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Show Assesment / Products Discussion participation Worksheet Variations / Extensions If you do not have internet access to download Coyote and Frog, just use Pia Toya and the oral history excerpt. Give students an example of another value held by the Goshute people, and have them write a Coyote story that teaches that value. Some examples from We Shall Remain: The Goshute are respect for the land, meeting adversity with strength and determination, and respect for elders. Hand each student a piece of drawing paper and crayons and have him/her draw their own version of the Deep Creek Mountain Range. Have students tell someone at home a Coyote story and have them sign a paper proving that they are practicing storytelling skills. Have students write their own stories about the creation of a local geographic feature and share it with their families. Students could create an illustration to accompany the story. THE GOSHUTES W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E 50 Procedure (cont .) Have students watch Coyote and Frog (available for download at www.UtahIndians.org). Have them answer the next questions on their worksheet. Discuss the differences between Coyote's behavior and Frog's behavior. Give each student a copy of "Coyote Eye-Juggler." Have them read silently and answer the next set of questions on their own. Gather the class back together to discuss Coyote's behavior. Was it what they expected based on the first story? What lessons about behavior does this story teach? Can knowing the lessons hidden in the stories of a group of people tell us something about those people? Discuss the Goshute lifestyle and why these stories would have been important and useful to the Gos-hutes. Have students finish the last set of questions on their worksheet. Additional References Defa, Dennis R. "The Goshute Indians of Utah." In A History of Utah's American Indians. Ed. Forrest S. Cuch. Salt Lake City: Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah Division of State History, 2000. Papanikolas, Zeese. Trickster in the Land of Dreams. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Pia Toya - A Goshute Indian Legend: Retold and Illustrated by the Children and Teachers of the Ibapah Elementary School. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000. |