Summary: The story is a retelling of an authentic Southern Sierra Miwok legend concerning the origin of Yosemite Valley’s El Capitan rock. Mother Grizzly Bear thinks that her two playful cubs are wrestling and having fun along the Merced River in Yosemite Valley while she is checking her fish traps. When she returns to join her sons, however, she discovers the cubs are nowhere to be found.
Essential Question: How do members of a community help each other?
Genre: Myth/Play
Target Skill: Story Structure
Target Strategy: Summarize
Vocabulary Strategy: Prefixes pre, re, bi
Scavenger Hunt - Two Bear Cubs
