Comparison Of Martin's and Dachina's Rite of Passage

Comparison Of Martin and Dachina

Use the text of "The Medicine Bag" and the video about the Mescalero Apache girl Dachina to compare each young person's rite of passage. You will consider the strengths and weaknesses of each medium to tell the young person's story.

Media

The means (ways) to mass communicate a message.

Poll

Which media format do you think best described and told the rite of passage story.

• the short story, "The Medicine Bag"

• the video, "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage"

Open Ended

Explain why you choose the media format that you did.

The choice of a narrator impacts the audience...

• a 1st person account like Martin's is more personal

• an outside narrator, like the voiceover in the video, puts distance between the audience and the event

Multiple Choice

In which story did you understand more about what the young person was feeling?

• "The Medicine Bag"

• "Apache Girl's Rite of Passage"

Multiple Choice

Which rite of passage required more physical strength and endurance?

• Martin's

• Dachina's

Open Ended

Explain why Dachina's rite of passage requires more physical strength than Martin's acceptance of the medicine bag. In other words, how were their rites of passage different?

Multiple Choice

Which young person experiences more internal conflict to accept the rite of passage?

• Martin

• Dachina

Multiple Select

Choose all of the ways that these stories are dissimilar. (Choose more than one answer.)

• One ritual is for males and the other for females only.

• One ritual is private and the other is public.

• They are Native American traditions.

• They are supported by their families to fulfill the tradition.

Multiple Select

The tradition of the medicine bag preserves and protects family history and strength. It focuses on a young man's ancestry as being a critical part of his future.

• true

• false

Multiple Select

The Apache girl's rite of passage focuses on the symbolism of the life journey. It demands great physical and emotional strength to endure hunger, sleeplessness, and physical activity for long periods of time. It does this to prepare young women for the physical and emotional demands of being a woman - caregiver, wife, mother.

• true

• false