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Students explore the history and culture of Ghana. They examine the art of storytelling through music, costumes, artwork and vocal recitation. They write a story of their own and apply storytelling procedures as they tell it to the class. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students examine how African Americans escaping slavery used storytelling to communicate. They listen to and read the lyrics for the song, Follow the Drinking Gourd, view the Reading Rainbow video, and write and illustrate their own story. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read and discuss an article about Olga Loya, a modern storyteller. They watch a videotaped performance of a story and then create a storytelling experience for a story of their choice to share with the class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine what storytelling is, and what makes a good storyteller. They read stories from Spooky New England, and choose one to memorize and tell to the entire class. They critique each other's storytelling abilities. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students discuss how Washington Irving is considered an important 19th century-American storyteller. They create their own version of a passage from 'The Legend' after listening to the story. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the Aboriginal storytelling tradition through the spoken word and through visual culture as they listen to stories of the "Dreamtime" told by the Aboriginal people and examine contemporary dot paintings. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore the elements of oral tradition and storytelling by interviewing three people from different generations. Students create a multimedia presentation of their interview. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students research the growing trend of digital storytelling. They compile visuals and then pre-write, edit and revise a story. Students use software to apply various features for use in the digital story and then present their work to the class using DVD Picture Show. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students create an autobiography and a family hisstory using an outline and interviews. Students present their family history and autobiography to the class. Students design and produce a symbolic representation of their family storyteller to be displayed in class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students utilize oral tradition to create a story. After reviewing the art of storytelling and oral tradition in the region, students create their own story to be told in class using the oral storytelling tradition. Storytelling rubric with detailed explanation is included. Full Review »