We are Generous Beings #7 - Potlatch

Cake from Fire group

Potlatch!

 For our Generosity unit's summative activity, Creative Minds hosted a potlatch.

painting the pictures

A potlatch is a traditional First Nations gathering used to celebrate, commemorate, communicate and acknowledge specific events such as naming ceremonies, weddings, memorials and others.  Guests at these events offer gifts to the host family to support their event recognizing that these offerings will be returned at a later date.  The host family will redistribute the wealth they accumulated along with the new gifts received to those invited to the potlatch.

painting the frames

In preparation for the potlatch the children in each group thought about a gift they want to make and give away. All the children in the Water group agreed on making pictures for everyone and candies for the potlatch. We decided to paint the pictures and put it in a photo frame. They were all so focused on their project and they made sure that every child will receive a painting from them. What a thoughtful group of children! 

Cutting the shapes for our candies

kneading the candy dough