Transcript The World on a Turtle’s Back

Iroquois Myth
Myth (genre)
 Traditional story
 Passed down through generations
 Explains why the world is the way it is
 Creation myth
 Explains how the universe, earth, and life began
 Oral presentation
 Story may appear differently when it is written down
 Varies from one teller to another
Creation myth
 Function of the creation myth
 Joseph Campbell
 To instill a sense of awe toward the mystery of the
universe
 To explain the workings of the natural world
 To support and validate social customs
 To guide people through the trials of living
Iroquois Nation
 League of 5 separate Native American peoples
 Seneca
 Cayuga
 Oneida
 Onondaga
 Mohawk
 Existed in what is now New York State
Iroquois Nation
 Lived in longhouses & villages protected by fences
 Women planted and farmed
 Men hunted & fished
 Men also fought in lots of battles with other nations
 Created the Iroquois nation to keep from fighting and to
get a larger group to fight against outside forces
Vocabulary
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 contend
 devious
 ritual
 succumb
 void
Cause and Effect
 One event (cause) directly brings about another event
(effect)
 One cause can have more than one effect
Active Reading Chart
What exists
What caused it to be
Myth
Function
Examples
Myth
Function
To instill awe
Examples
Myth
Function
To instill awe
To explain world
Examples
Myth
Function
To instill awe
To explain world
To support customs
Examples
Myth
Function
To instill awe
To explain world
To support customs
To guide people
Examples
Prompt
Analyze the creation myth “The World on a Turtle’s
Back” as a literary genre that explains the workings of
the natural world. Give two examples from the text to
show this purpose of the creation myth. Explain the
example completely.
Analyze
 Means to break the whole into its parts
 Tell what a creation myth is—definition
 Tell what the four functions of a creation myth are
 Say that “The World on a Turtle’s Back” is a creation
myth
 Consider this your introduction paragraph
Give two examples
 Example 1
 Choose one of the functions of the creation myth
 Tell what it is
 Choose an example of that from the story
 Put the page number
 Then explain why that meets the criteria for that
function of a creation myth
Give two examples
 Example 2
 Choose another function of the creation myth
 Tell what it is
 Choose an example of that from the story
 Put the page number
 Then explain why that meets the criteria for that
function of a creation myth
Use Transition Words
 When introducing the examples:
 The first example is…
 First,…
 Second
 The second example is…
 When explaining the examples:
 In other words…
 This means that…
 Consider this the body of the paper
Conclusion
 Use transition words:
 Finally
 In conclusion
 Overall
 Restate your main idea:
 What was a creation myth?
 How did this story fit that criteria?
Prompt #2
Analyze the good and evil found in the creation
myth “The World on a Turtle’s Back”. Give two
examples from the text. Explain examples completely.
Prompt #3
Compare “The World on a Turtle’s Back” to the
story of Genesis. Write about the similarities that you
have found in both myths. Provide at least two
examples. Explain the examples completely.