Indigenous Storytelling with Elder Hazel - Video Series
Elder Hazel shares with students from stories she has collected throughout her life. Indigenous people have long passed on knowledge from generation to generation through oral traditions, including storytelling. Storytelling teaches history, values, beliefs and ways of life. Listen, learn and share together. Listening response worksheets available for each story.
Stories include:
- How The Turtle Got Its Shell (Video Length: 4:41)
- How The Months Came To Be (Video Length: 4:16)
- How The Dreamcatcher Came To Be (Video Length: 4:02)
- How Porcupine Got Its Quills (Video Length: 4:15)
- How The Tipi Got Its Shape (Video Length: 1:54)
- I’m A Snake, What Did You Expect? (Video Length: 4:00)
- The Moose’s Loose Coat (Video Length: 4:19)
- The Turtle and The Ground Squirrel (Video Length: 2:42)
- The Seven Sisters (Video Length: 6:26)
- The Beaver’s Tail (Video Length: 4:51)
- Turtle Goes South (Video Length: 4:20)
- Why The Owl Looks the Way It Does (Video Length: 3:30)
- Bonus Story: The Mossbag (Video Length: 7:11)
Boggle Board Activities
Listen closely to Elder Hazel's stories to find all the hidden words in each boggle board.