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- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students tell an autobiographical story about their name using three different media: oral, written and video. They perform a story for video, and analyze his/her performance upon watching the video. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify characteristics of oral literature, explore different purposes of oral tradition, and decide what the role of oral tradition is in their own lives and contrast this with the role of oral tradition in India. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the world of African masks and storytelling. They create masks that tell stories of their own. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a graphic organizer to analyze cause-and-effect relationships in the plot of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," by James Thurber. They create a new episode in Mitty's secret life using digital storytelling techniques. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the nature of their own generation by looking at current events and music styles. They update old lyrics with new ones that are more relevant to current times and express a truth about their own generation. Finally, they perform their updated lyrics and support their choices. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students are creating their own stories to understand life. The use of history is used to help one to create one's own story. The skill of writing is emphasized as a tool to learn history. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify the main events of the plot, including their causes, and the effects of each event on future actions. They are divided into pairs, one student is the storyteller and the other student is the helper. The job of the helper is to interrupt every two or three sentences with a word that fits the pattern of the sentence. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students demonstrate vocabulary acquisition in French by retelling portions of a story they have heard. They each tell a twenty second interval of the story prompted by a segment of a story board then pass to the next student to continue the storyline. Each student is assessed for vocabulary and fluency. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students experience stories by storytellers from around the world. All students create a story from a character's point of view using word processing. They also create dialog from a play using word processing. Then design a videotape to present to the class. Full Review »

