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WORLD STUDIES 9
A single story world with mountains, river, grassland, sea, seed, and stone

HISTORIAN'S WORKSHOP

Creation Story
Mini-Lab

Read the models. Build a world. Tell a story that reveals what a community values.

Estudia los modelos. Construye un mundo. Cuenta un relato que revele lo que una comunidad valora.

Open the readingBegin the mini-lab
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YOUR MISSIONTU MISIÓN

How do creation stories help people explain the world and express what they value?

¿Cómo ayudan los relatos de creación a explicar el mundo y expresar lo que las personas valoran?

In this Mini-Lab, you will study creation stories as a historian and then design an original story of your own. You will look closely at how different communities explain beginnings, relationships, nature, responsibility, and the values that hold a world together.

En este Mini-Laboratorio, estudiarás relatos de creación como historiador y luego diseñarás tu propio relato original. Observarás cómo distintas comunidades explican los comienzos, las relaciones, la naturaleza, la responsabilidad y los valores que mantienen unido un mundo.

MISSIONMISIÓN

Become a storyteller who thinks like a historian.Conviértete en un narrador que piensa como historiador.

Use evidence from two models, make purposeful choices, and create a story that shows what your imagined community believes matters.

Usa evidencia de dos modelos, toma decisiones intencionales y crea un relato que muestre lo que tu comunidad imaginada considera importante.

RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSABILIDAD

Imagine with care and respect.Imagina con cuidado y respeto.

Learn from the traditions you study without copying sacred beliefs or reducing a culture to one simple idea. Your story should be original, thoughtful, and connected to the world you design.

Aprende de las tradiciones que estudias sin copiar creencias sagradas ni reducir una cultura a una sola idea. Tu relato debe ser original, reflexivo y conectado con el mundo que diseñes.

LEARNING TARGETSOBJETIVOS DE APRENDIZAJE

By the end, you can...Al final, podrás...

  • Compare two creation-story models using evidence.Comparar dos modelos de relatos de creación usando evidencia.
  • Design a world shaped by environment and values.Diseñar un mundo moldeado por el entorno y los valores.
  • Write an original creation story with a clear transformation.Escribir un relato de creación original con una transformación clara.
  • Explain your choices using Claim, Evidence, and Analysis.Explicar tus decisiones usando afirmación, evidencia y análisis.
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START HERE
Students' hands working with blank paper and natural objects in warm lamplight

Keep your worksheet open

Record your thinking in the worksheet or your teacher's copy. This site gives you the questions; it does not collect your writing.

English worksheetSpanish worksheet
A bright stone path winding through a peaceful landscape toward sunrise

Move at your own pace

Open each part in order. Return to earlier questions whenever your story needs a stronger connection to evidence or values.

EVIDENCE - DESIGN - STORY
THE MINI-LAB

Five moves from reader to storyteller.

Cinco pasos del lector al narrador.

Select a part to reveal its directions and guiding questions. Use the rubric before you submit.

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YOUR ROUTE

Use the questions as a compass.

You are not filling in this website. Use your worksheet, notebook, or teacher-provided document to develop your answers. The strongest stories make deliberate choices and can explain why those choices matter.

No vas a completar este sitio. Usa tu hoja, cuaderno o documento del profesor para desarrollar tus respuestas. Los relatos más fuertes toman decisiones deliberadas y pueden explicar por qué esas decisiones importan.

1 NoticeNotice2 ImagineImagine3 DesignDesign4 DraftDraft5 ExplainExplain
01

READ LIKE A HISTORIAN

Examine two different models you have not compared before.

Examina dos modelos diferentes que no hayas comparado antes.

Choose two new stories from the reading.

As you read, look for patterns without flattening the differences between cultures. Notice what each story explains and what it assumes about people, nature, time, and responsibility.

Mientras lees, busca patrones sin borrar las diferencias entre culturas. Observa qué explica cada relato y qué supone sobre las personas, la naturaleza, el tiempo y la responsabilidad.

Guiding questions

  • What feature of the world does each story explain?
  • What role does a creator, force, ancestor, animal, or natural element play?
  • What does each story suggest people should value or protect?
  • How does the environment shape the story?
  • What is one meaningful similarity and one important difference?
  • Which idea could inspire your story without copying a culture's sacred tradition?
02

BUILD YOUR STORY WORLD

Decide where and under what conditions your story begins.

Decide dónde y bajo qué condiciones comienza tu relato.

World design

Choose a setting with specific land, water, climate, sky, plants, animals, and resources.

Elige un lugar con tierra, agua, clima, cielo, plantas, animales y recursos específicos.

Value design

Choose one value or question your community's story will explore: balance, courage, belonging, care, change, or another meaningful idea.

Elige un valor o pregunta: equilibrio, valentía, pertenencia, cuidado, cambio u otra idea significativa.

