Earliest Literature
Vocabulary
Timeline
The Explorers
How do you know?
100
A story passed down to several generations
What is Oral Tradition?
100
What is alight
To land upon
100
Leif Eriksson visited in what year
1000
100
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Who was given 3 ships and 600 men to explore and record what he saw, in the Americas
100
According to some creation myths, how did the sun rise?
Maybe an eagle took it in it's beak Maybe ..........
200
A type of story that uses supernatural to explain the natural
Myth
200
Oral Tradtion
A type of story passed down to future generations
200
Who landed in the Americas in 1492
Christopher Columbus
200
What is La Relacion
A daily account,or journal written to document what the Spanish explorers encountered
200
Explain how the day turns into night
Maybe the moon steals the sun and hides it behind it's back Maybe......
300
What is a story that explains how life began
Creation Myth
300
What is a cunning animal or human who is both defiant and smart
A Trickster
300
What is the name of the sailor/explorer who wrote about his ill fated journey to Central America
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
300
What is Bias
An opinion based on preconceived thoughts or ideas
300
Why does the night follow the day
Maybe the sun lights the way for sister moon who follows
400
The World on the Coyote's Back or The Coyote and the Buffalo
Name a Creation Myth
400
What is a tale that explains the origin of the Earth and it's inhabitants
A creation myth
400
What was held in 1580 and was considered the Constitution of 5 nations
The Iroquois Convention
400
Did the explorers always tell the truth in their journals? Explain your answer.
No, because they did not want the King or Queen to know that they had failed and cost them money
400
What is the reason the moon sometimes is not in the night sky
Maybe the moon gets tired as the month goes on and gets lost....... Maybe.........
500
A Trickster
What is a clever animal or human used to explain how morals/values came to be
500
What is a person who brings about magic
Conjuror
500
Whose book of poetry was published in 1650, and is considered the earliest work by an American woman
Anne Bradstreet
500
What are three ways early explorers documented their journies
Journals Diaries Letters
500
What is your creation myth
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