PADDLE PROJECT

MIDLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL:

EXPLORING TECHNOLOGIES

GRANDFATHER SEVEN TEACHINGS

& THE MEDICINE WHEEL

GRANDFATHER SEVEN TEACHINGS

“THE TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF RESPECT AND SHARING THAT

FORM THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN WAY OF

LIFE ARE BUILT AROUND THE SEVEN NATURAL LAWS, OR

SACRED TEACHINGS.”

ADAPTED FROM: HTTP://WWW.THESHARINGCIRCLE.COM/SACRED_TEACHINGS

SPIRIT ANIMAL SYMBOLS• STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE TEACHINGS AND THE MEDICINE

WHEEL WHILE CREATING A SMALL PADDLE.

• STUDENTS CHOOSE WHAT SYMBOL THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

CNC CARVED ON THE PADDLES

ORIGINAL DESIGNS CREATED BY MR. BALABUCK

SUCCESS CRITERIA

STUDENTS TAKE 2 WEEKS TO SHAPE AND BUILD THEIR PADDLE.

PADDLE PROS!

PADDLE PROS!

PADDLE PROS!

PADDLE PROS!

PADDLE PROS!

SEVEN ANIMAL SPIRITS

• IN EACH SYMBOL THE COLOURS WHITE,

YELLOW, RED AND BLACK REPRESENT THE

QUADRANTS OF THE MEDICINE WHEEL

COURAGE

SEV

EN

AN

IMA

L SPIR

ITS

HUMILITYTRUTH

SEV

EN

AN

IMA

L SPIR

ITS

WISDOMHONESTY

SEV

EN

AN

IMA

L SPIR

ITS

RESPECT

LOVE