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Michigan's Native American
Legends WebQuest

An Integrated WebQuest for Fourth Grade
Using Language Arts, Social Studies, and Technology

 

     Ojibwa Indians Playing Checkers

 

 

 

 

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page


 Introduction

 

Welcome to the Michigan Native American Legends WebQuest! 

A legend is an unproven story based on fact. A legend also includes ideas from the imagination. Legends are passed on from one person to another by the oral tradition (word of mouth).

You've probably read some well-known legends such as Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyon and his blue ox, and others.  Legends contain story elements.

 


The Task

In this WebQuest, you will be working together with a partner to do the following activities:

 

  1. Read a selection of legends. 

  2. Analyze the legends by identifying their elements.

  3. Create a story map for your own legend.

  4. Write and illustrate your own Michigan Native American legend, based on your story map.

  5. Share your legend.

 

Click the "Process" button to find out how to do this project.

 


The Process

Here's how you will accomplish your work.
  1. First, you'll be assigned to a team of students.
  2. Next,

 

Algonquin Legends

  1. Ableegumooch, The Lazy Rabbit

  2. Adventures Of Great Rabbit

  3. Algon And The Sky Girl

  4. Algonquin Creation Myth

  5. Algonquin Flood Myth

  6. Glooscap And His People

  7. Glooscap And The Baby

  8. Glooskap The Divinity. Of Glooskap's Birth, And Of His Brother Malsum The Wolf

  9. Honeyed Words Can't Sweeten Evil

  10. How Glooscap Found The Summer version 1

  11. How Glooscap Found The Summer version 2

  12. How Mahtigwess, The Rabbit Dined With The Woodpecker Girls, And Was Again Humbled By Trying To Rival Them

  13. How One Of The Partridge's Wives Became A Sheldrake-Duck, And Why Her Feet And Feathers Are Red

  14. How The Partridge Built Good Canoes For All The Birds, And A Bad One For Himself

  15. Of The Adventure With Mooin, The Bear; It Being The Third And Last Time That Master Rabbit Made A Fool Of Himself

  16. Relating How The Rabbit Became Wise By Being Original, And Of The Terrible Tricks Which He By Magic Played Loup-Cervier, The Wicked Wild Cat

  17. The Amazing Adventures Of Master Rabbit With The Otter, The Woodpecker Girls, And Mooin The Bear. Also A Full Account Of The Famous Chase, In Which He Fooled Lusifee, The Wild Cat

  18. The Giant Magicians

  19. The Great Flood

  20. The Mournful Mystery Of The Partridge-Witch; Setting Forth How A Young Man Died From Love

  21. The Partridge Spirit

  22. The Spirit Bride

  23. The Story Of A Partridge And His Wonderful Wigwam

 

 

Chippewa Legends

  1. A Coyote Story

  2. Coyote And The Another One

  3. Forsaken Brother

  4. Great Serpent And The Great Flood

  5. How Dogs Came to The Indians

  6. The Father Of Indian Corn

  7. The Legend Of The Big Bird

  8. The Legend Of The Dreamcatcher

  9. The Spring Beauty

  10. Why Buffalo Has A Hump

  11. Why Porcupine Has Quills

 

Ojibwa Legends (Anishinabe)

  1. A Coyote Story

  2. A Gust Of Wind

  3. Andek

  4. Chi Ca Go

  5. Cloud Catcher And The Moon Woman

  6. How The Bat Came To Be

  7. How The Beaver Got His Tail

  8. How The Rabbit Lost His Tail

  9. In The Beginning

  10. Jingle Dress Origin

  11. Lady's Slippers

  12. Legend Of The Mountain Ash Berries

  13. Legend Of The Northern Lights

  14. Okishkimonisse Saves The Summer Birds

  15. Papase

  16. Princess Of The Mist

  17. Rabbit And Fox

  18. Run, Rabbit, Run

  19. Showandasee

  20. The Dogs Fight

  21. The Legend Of Rainbow Path

  22. The Legend Of The Great White Pine

  23. The Legend Of The Snowbirds

  24. The Legend Of Trillium

  25. The Little Chapel on Mt. McKay

  26. The Peeping Squaw

  27. The Primacy Of Plants

  28. The Sea Lion Of Silver Islet

  29. The Seven Headed Dragon

  30. The Sleeping Giant

  31. The Son In Law Tests

  32. The Three Sisters

  33. The Wish To Marry A Star

  34. Trickster Tales

 

Ottawa Legends

  1. Origin Of Our Tribal Flower - The Trailing Arbutus

  2. The Great Flood

 

 

Click the "Evaluation" button to see how your project will be graded.


 Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

 


 Conclusion

summary, extension, additional links for furthering interest


Credits and References

  1. Chippewa Facts for Kids at http://www.geocities.com/bigorrin/chippewa_kids.htm

  2. First People at http://www.firstpeople.us/

  3. Ojibwa Customs at http://www.turtle-island.com/customs.html

  4. Great Lakes Native American clothing styles at http://www.nativetech.org/clothing/regions/region7.html

  5. Pottawatomie History at http://www.tolatsga.org/pota.html

 

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