The Birchbark House - Character Map
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The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
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The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich, describes a year in the life of Omakayas, a Ojibwa girl living on Moningwanaykaning, an island in Lake Superior. Engage students with premade activities and lesson plan ideas with Storyboard That!
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- Omakayas
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- What challenges does this character face?
- • smallpox attacks her family • Neewo and Ten Snows dies • has to survive the winter • has to survive the chimookomanug
- • This character grows up quickly; she experiences death in her community and has to take on adult responsibilities.
- How does this character change over time?
- • shining, brown eyes • wide grin, missing front teeth • 7 years old • loving/caring
- Nokomis
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- Deydey
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- Yellow Kettle
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- Angeline
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- Little Pinch
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- Neewo
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- Old Tallow
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- Fishtail
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- Ten Snows
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