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Book Annotation (American Indian Myths and Legends (Paragraph 1 (The "…

- - - - Themes include tales of creation, war and warrior code, tales of love and tricksters, animals and people, and other themes.
    - - Ortiz comes from the Tewa Pueblos of New Mexico. Ortiz also holds a MA. and Ph.D. in anthropology, and was the contributing editor of the two Southwest volumes of the Smithsonian's Handbook of the North American Indian.
      - Erdoes was born and studied in Europe, and has written many books on the American West. Erdoes photographs have been featured in National Geographic, Life and other magazines, and is the illustrator of the images in this book.
  - - - This book could be used for many different grades depending on which stories one chooses to use.
      - Stories about animals and people and those that contain moral lessons could be good for some of the younger grades.
      - More in depth and thought provoking stories like the creation, warrior tales and stories about visions of the end of the world, might work better for older students, and could lead to a lot of good discussions.
    - - This book would be a good resource for short stories that could be used for Reading and Language Arts.
      - Because this book contains stories of the same theme but from different tribes, it would be a good way to compare and contrast, as well as teach students about different cultures and beliefs.
      - I would not directly give my students this book, instead I would give them copies of individual stories used in the lesson.
- - - - Dunbar-Ortiz is an active member of the international Indigenous movement, and has been for more than four decades.Dunbar-Ortiz is also the recipient of the 2015 American Book Award.
      - Gilio-Whitaker is an award winning journalist and columnist at Indian country Today Media Network, and the associate scholar at the Center of the World Indigenous Studies.
  - - - This novel is something that could be used in any grade.
      - Some of the more controversial myths, like" The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide," and "Indians Were the First Immigrants to the Western Hemisphere," would be best for older grades.
      - Topics like "sports Mascots Honor Native Americas," "Columbus Discovered America," and "Indians were savage and warlike," could be good topics for younger or middle school students.
    - - Since these are all common myths, they are also probably the common misconceptions that my students will come to me with. so they are good bases to start teaching about Native Americans.
- - - - Though it doesn't specifically say what grade level this book is for, I think that it would work for students grades 3 and up.
    - - These are books that I would absolutely have in my classroom for my students to read.
      - I think it would be possible for these novels to be used in a lesson, and I would most definitely keep them in my classroom library for students to read in their free time.
      - It I were to use these novels in a lesson, I think it would have to be a lesson that is directly related to the book.