27 Virtual Field Trip: Coming of Age Ceremonies
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Virtual Field Trip: Coming of Age Ceremonies
How did you know when you were an ‘adult?’ Does your culture have a way to mark the transition from being a child . . . to being an adult with adult responsibilities?
Explore this great overview of coming of age ceremonies in cultures around the world 13 Amazing Coming of Age Ceremonies Around the World as the transition from childhood to adulthood is marked and celebrated as a community.
Then, choose one of the two ceremonies below for your Field Trip, to explore a coming of age ceremony more deeply!
Your Field Guide
Explore the Required Resources
- Article: 13 Amazing Coming of Age Ceremonies Around the World, Global Citizen
Choose A Topic and Explore More Deeply
Choose ONE of these two topics.
Use the suggested links below to explore your topic more deeply or select your own scholarly resources:
Apache Nai’es Ceremony (Woman’s Coming of Age Ceremony)
- Article: Apache Puberty Rites: 6 Girls Attain Womanhood Indian Country Today
- Website: White Mountain Apache Tribe
- Article: An Apache dance into Womanhood, AZ Central
- Website: Mescalero Apache Tribe, Culture
- Website: Yavapai Apache Nation: History
- Website: Fort Sill Apache Tribe, Oklahoma
Kaningara Skin Cutting Ritual (Man’s Coming of Age Ceremony)
- Article: Making Boys Into Men: Kaningara Skin-Cutting Ritual
- Video: Crocodile Scars National Geographic (contains graphic images)