Cycles &

Stories
 • Think of your life from the
Entrance moment you were born until
this exact day.
T icket • What are some moments that
stand out to you?
• Why do these moments stand
out to you?
Medicine • Indigenous traditions often
Wheel talk about the four directions,
which are represented in the
medicine wheel.
 All these
things
must be in
balance.
 T he
medicine
wheel can
also
represent
the four
seasons.
 • Our lives are made up of
seasons, which come, go, and
repeat.
Cycles & • We will experience different
Stories seasons many times
• Experiences with these seasons
will vary from person to person
• To be healthy, our seasons
must be balance with each
outer.
Cycles & • Looking through your life, you
Stories can group your memories and
stories into seasons.
 • Winter – sadness, heartbreak,
loneliness, sickness
• Spring – hope, new
Cycles & beginnings, opportunities
Stories • Summer – signs of growth,
need for protection, an
abundance of distractions
• Fall – successes,
achievements, failures
 • Use the blank medicine wheel
Cycles & provided to describe different
Stories in events from your life
Our Lives • Put each event in the
appropriate season
• Label each event with your
(approximate) age
 • In small groups, you will be
looking at a series of questions
surrounding population biology.
Gallery • You will rotate between five
Walk stations to answer each
question.
• You will each be given five sticky
notes to answer the questions on.
Please write your name on each
sticky note.
 • Once a group each group has
answered each question, you will
return to your original prompt
Gallery and read all of the contributing
Walk comments, discuss them, and
summarize them.
• You will be provided a brief
presentation to the class about
your question.
 • What parts of your life are
Gallery determined by or at birth?
Walk • What part of your identity or
Questions
life do you decide?
• What aspects of your identity
or life, if any, are determined
by your relationships?
 • Look at Seasons of Life
Medicine Wheel and reflect on
Reflection
the following:
• How much of your path was
determined by you?
• How much was determined by
factors outside of your control?
Can you identify those factors?