Teachable Texts

134. Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places by Joseph Bruchac

November 22, 2009 at 9:21 am Leave a comment

Retell: On the way to a pow-wow Old Bear teaches his nephew Little Turtle about the legends connected to the sacred places of other Native American tribes.

Topics: legends, Native Americans, sacred places, Wampanoag, Seneca, Niagara Falls, Navajo, Cherokee, Papago, Hopewell, Cheyenne, Hopi, Abenaki, Walapai, Grand Canyon

Units of Study: Content-Area, Nonfiction, Talking and Writing About Texts

Tribes: mutual respect

Reading Skills: envisionment, interpretation

My Thoughts: This is a great read aloud for integrating map skills.  Using the clues in each legend, students could try and figure out which place is being described.  A copy of the map in the back of the book could be distributed to students during the read aloud and partners could work together to locate each sacred place on the map.

Entry filed under: Male authors, Picture Books. Tags: Abenaki, Cherokee, Cheyenne, content-area, envisionment, Grand Canyon, Hopewell, Hopi, interpretation, legends, mutual respect, native americans, Navajo, Niagara Falls, nonfiction, Papago, sacred places, Seneca, talking and writing about texts, Walapai, Wampanoag.