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Wolfman, Judy – Teacher Ideas Press, 2004
How did the bee get his bumble? How do birds get their feathers? Why is the bluebird blue? Curious first through fifth graders want to know how and why things happen! Judy Wolfman has created 40 Readers Theatre scripts based on imaginative and creative porquoi stories that stem from multicultural folktales as well as Native American Indian legends…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Scripts, American Indians, Theater Arts
Wabnaki Bilingual Educational Program, Indian Township, ME. – 1976
This illustrated reader contains a Passamaquoddy version of a traditional Wabnaki legend about Koluskap, an Indian man, and his friends. It is one of a series of readers containing Passamaquoddy legends and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page presents the text in the Passamaquoddy language and in a literal English…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Wabnaki Bilingual Educational Program, Indian Township, ME. – 1976
This illustrated reader contains Passamaquoddy versions of two traditional Wabnaki legends about Pukcinsquehs, the Tree-Stump Woman, who changes herself into a mosquito, and Koluskap, a giant, who turns people into fish. It is one of a series of readers containing Passamaquoddy legends and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Wabnaki Bilingual Educational Program, Indian Township, ME. – 1976
This illustrated reader contains a Passamaquoddy version of a traditional Wabnaki legend about the raccoon. It is one of a series of readers containing Passamaquoddy legends and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page presents the text in the Passamaquoddy language and in a literal English translation. A glossary of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Wabnaki Bilingual Educational Program, Indian Township, ME. – 1976
This illustrated reader contains a Passamaquoddy version of a traditional Wabnaki legend about Koluskap and the wonderful powers he gives to three Indians who look for him. It is one of a series of readers containing Passamaquoddy legends and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page presents the text in the Passamaquoddy…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Wabnaki Bilingual Educational Program, Indian Township, ME. – 1976
This illustrated reader contains a Passamaquoddy version of a traditional Wabnaki legend about the origin of the turtle. It is one of a series of readers containing Passamaquoddy legends and is intended for use in a bilingual education setting. Each page presents the text in the Passamaquoddy language and in a literal English translation. A…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Download full textLeavitt, Robert M. – 1974
This reader, intended for use in a bilingual education program, tells the story of the Indians' struggle to keep their land along the St. John River during the American War for Independence. Written from the Indian point of view, the text is based largely on the journal of John Allan, a white man living in Nova Scotia, who was sympathetic to the…
Descriptors: American History, American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians
