The Hunting Trip

This story takes place in a Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) village, where families lived in longhouses. Listen and watch the picture grow. Can you guess what Little Dove found before the end?

A deer!
A drawing that grows as the story is told
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Press Play to hear the story, or use Next to read it yourself.

Talk About It

  1. Why was Little Dove upset at the beginning of the story?
  2. What problems did the girls run into on their hunting trip?
  3. How did each part of the story add to the picture?
  4. When did you first guess what the picture would be? What gave it away?

Background for teachers: In Haudenosaunee communities, men usually did the hunting and women did the farming, raising corn, beans, and squash. That is why Little Dove’s brother hunts without her. Several related families lived together in each longhouse, so Little Dove’s best friend lives right next door.

Write Your Own Draw-Along Story

In The Hunting Trip, each part of the story added one part to the picture. Now it’s your turn.

  1. Choose an animal from the region you are studying, such as a bison for the Plains, a salmon for the Northwest Coast, or a seal for the Arctic.
  2. Draw it with simple lines and shapes. Count the parts. Five or six parts work well.
  3. Turn each part into something in your story: a path, a house, a tree, a pond, a hill.
  4. Write one short page for each part. Save your last line for a question, like “Do you know what they found?”
  5. Read your story to a partner and draw as you read. Can your partner guess the animal before the end?

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