Reading Diary A: British North America Unit

For this week’s reading diary, I chose to read the British North America unit.  The first story I read, Beliefs, was very interesting to me and made me look forward to reading the rest of the stories in this unit.  I like the belief of there being five worlds, one above the other and the middle being Earth.  Each world had its own name like Afraid of Nothing, House of the Son, and Ghost Land.  The forth one, didn't have a specific name but it was the home of those who die a second time.  One aspect of the story I really liked was that in order to reach upper heaven, one must pass through the House of the Sun and one must pass through the great hole to reach the upper world. 

This unit, in my opinion, has been very different from some of the other ones I've read and I appreciate that about these stories.  Another one of my favorite from this unit was the story of the Creation of Earth.  I like how Earth Woman changed into the earth we live on now.  The story said that, “Her hair became flowers and grass.  Her bones are the rocks.  Earth is never alone now, because she can always see Sun.”  I thought this story was an interesting take on how Earth became what it is now and how the sun and the stars and the moon became where they are. 

I particularly liked the stories in this unit pertaining to the moon and the stars.  I hadn't heard stories like these before so they were new to me and I was interested in learning more.  

Moon and the stars