Native American Animal Stories
Unit Review Sheet
These facts and definitions should be mastered throughout this unit. This page can be used for periodic review and study as you are finishing the unit and in the future.
Facts and Definitions
Lesson 1: Myths, Legends, and Folktales
- Legends are stories about people, places, and events. Legends often mix historical fact with fantasy.
- Folktales are stories that show human behavior and desires in an imaginative way.
- Myths are stories made up to explain a belief (such as how the Earth was made) or something in nature.
Lesson 2: People and Animal Stories
- Similar folktales and legends can be found in different cultures.
Lesson 3: The Natural World
- An adaptation is a physical characteristic or behavior of an animal that helps it survive.
- Camouflage is the coloring of an animal that helps it blend in with its environment.
- A relative pronoun begins a dependent clause (called a relative clause) that comes right after a noun and provides more information about the noun. The most common relative pronouns are who, whose, that, and which.
Lesson 4: Survival Stories
- The Native American people hunted animals and used them in a variety of ways.
Lesson 5: Legends from Other Cultures
- In many folktales, animals are used to teach lessons.
- A creation story is one that explains the beginning of the world. Almost all cultures have a creation story.
Final Project: My Own Myth
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