Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 2 of 13
Oral Traditions
Listen with respect to stories, songs and teachings.
What your child practises
Oral traditions are a way many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities share knowledge. Questions focus on respectful listening and asking permission. No stories are retold here, and each Nation has its own teachings.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Explore how oral traditions show respect for traditional shared knowledge. · respecting oral traditions and shared knowledge
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which action shows you value shared knowledge?
💚- laughing at it
- ignoring it
- remembering it and using it kindly
- making fun of it
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remembering it and using it kindly
Hint: Valuing means taking it seriously and using it with care.
Question 2
Why can a story told out loud change a little each time it is told?
🎙️- the story is broken
- somebody wants to trick people
- each telling is shared in a living voice for a particular audience
- the words are not important
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each telling is shared in a living voice for a particular audience
Hint: Oral traditions are living, and storytellers care for the teachings they carry.
Question 3
A storyteller invites you to ask questions at the end. What is a good question?
❓- Why is it so long?
- Can I go now?
- Is this almost over?
- What did you want us to remember?
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What did you want us to remember?
Hint: Thoughtful questions show you were listening.
Question 4
Why do we thank a guest who shares a story?
🙏- so they will stop
- to show respect for their time and knowledge
- because we have to leave
- to make the story shorter
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to show respect for their time and knowledge
Hint: Saying thank you is a way to show respect.
Question 5
Many First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities pass on knowledge through oral traditions. What does that mean?
🗣️- only writing in books
- only drawing maps
- sharing stories, songs and teachings by speaking
- only using computers
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sharing stories, songs and teachings by speaking
Hint: Oral means spoken. Oral traditions are knowledge shared out loud, from one generation to the next.
Question 6
Why can listening to a story be a way of learning?
👂- it never teaches anything
- you hear ideas, feelings and lessons told in the speaker's own voice
- you can't remember it
- you do not need to think
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you hear ideas, feelings and lessons told in the speaker's own voice
Hint: Storytelling is a way to learn.