1. Unit One: The First Americans Prentice Hall Lit Early America (Beginnings to 1800)

2. Discussion: A Historical Recap  In 1492, North America was already populated by several hundred Native American tribes.  Nomadic groups migrated across the Bering Lang Bridge from Asia and settled the continent.  After Columbus, Europeans ventured to the New World, creating the first accounts of written word.  Before written word, there was oral literature passed down through generations of indigenous peoples.  Discuss picture from page 3 (next slide). Do you know any of these tribes?

4. Oral Tradition  Why did Native Americans use oral tradition?  Why don’t we rely on oral tradition today?  Oral tradition provided very useful information as well as history and entertainment!  Think of sitting down in your living room watching your favorite Netflix show on a 62’, HD flat screen TV!  Rewind to the 1400-1800s (the time period your going to be looking at) and the equivalent to that was sitting around a campfire listening to stories of oral tradition!

5. Notes: Literary Analysis (pg. 18)  Origin Myth: Traditional story that explains how life, social customs, living beings, or earth’s features began.  Themes: Insights on life and/or human condition that are universal.  Archetypes: symbols, patterns, or character types that repeat across cultures.

6. Understand Archetype  Origin Myth and Theme are concepts that are review from students’ past language arts classes.  Archetype may need to be explained further/in more detail/as review:  With an assigned partner, read through this article and choose two popular book or movie characters that fit into one of the twelve archetypes. Be prepared to share out to the class!  http://www.soulcraft.co/essays/the_12_common_archetypes. html

7. Culture Heroes vs. Trickster Culture  dramatize people and events  show us how to do what is right and become good people  often come from divine birth Trickster  show us the darker side of life  provide disorder and change  will often be coyotes, ravens, spiders  remind us that culture can be artificial

8. Notes: Reading Strategy (p.18)  Purpose for reading:  learn cultural characteristics of Native American peoples  Identify concepts of origination, themes, and archetypes.  Create this chart on new page of notes: Tribe/Myth Title Detail s Cultural Characteristi cs What is originated? Theme/ s Archetype/s Onondaga Modoc Coyote Dream Trickster

9. Are you..?  Do you think it is the duty of our country to preserve endangered species/things?  Why or why not?  Do you think it is important to know the origination of things?  Why or why not?

10. Nonfiction Element: Preserving Language and Culture  1. http://www.npr.org/2016/07/31/488122761/crow-immersion-camp-hopes-to-revive-a- threatened-native-american-language  Interview  2. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/06/04/318873830/last-of-the-navajo-code- talkers-dies-at-93  Article  3.  Informational http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/what-endangered-language  4. http://mentalfloss.com/article/50816/11-native-american-names-modern-us-cities  reference

11. Group Work  In assigned groups of four, you will:  1. Assign roles: note taker, group leader, reader, and designer  2. Use your laptops to read the assigned link  3. Create a document (Word, PowerPoint, or paper) that contains the following information:  Source in MLA format  Summary of key ideas and details  Two most shocking/surprising/interesting aspects of the article  Opinion: Would you consider a degree in Native American studies after reading your piece? Why or why not?