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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- Slide: 1
- Omakayas
- Physical/Character Traits:
- • shining, brown eyes• wide grin, missing front teeth• 7 years old• loving/caring
- How does this character change over time?
- • This character grows up quickly; she experiences death in her community and has to take on adult responsibilities.
- 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
- Slide: 2
- Nokomis
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character change over time?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 3
- Deydey
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 4
- Yellow Kettle
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 5
- Angeline
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 6
- Little Pinch
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 7
- Neewo
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 8
- Old Tallow
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 9
- Fishtail
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
- Slide: 10
- Ten Snows
- Physical/Character Traits:
- How does this character interact with the main character?
- What challenges does this character face?
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