Week 3 - The World on the Turtle's Back

The Iroquois use the ideas in this myth to —

• explain how the earth and its inhabitants came to be

• describe why animals are important to people

• explain the complexities of human relationships

• describe the reasons people use different hands

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The author includes both the right- and the left-hand twin in the myth to —

• explain why the Iroquois believe different personalities clash

• explore Iroquois relationships between parents and children

• demonstrate Iroquois ideas about different facets of human nature

• describe the Iroquois reasons for the origins of sibling rivalry

"In the daytime, the people have rituals which honor the right-handed twin. Through the daytime rituals, they thank the Master of Life. In the nighttime, the people dance and sing for the left-handed twin."

The excerpt suggests that the Iroquois people —

• respect the balance of nature

• fear possibilities of danger at night

• revere one twin over the other

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The descriptions of the dancing and singing rituals of the Iroquois today suggest that they —

• seldom gather together to celebrate

• respect and honor nature

• harvest many times a year

• incorporate animals in their rituals

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The first event of "The World on the Turtle's Back" is--

• The twins decide they must duel to settle their conflict.

• The twins are born and their mother dies.

• The woman falls through the hole in the sky.

• The muskrat retrieves a bit of dirt from the bottom of the ocean.

• The right-handed twin kills the grandmother

The second event of "The World on the Turtle's Back" is--

• The twins decide they must duel to settle their conflict.

• The twins are born and their mother dies.

• The woman falls through the hole in the sky.

• The muskrat retrieves a bit of dirt from the bottom of the ocean.

• The right-handed twin kills the grandmother

The third event of "The World on the Turtle's Back" is--

• The twins decide they must duel to settle their conflict.

• The twins are born and their mother dies.

• The woman falls through the hole in the sky.

• The muskrat retrieves a bit of dirt from the bottom of the ocean.

• The right-handed twin kills the grandmother

The fourth event of "The World on the Turtle's Back" is--

• The twins decide they must duel to settle their conflict.

• The twins are born and their mother dies.

• The woman falls through the hole in the sky.

• The muskrat retrieves a bit of dirt from the bottom of the ocean.

• The right-handed twin kills the grandmother

The fifth event of "The World on the Turtle's Back" is--

• The twins decide they must duel to settle their conflict.

• The twins are born and their mother dies.

• The woman falls through the hole in the sky.

• The muskrat retrieves a bit of dirt from the bottom of the ocean.

• The right-handed twin kills the grandmother

Select the details from the myth that best support the idea: Nature plays an important role in Iroquois culture.

• The animals help the woman after she falls from the sky.

• The twins argue about the way they should be born.

• Corn, beans, and squash grow from the mother's body after she is buried.

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