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Milwaukee Public Museum: Indian Country: Oral Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
The Milwaukee Public Museum provides this introduction to the Native American oral tradition and oral literature of the Great Lakes region. Describes common themes and characters, including trickster characters and windingo (ice...
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The Puppetry Home Page: Intro. To the History of Bunraku

For Students 9th - 10th
The Puppetry Home Page tracks the history of Bunraku. Bunraku literally means puppets and storytelling. Learn about its predecessors and current day Bunraku.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Building Video Literacy: Storyboarding

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity developed by EDC's Center for Children and Technology, students explore the relationship between types of shots and storytelling.
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University of Virginia: Welcome to Digital Storyteller

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Helping classrooms to utilize more technology, the University of Virginia has developed this website to provide a source for building digital storytellers.
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Australian Centre for the Moving Image: Storyboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this online resource to create your own storyboard.
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Storyboard That

For Students 1st - 9th
This resource lets the user create their own story, with many colorful costumes, character types and tools to choose from.
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Pbs: A World of Stories: The Beaded Bag

For Students K - 1st Standards
Kentucky-based storyteller Mary Hamilton tells a haunting tale set in Victorian times, about a man who gives a young lady a ride across the Ohio River to her home in Louisville. When she disappears, he learns that he has become part of a...
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Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Digital Storytelling."
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Library of Congress

Loc: Celtic Roots, Stories, Songs and Traditions

For Students 9th - 10th
View a webcast of the program put on by the Library of Congress about Irish immigrants. Program includes Irish music, storytelling and poetry.
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Nisga'a Legends of the Nass

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The culture and traditions of the Nisga'a of the Nass Valley are preserved in story telling through these 5 legends.
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Boise Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Boise Art Museum has an online gallery, organized according to "form, story telling, spirit, and place." Each enlargeable image has accompanying text. A special area for kids focuses on two artists.
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Pbs Learning Media: Silly Story Builder: Martha Speaks

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This activity will help children build vocabulary, become familiar with essential parts of a story, and develop story sequencing skills. They can create silly stories by drawing story parts out of a bag.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Pokot

For Students 9th - 10th
During the colonial period, the Pokot were called "Suk" by Europeans. To some Pokot, the older designation is a reminder of an era in which Africans lacked the power to name themselves; to others, it represents the clever ruse of a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pov Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs American Portrait Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS American Portrait is a national storytelling project that invites individuals to participate in a conversation about what it really means to be an American today. To answer this question, PBS and its partners are collecting photos,...
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The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Lesson: Exploring Russian Folktales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Expand on your middle schoolers' knowledge of storytelling with this lesson plan on Russian folktales. Provides several links to examples, assessment criteria, and a short list of other sources.
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Ted: Ted Ed: In on a Secret? That's Dramatic Irony

For Students 9th - 10th
Christopher Warner identifies the storytelling device of dramatic irony. [2:50]
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Mousekin's Lost Woodland

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This interactive site has "Mousekin's Lost Woodland" environment game. Play this storytelling game with your friends and learn about different habitats.
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Practice and Stage Fright

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives helpful tips about public speaking, particularly about storytelling. It provides information on stage fright, and nervousness.
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Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: Pushing Up the Sky

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn that storytelling is a performance art that also transmits knowledge about cultures and life. Through reading different tales from various cultures, 4th graders are able to compare and contrast similar themes,...
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Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Cajun Folktales

For Teachers 3rd
Through the study of trickster tales from various cultures, including the classic Cajun character Lapin the Rabbit, 3rd graders learn how storytelling can be entertaining as well as educational. Students build an understanding of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Welcome to Odd Squad: the zaniest, craziest team of kid investigators around! Explore content below targeted at making elementary-level math a fun, imaginative experience, mixing concepts like arithmetic and geometry with fantastical...
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Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...
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Online Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.

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