Description

Overview:

In this unit, students will become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions and will see how stories change when transferred orally between generations and cultures. They will learn how both types of folktales employ various animals in different ways to portray human strengths and weaknesses and to pass down wisdom from one generation to the next. Use the following lessons to introduce students to world folklore and to explore how folktales convey the perspectives of different world cultures.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities, Literature, Visual Arts, World Cultures

Level:

Lower Primary

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan, Unit of Study

Author:

Individual Authors

Provider:

National Endowment for the Humanities

Provider Set:

EDSITEment!

Date Added:

12/05/2011