M4P5 – Raven Brings the Light

In my exploration of story and math concepts, I found connects of the legend Raven Brings the Light and making Bentwood Boxes (bent from one piece of wood to store items) using ratio, 3D geometry and measurement to discover measurements based on the volume of the objects. In the activities I found, there were written version of the story, but I wondered how authentic that was. I also found a story book written in collaboration with indigenous people that was read out loud by a teacher. This satisfied me a little more, in that it was read out loud and had some images for students. However, in reading in this course, it talked about cadence, volume and speed being important factors of story telling. I then found a storyteller Nakoma Volkman who was videoed retelling the Lakota story of ‘Raven Brings Light’ and that was more appropriate. However, as I watched, it may not be engaging to all students. I then found the video below which belongs to a series (link to site below as well) of animated shorts that aim to educate and entertain students while teaching them First Nations legends. There are voices, music and sounds and the production is high quality.

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