Lesson 2: Drum As A Heart Beat
Links to all videos and stories can be found in the Lesson 2 PowerPoint.
Materials to Download
The Big Drum and Drumming
Try: Students sit in a circle and try to find their heartbeat on their neck and wrist.
Discuss: What do you see? Discussion about the Big Drum.
Watch: ABC10: Drumming The Heartbeat of Mother Earth (3:57)
Read Aloud: We Belong to the Drum by Sandra Lamouche (Nehiyaw Iskwew Cree Woman) on Epic!: We Belong To The Drum Available in English and Cree translation.
Watch: Round Dance 101 (2:04)
Let's Move!
Have students do the Double Beat Side Step with Stylehorse Collective (2:33)
The Hand Drum
Read Aloud: Benjamin’s Thunderstorm by Melanie Florence (Cree) on Epic!: Benjamin’s Thunderstorm
Discuss: What do you see? Discussion about the Hand Drum.
Watch: CBC Kids Hand Drum (2:29).
Lesson Closure: Let's Move!
After practicing the Double Beat Side Step yesterday, revisit the moves and try to double beat side step together as a class during the song Anishinaabe Kwe by Ode’min Kwe Singers (4:39).