices. He show more performs and gives workshops to raise environmental awareness and has taught collegiate environmental studies. His Earth Tales from Around the World (1997) won an Aesop Prize, awarded to the most outstanding books incorporating folklore and published in English for children. He is also author of Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, Native American Gardening, and others. His articles have appeared in numerous periodicals in natural history, including Nature Study, Vermont Life, Organic Gardening, and Vermont Natural History. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1988
- Epigraph
- BIRDFOOT'S GRAMPA
The old man
must have stopped our car
two dozen times to climb out
and gather into his hands
the small toads blinded
by our lights and leaping,
live drops of rain.
The rain was fa... (show all)lling,
a mist about his white hair
and I kept saying
you can't save them all,
accept it, get back in
we've got places to go.
But, leathery hands full
of wet brown life,
knee deep in the summer
roadside grass,
he just smiled and said
they have places to go to
too.
--Joseph Bruchac "Entering Onondaga" - Dedication
- For the children of yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- First words
- Long ago, there were no stories in the world.
[Introduction] If this book were an animal, the stories would be its skeleton and the related activities would be the flesh and sinew on those bones.
"Who are you?" someone asks.
"I am the story of myself," comes the answer. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Today, when the secrets of Gluscabi's magical bag, which can catch and destroy all of the animals of the world, are known all too well, it is important for such stories to be told. For ourselves and for our children's children.
- Blurbers
- Cornell, Joseph; Medina, Augusto; Cohen, Michael; Roth, Charles E; Russell, Helen Ross
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- English
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