Dances with Wolves

Themes:

1. Natural Simplicity of the Indians Lifestyle2. “Western Frontier” (Territorial Growth of the USA)3. Native Americans’ Relationship with the Europeans

Describe the following characters

• John J. Dunbar – US soldier, brave, …

• Kicking Bird (holy man) – respected, ready to learn, peaceful

• Wind in his Hair – warrior, fierce, proud• Stands with a Fist – white woman,

• Ten Bears (chief)- respected, soft-spoken, thoughtful• Stone Calf (respected elder)-respected, kind, teacher

Sioux Children

• Smiles a Lot – quiet, brave, shy • Otter – brave, trying to prove himself

John J. Dunbar

Kicking Bird

Wind in his Hair

Stands with a Fist

Ten Bears

Stone Calf

Smiles a lot

• Waking up in the Medical Tent• Scene from the Civil War Battle• Dunbar’s suicide attempt• Meeting with the crazy western commander• Heading westward on the wagon • Getting to the empty solider fort• Sending the black smoke up (smoke signal)• Meeting Kicking Bird• When the horse was stolen in the night by the 3 young boys • Meeting Wind in his Hair test of bravery• Finding Stands with a Fist on the prairie (her suicide attempt)• Meeting with Kicking Bird & Wind in his hair for the 1st time• Acting out buffalo (lost in translation)• Making Coffee for the Sioux (trading goods) • Hearing the buffalo at night• Telling the tribe about the buffalo• Buffalo HuntSaving Smiles a lot • Saving the Sioux from the Pawnee attack • Marrying Stands with a fist• Going back to the Solider Fort forgot journal• Death of Cisco• Death of Two Socks• Rescue by the Sioux• John Dunbar evolves into Dances with Wolves• Leaving the tribe to protect them from US Army• Wind in His Hair’s final goodbye

Objective: Students are to complete the following requirements for the diary of Lt. John J. Dunbar.

• Students are to complete 15 journal entries in the diary. (each journal entry must be written as if John Dunbar is the author)

• Each journal entry must pertain to an actual event from the film!

• Each journal entry must be a descriptive paragraph about the event. (one paragraph per entry is the minimum, if you want to write more you can)

• Each entry must have a drawn picture that relates to the event.• This diary is a time period piece; this means that the diary must

look old! It can not contain any modern aspects including lined paper, staples, etc!