by boot | Feb 27, 2025
The main character and narrator of this book is a teenage girl who is a Sudanese civil war refugee. She has a happy, normal life which comes to an end when her village is destroyed by soldiers, and her family scatters. Ask the class: How might these circumstances...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Students can engage in an independent or small group writing and interviewing project by interviewing a local Anishinaabe Elder or mnoomin picker. Students would first plan out the interview by researching Anishinaabe culture to create informed questions to ask the...
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
Invite an Anishinaabe Elder or mnoomin picker to visit the school. Encourage students to brainstorm interview questions in advance.
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
The teacher can reread the story aloud to the class. On the second read, students will act out/imitate the animals that are named in the story. They will change actions when a new animal is called out in the story.
by boot | Feb 27, 2025
The seed in the story sees so many animals. Have students pretend to be the seed. What do they see? Ask students to draw what they see as a seed in the water.
