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Chapters 1-2

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Howe, LeAnne. Shell Shaker. Aunt Lute Books, 2001. Paperback.

• Chapter 1, “Blood Sacrifice, takes place in Yanabi town in the eastern district of the Choctaws on September 22, 1738.

• It is narrated in the present tense by Shakbatina, who calls herself a Shell Shaker.

• She tells the origin of the Shell Shakers.

• When her grandmother was young the town where she lived was prosperous and food was plentiful.

• Life was a series of games and dances.

• The town champion of stickball was Shakbatina’s grandfather, Tuscalusa.

• News came that a dangerous enemy had arrived on their shores with weapons of fire and was camped a few days away in the town of Talisa.

• When Tuscalusa and his warriors heard this, they made plans to save their people.

• He planned to lead the enemy into a trap, which...

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