The Birchbark House - Theme
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The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
Lesson Plans by Elizabeth Pedro
The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich, describes a year in the life of Omakayas, a Ojibwa girl living on Moningwanaykaning, an island in Lake Superior. Engage students with premade activities and lesson plan ideas with Storyboard That!
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Storyboard Text
- Slide: 1
- Ahneen, little brothers
- Omakayas calls the bear cubs her brothers and speaks to the mother bear, who leaves her unharmed.
- Slide: 2
- Look how big you've gotten!
- Omakayas speaks to the bears, asking them to teach her about their medicines.
- Slide: 3
- When Omakayas and her family are near starvation, Nokomis dreams of a dear. She speaks to Deydey about this dream, who then finds the deer, killing it for food.