Askî and Turtle Island
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Primary reading level storybook.
Primary reading level storybook.
For use with the storybook Askî and Turtle Island.
Traditional story about how coyote, with the help of other animals, stole fire from the Fire Protectors and gave it to humans so that they could stay warm during the winter months.
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.
Book review of: The Bearer of this Letter by Mindy J. Morgan.