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Creation Story. Walam Olum The Earth on Turtle’s Back Origin of Fire Comprehension Questions. The Walam Olum. What is the purpose of creating the Walam Olum ? List 5 of the great Manito’s creations? What did the evil Manito create? What six troubles did a mighty magician bring to earth?
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Creation Story WalamOlum The Earth on Turtle’s Back Origin of Fire Comprehension Questions
The WalamOlum • What is the purpose of creating the WalamOlum? • List 5 of the great Manito’s creations? • What did the evil Manito create? • What six troubles did a mighty magician bring to earth? • According to The WalamOlum, what constitutes a happy life for the Lenape? • What evidence is there that the “evil Manito” and the “evil being, a mighty magician” might be the same? • Identify 3 evils of the twenty first century. Create a pictograph representing the origin of these evils as well as a name for the creator of those evils.
Does Earth exist in the beginning of the story? What 2 distinct areas do exist? • What was Skyland like? • Why does the Chief uproot the great tree? What does this infer about the Onondaga’s position regarding dreams? 4. What figure does the Chief’s wife represent? 5. What could be the reasoning for … -the Chief’s wife being pregnant -the fact that she is saved by the animals 6. Credibility is given to the story in the 2nd to the last paragraph. What is this proof that this actually happened and how does it help people to believe? 7. Change 1 portion of the story to suit our modern times. Somehow involve technology or present day issues. Begin with “In the area where…I would change/add …” 8. Task: Choose any scene from this story and illustrate it. Be sure to pay attention to detail from the text. THE EARTH ON TURTLE’S BACK
What is the sentence that sets the stage for the development of this particular myth? Do you find it to be acceptable? Why or why not? • Summarize the Apache story in 5 sentences. • Who are the 2 groups that help fox? • How does he end up breaching their trust? • What is one word that can describe Fox’s motivation within the story? • In addition to providing an explanation for how fire came about, what else does this story teach us? • Task: either… 1) create a poem regarding this story 2) create a 4 sectioned comic for this story