Ishi: Last of His Tribe | Activities :&: Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Creation Stories

In Section 4 of "The Moon Seasons, Grandfather tells the Yahi story of creation. Find several creation stories from other cultures, Native American as well as European, African, and other cultures. Have students read and compare these stories to the story that Grandfather tells. What characteristics do they share? What differences do they notice? What might explain these similarities among different stories? Then have students create an illustration that represents the Yahi creation story.

2. Artifacts

Have students research the...
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