Cultural Storytellers. Learning about Storytellers Each group will choose from one of the cultures we discussed in class: African griots Greek myths American.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Folktales Tall Tale Legend Myth Fable. Traditional Literature- Fable The characters are usually animals that have human qualities. One animal usually.

Advertisements

Storytelling and the Arts of West Africa Section 3.

Unit 1 Test Review. Native American literature Types of Native American Literature Creation Myths Trickster Tales Instructions from Spiritual mentors.

Common Themes, East & West: Creation Myths & Sacred Narratives of Creation Unit I: Origins and Creation Myths.

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Native American Oral Tradition

Warm-up: Answer the following questions on your own paper. 1. Native American literature shows a strong respect for what? 2. What is the term that.

 Storytelling is common to every culture. Most people have their own favorite story from childhood and, often, these tales are both fascinating and frightening.

M YTHS, L EGENDS AND F OLKTALES Presented by: 7 th grade Reading.

Pre-settlement Period

Learn About Folktales Compiled by Deb Thonus.

English II.  A narrative or legend that that is passed down orally from one generation to the next, and often becomes part of a community’s tradition.

Native American Literature: Creation Myths

Native American Oral Tradition “The Four Elements” On the final, you will be asked to read a Native American tale and analyze it via MC questions for the.

Getting to Know Greek Cultural PowerPoint Slides a publication of.

Early American Literature Origin of Storytelling and the Trickster Tales.

Sixth Grade Language Arts. What is Folklore? Folklore is the traditions, customs, and stories that are passed down within a culture ORALLY (includes food,

Time Period: THE BEGINNING: – The New England colonies are often considered as the birthplace of American Literature. – Colonists from England.

The Empire of Mali Grade 3. Standards of Learning 3.2 The student will study the early West African empire of Mali by describing its oral tradition (storytelling),

Native American Storytelling. What is storytelling?  Telling a story in the oral tradition (a story spoken aloud)  Passed from one generation to the.

Early Native American Literature. Myth Traditional story Passed down for generations Explains why the world is the way it is Creation Myth Explains how.

Gender Archetypes and Cuentos. Unit Goal After investigating and analyzing perspectives on Mexican American War through primary documents, art, corridos.

“If everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes

Oral Tradition Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, and Myths.

NATIVE AMERICAN ORIGIN MYTHS

Native American Literature: Creation Myths

WHAT IS IT? Myths. What is a Myths? Myths are made up stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other. The stories.

What are Fairy Tales? Old stories that tell of man’s problems, fears and hopes Stories for children that come from oral storytelling tradition.

Oral Traditions the sharing of stories, cultures, and ideas by word of mouth.

Stories From the Beginning of Time

January 30, 2009 Objectives: 1. To interpret the meaning of African proverbs 2. Explain the importance of folk tales in African American Literature African.

Early Native American Literature. Characteristics  entirely oral  viewed mainly as folklore  telling of the tale may change with each speaker  language.

Evidence Of The Past. Archaeological Evidence  Archaeology is a science which examines antiques, artifacts, and physical remains from the past, and.

Mythology A traditional story that was created to explain mysteries of the universe. Characteristics: Myths explain how something connected with humans.

Native American Myths and Legends How oral tradition has affected our culture today.

Activator: Building Blocks  INSTRUCTIONS: Respond to the following questions, drawing on any previous knowledge you have about these terms.  What do.

Myths, Tall Tales, and Legends Unit 6 Review. Myths  Definition – classical story created to explain mysteries of the universe  Explains how something.

Tall Tales & Legends Unit 3. Quote “These are the stories that never, never die, that are carried like seed into a new country, are told to you and me.

You have 5 minutes to complete this writing assignment starting when class starts! Answer in COMPLETE sentences and put thought into your answers. If you.

What is Theme? What is a Myth? What is oral tradition?

Characteristics of Folk Tales 1. Told orally from one generation to generation 2. Usually a happy ending 3. Can involve talking animals 4. Characters go.

Myths, Epic Tales, and Storytelling. Oral Tradition The sharing of stories, cultures, and ideas by word of mouth. Common Elements of Oral Tradition Include:

Mrs. Halgerson Fall 2013 ~ Presentation created by Mrs. Tami Brown.

Introduction to Folktales

Stories From the Beginning of Time

Valley Pathways Mrs. Fia’s Class

The World on the Turtle’s Back

Oral Tradition.

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation are a part of The Oral Tradition . This genre can also be called Traditional Literature.

Native American Literature

The sun still rises in the same sky

Native American Literary Period

Oral Tradition/ FolkLore

The World on the Turtles Back

Sixth Grade Language Arts

Stories From the Beginning of Time

The Many Shades of Story Telling

Traditional Literature Characteristics

Paul Bunyan Legends.

Sixth Grade Language Arts

Folktales What is a folktale? Characteristics of folktales

ELEMENTS OF FOLK LITERATURE

Stories From the Beginning of Time

Griots: West African Storytellers

Native American Literature The Oral Tradition

Myths, Legends, Folktales & Fables

Traditional Literature

Origin Stories Native American Myths.

Myths, Epic Tales, and Storytelling

Lesson Plan Presented by Dawn Gentile

Presentation transcript:

Cultural Storytellers

Learning about Storytellers Each group will choose from one of the cultures we discussed in class: African griots Greek myths American tall tales and legends Latin American corridos Slave spirituals Native American oral tradition

What You’ll Do Each group will research their cultural storyteller and prepare a PowerPoint presentation on their laptop describing the culture and the storyteller. You may use the internet for your research as long as you use credible websites. Your group will present your PowerPoint to the class on the projector during MSSR.

Questions to Answer 1.What culture does the storyteller come from? 2.Where do people in that culture usually come from? 3.What is the purpose of these storytellers? 4.What are the main characteristics of these storytellers? 5.**Bonus: Find an example of a story they tell.