The Talking Stick

Today was a busy, fun-packed day! One of the great activities we did today was to create a talking stick for our class with the Aboriginal Education teacher at our school.

We learned that the talking stick is used in many North American First Nations cultures to begin discussions and show whose turn it is to speak. We had a choice of three different types of sticks. Our class chose to use a Diamond Willow stick.

Next, students got to take turns and come up to choose something to put on our talking stick.

What did you learn about talking sticks?

What do the symbols we put on the talking stick mean?