Ask yourself

  • What does this world need in order to survive?
  • What is missing, out of balance, or waiting to be created?
  • Why would this community tell this story in this place?
  • What relationship connects humans to the natural world?
03

DESIGN THE CREATION

Plan a transformation with a beginning, tension, and meaning.

Planifica una transformación con comienzo, tensión y significado.

01Before02Creator / force03Act of creation04Change05Meaning

Design questions

  • What existed before the world took its present form?
  • Who or what causes the change, and why?
  • What action creates land, life, light, time, language, or relationship?
  • What problem or choice gives the story movement?
  • What consequence teaches the audience something?
  • What image, object, sound, or natural force will carry your central idea?
04

WRITE THE STORY

Turn your design into an original creation story.

Convierte tu diseño en un relato de creación original.

Story must includeclear beginning, development, and endinga creator, force, ancestor, or processat least three environmental details
Your voice should showa conflict, choice, or transformationa value or worldviewspecific imagery and intentional language

Before you draft

  • Can a reader visualize the world without a map?
  • Does every major detail help reveal a value, relationship, or condition?
  • Does the ending explain why the world is the way it is now?
  • What will a reader understand about your community after hearing the story?
05

REFLECT AS A HISTORIAN

Explain the choices behind your story.

Explica las decisiones detrás de tu relato.

CLAIM

My creation story shows that the community values...

EVIDENCE

For example, I chose to include...

ANALYSIS

This matters because it reveals...

Final reflection

  • Which model most influenced your thinking, and how did you transform the idea?
  • What does your story reveal about the environment and community you designed?
  • What choice are you most proud of? What would you revise?
  • How did you show respect for the traditions you studied?
06

USE THE RUBRIC

Know what strong work looks like.

Reconoce cómo se ve un trabajo sólido.

Use this rubric while you work, not only after you finish. Each criterion is scored from 4 to 0. Your goal is to make choices that are clear, specific, original, respectful, and supported by evidence.

Score levels4 Mastery Work is complete, specific, thoughtful, and goes beyond the basic requirements.3 Proficient Work meets the requirements and shows clear understanding.2 Emerging Work shows a beginning understanding but needs more detail, explanation, or connection.1 Developmental Work is incomplete or difficult to follow and needs substantial support.0 Not Yet Shown The work is missing, unrelated, or does not yet show the skill.

1. Reading and Evidence

4

Uses two new models accurately and explains meaningful similarities, differences, values, environment, and roles with specific evidence.

3

Uses two new models and explains the main ideas with relevant evidence.

2

Names the models but gives limited, general, or partly inaccurate evidence.

1

Uses only one model, repeats an earlier model, or gives almost no explanation.

0

Part 1 is missing or does not show reading-based thinking.

2. Story World and Values

4

Designs a vivid world where the environment, survival needs, relationships, and central value clearly connect.

3

Designs a believable setting and identifies a clear value or question.

2

Includes some setting details or values, but the connections are weak or unclear.

1

Gives very few details, or the world and value do not fit together.

0

The world design is missing or unrelated to the task.

3. Creation Plan

4

Plans a clear transformation with a strong beginning, creative force, creation event, challenge, consequence, meaning, and ending.

3

Plans most required elements in an understandable sequence.

2

Plans some elements, but the sequence or cause-and-effect needs development.

1

Lists isolated ideas without a clear transformation or story movement.

0

The creation plan is missing.

4. Original Creation Story

4

Writes a polished, original story with strong structure, vivid details, intentional language, and a meaningful worldview.

3

Writes a complete story with the required elements, clear organization, and a recognizable value or worldview.

2

Writes part of a story, but it may be brief, uneven, general, or missing important elements.

1

Writes an incomplete, confusing, copied, or barely developed story.

0

The story is missing or unrelated to the assignment.

5. Historian Reflection and CEA

4

Uses a clear claim, precise evidence from the story and models, and analysis that explains why the choices reveal values and worldview.

3

Includes a clear claim, relevant evidence, and an explanation of the choices.

2

Includes some CEA parts, but the evidence or analysis is general or incomplete.

1

Gives a brief opinion with little evidence or explanation.

0

The reflection is missing or does not address the story.

6. Responsibility, Revision, and Completion

4

Shows respect for real traditions, makes the story clearly original, revises carefully, and completes every part of the Mini-Lab.

3

Shows respect, completes the major parts, and makes clear revisions for accuracy and clarity.

2

Completes some parts but needs more revision, care, or attention to cultural respect.

1

Leaves major parts unfinished or needs significant support to revise and use the responsibility guidelines.

0

Most work is missing, copied, or does not follow the responsibility guidelines.

Total: 24 points Add the six criterion scores. Use the level descriptions to decide what to improve before submitting.

Students' hands creating a story with paper, clay, and natural objects

A STORY IS A WORLD

Make a world worth remembering.

Crea un mundo que valga la pena recordar.

Return to the reading whenever you need evidence. Return to your questions whenever you need direction.

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