Folktales Reflect Daoist and Buddhist Traditions

Students read a text about Korea's literary tradition. In this literary tradition lesson, students read the multiple page text to learn about Korea's literary tradition.

Young scholars participate in a variety of activities that are concerned with comparing different cultures through the literary genre of folktales. The stories are used to stimulate student interest and provide a context for how a...

Students investigate type of folklore known as folktales, explore their origin and purposes, describe different types of folktales, and make connection between folktales and philanthropy.

Young scholars compare Cameroonian and African-American folktales. In this folktales instructional activity, students participate in a jigsaw activity that requires them to read "The Owl Never Sleeps as Night," "Why the Lizard Often...

Students explore folktales and fairy tales from Nepal to help them understand the Nepalese culture, and to compare the stories to the ones the students may know. After reading the stories, students consider what rural life is like in...

Students explore how themes common to the human condition can be found in literary and oral traditions across cultures. They compile traditional folk tales around these themes and write their own tales to reflect their own cultural context.

Students learn folk tales from many different cultures and retell them using the medium of their choice. They write about the cultural indications found in these tales.