1. Oral Traditions & Storytelling

2. What is it?
“the means by which knowledge is reproduced, preserved and told from generation to generation. Oral traditions form the foundation of Aboriginal societies, connecting speaker and listener in communal experience and uniting past and present in memory."

3. Why? They did not write down their history it was spoken
Evening entertainment in homes
Told stories of culture, family history, how people should act around each other, the land, and why things happened
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4. Do you think the stories stay the same each time it is told?
Discuss with your group - What do you think? Why

5. Do you think the stories stay the same each time it is told?
Stories can vary from one person to the next as they might focus on a specific lessons being taught or apply it to their situation or culture
The stories might shift slightly from one generation to the next
However, the main lesson from the story stays the same

6. Iroquois Creation story

7. Native American myths about...
White buffalo women
How rainbow’s were made
The first tear
The skeleton
Why the seasons change
Animals
Simulation
You will research a myth and then we will pretend to go back in time and sit in a home when the elders tell pass the stories on… except you will tell your story