African Storytelling Lesson Plans

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7th - 12th Grade
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Students study the myths of various African cultures and of the Mayan people. They identify unique characteristics of African myths and Mayan myths. They define and recognize the style and tone of the Mayan myths and create their own myths and folk tales.

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7th Grade
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Students listen to, recite, and research African folktales. They research African artwork to add to their original folk tales which they write.

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7th - 12th Grade
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Students study the importance of the Storyteller in ancient times as well as in modern times. They realize that this is an art essential to the development and evolution of the mind and that today more than ever we need to rely on Storytelling to fight the mental passivity resulting from the use and abuse of TV.

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3rd - 4th Grade
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Students participate in activities involving African-American stories. They listen to stories written by African Americans and using them as models, write their own. Students also make a storyboard quilt and write culturally significant poems.

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9th Grade
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Students present tales and myths in the oral tradition. They discuss the African method of telling a story where each member of the group tells a part of the story. They make up a composite hero and write a story that describes three adventures of this hero,

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7th - 12th Grade
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Students examine the specific form and function of tall tales and toasts. They discover the importance of performance in the telling of a story and the importance of rhythm in the telling of toasts. They create stories of their own, in the form of one of the styles of storytelling that they had heard in class.

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4th - 8th Grade
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Students examine the art of storytelling. In groups, they write their own African folktales, design costumes, props and scenery, and videotape folktale presented in dramatic form.

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6th - 8th Grade
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Students explore the characteristics and elements of storytelling through a writing process that includes brainstorming, organizing, writing, revising, and performing.

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4th - 8th Grade
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Students examine storytelling in a cross curricular unit. Language arts, social studies, science and math are all incorporated in this project as well as technology through the use of Hyperstudio.

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4th - 8th Grade
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Students explore the art of storytelling and stories from various cultures. Students experience Japanese and Chinese culture as well as Greek mythology. Students create and present their own Greek mythology topic to the class.