Canoeing with the Cree Mounds View High School划独木舟的克里蒙兹维尤高中.pptx

Canoeing with the Creeby Eric Sevareid Essential Questions How does the struggle to overcome challenges play a role in self-discovery? How does a wilderness experience shape one’s world view? Can you be human without a sense of your environment? Who are the Cree? The Cree are one of the largest Native American groups in North America. Historically: Cree lived in Canada around the Great Lakes and westward into what is now the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the U.S. they lived in northern Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana. Today: 200,000 Cree live in Canada; in the U.S. the Cree are concentrated in Montana. Cree girl, 1928 Hunting camp, late 20th century Cree family, Alberta, 1927 Unloading supplies, Quebec, 2011 WWII soldiers, Quebec Canadian winter camp, 1936 Canoeing with the Cree … begins in Minneapolis in 1930 (Great Depression). is told by Eric Sevareid in 1st-person point of view. records the 2,250-mile journey by canoe to the Hudson Bay in Canada of Sevareid and his friend, Walter Port. They have just graduated from high school when they start their voyage. Allusions, Chapter 1 Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): British author popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He wrote poetry, short stories, novels, and children’s stories, among them The Jungle Book. Lines from Kipling’s poem “The Feet of the Young Men” begin Canoeing with the Cree. Paradise Lost (1667) is an epic poem by poet John Milton. It is his version of the story of Adam and Eve and their loss of the Garden of Eden. Allusions, Chapter 1 Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806): first U.S. expedition to explore the American West, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894): Scottish poet, novelist, essayist, and travel writer. He wrote, among many other stories, Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Allusions, Chapter 1 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mounties or Mounted Police): Canada’s national