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\nTricksters: An Introduction: Crash Course World Mythology #20\n

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\nFrom Bart Simpson to Bugs Bunny to Jack Sparrow, people love a good trickster. With the 20th video from the Crash Course World Mythology series, scholars explore the mythological trickster archetype. Viewers also listen to the story of...\n
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\nHermes and Loki and Tricksters Part 2: Crash Course World Mythology #21\n

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\nCunning characters are so much fun, and that's no trick! The 21stt video in the 41-part Crash Course World Mythology series discusses how tricksters are culture heroes. Pupils learn about the trickster gods Hermes, from Greece, and Loki,...\n
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\nTrickster Tale Comics: The Cunning Coyote\n

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\nThe trickster tale \"The Coyote Places the Stars\" tells how a coyote is sneaky but helpful. After listening to the tale, scholars use their imagination to create a trickster tale about a coyote, displaying their journey through a comic...\n
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\nCoyote and Raven, American Tricksters: Crash Course World Mythology #22\n

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\nAccording to a Native American myth from Alaska, ravens were originally white. Viewers learn how the bird species changed colors with the 22nd installment in the 41-part Crash Course World Mythology series. Scholars discover two of the...\n
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\nAesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales\n

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\nStudents complete compare and contrast activities dealing with fables and trickster tales to determine how each uses animals to portray human characteristics, specifically strengths and weaknesses, as well as pass wisdom from one...\n
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\nFables and Trickster Tales Around the World\n

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\nStudents analyze fables and trickster tales from various cultural traditions. In this fable analysis lesson, students identify the elements of fables and trickster stories. Students read Aesop's fables and Ananse spider stories....\n
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\nCreate Your Own Book: The Different Tales of Raven\n

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\nThe raven is the focus of a lesson that examines trickster tales and the different stories about the bird. After listening to three tales about the raven, scholars pinpoint and discuss descriptive words. Pupils use one story to...\n
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\nTears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider\n

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\nAccompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science,...\n
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\nFolktales\n

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\nA brief list of folktales is displayed on these slides. Four types are written out with an example for each fairytale, tall tale, fable, and trickster tale. The last slides segues into the creator's favorite fairytale, \"Two of...\n
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\nCommon Visions, Common Voices\n

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\nStudents analyze common recurring motifs and themes found in literature and artwork from various cultures. They research and report of the \"trickster\" motif found in Native american, Mayan, and Ethiopian cultures.\n
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\nRaven The Trickster Puppet Tales\n

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\nStudents engage in a lesson that is concerned with the legends of Native Americans that are found in the Northwest Region. They conduct research using a variety of resources and create puppets and a stage for the acting of one of the...\n
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\nAnansi and the Tug o' War\n

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\nCombine art, math, language arts, drama, and delicious Jell-o with a instructional activity based on the African folktale Anansi and the Tug o' War. Kids make predictions and discuss plot points of the story before joining in...\n
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\nAnansi and the Pot of Beans\n

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\nAnansi is a tricky character, but can he realize he's wrong and write an apology letter? Learners use Anansi and the Pot of Beans to practice writing, art, and figurative language. A series of activities are engaging for both...\n
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\nWanted- Dead or Alive\n

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\nStudents identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres lesson, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Students design a \"wanted\" poster with a...\n
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\nLegends and Myths: Trickster Tales\n

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\nStudents work in groups to research the characteristics of various myths and legends. They read tales, illustrate them, record oral storytelling efforts and write an original folktale. Students then invite parents to a dramatic...\n
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\nExploring Themes in Literature: The Oral Tradition\n

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\nAre you are considering a unit on Beowulf or Superman, on myths, or tricksters? Here's a great overview you can use to launch a study of universal themes and archetypes. The focus here is on the oral tradition, but the concepts apply to...\n
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\nTrickster Tales\n

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\nStudents study folk tales and moral lessons from cultures around the world. In this character traits lesson, students study moral lessons through the character traits in various cultures folk tales. Students complete 11 activities...\n
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\nThe Myth of Loki and the Master Builder\n

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\nLoki, the tricky trickster from Norse mythology, offers to build the gods of Asgard a massive wall to protect them against attacking giants and trolls. Loki's price was the hand of the goddess Freya in marriage and the sun and moon in...\n
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\nLesson Plan: Musical Myths\n

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\nCreate musical myths in this West African tales instructional activity. Middle schoolers read myths from African Myths and Legends as well as West African Trickster Tales. They note when music could be used to enhance the tales, and then...\n
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\nArchetypes and Male Divinities: Crash Course World Mythology #15\n

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\nBalor, the Celtic war god of the Fomorians, had an eyelid so heavy that servants had to lift it open. The 15th video from the Crash Course World Mythology series includes many other eye-opening facts. Viewers investigate the archetypal...\n
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\nAnalyzing Details in “Prometheus” for Elements of Mythology and Theme\n

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\nWell isn't that clever? Scholars read Prometheus, a tale describes the clever Greek god and trickster. They tune into details and complete graphic organizers that reveal the theme of the text. \n
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\nAnansi: A Language Arts Twist to the Trickster\n

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\nStudents read African folk tales to learn about story elements and writing techniques. In this writing and reading skills lesson, students listen and retell African folk tales about Anansi the spider. Students complete four lessons to...\n
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\nMark Twain and American Humor\n

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\n“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is famous, in part, because it established a uniquely American form of humor. For this famous story, Mark Twain combines the tall-tale, the dialect story, and satire. Here is a resource...\n
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\nInternational Folklore\n

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\nFolklore is composed of stories that convey cultural heritage and traditions. Many types of tales are listed as well as what they portray in various contexts and situations. Give your learners a brief description or definition of...\n
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