Community Learning Task #9 Culture and Tradition

Learning Activity #9: June 1st – June 5th — Culture and Tradition 

Spend the day picking wild blueberries with Clarence and his grandmother. Meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland landscape, the ancestral home of author and illustrator Julie Flett. Through this activity students will explore their own family traditions. 

  1. Read:Wild Berriesby Julie Flett (2013) 

Read Aloud: 

Book with music, simplified reading of translated words: 

  1. Discuss:

A tradition is something that a family does on a regular basis—not just during holidays. With your family, discuss the following…  

  • What traditions do you and your family have? 
  • Do you have a favouritefamily tradition? 
  • What makes a tradition special?
  • Why are traditions important to have and maintain?
  • How did your family traditions start? Where did they come from?
  • Have your traditions changed over time?
  • Do you have different traditions with different family members?

 

  1. Create: Family Tree Template: colour and black and white

Make your own family tree. Choose the people you’d like to add into your tree. Consider adding the people who live at home with you, as well as the people you celebrate your family traditions with (ex. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.) 

  • Add details to show how these people are connected ex. A line connecting yourself to your parents
  • Add words or pictures to explain the tradition you share with each person on your tree
  • Decorate your page, feel free to add pictures or words that you associate with your family traditions to the background and borders of your page
  • You can even add a translation for your different family members if you speak another language!

 You can either use the family tree template, or choose to create your own 

  1. (Optional addition activities)
    1. Wild Berries Word Search
    2. Wild Berries extended activities