1. The Importance of Stories in Society

2. Does this qualify as a story?
Provide the sequence of events.
What are its important aspects?
Does the environment play a role in their interactions? How?

3. Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, sound and/or images, often by improvisation or embellishment.
Shared in every culture
Entertainment / Education / Cultural preservation / Instilling Moral Values

4. Power of Storytelling
One mode of learning
Human life --> narratively rooted
Bridge cultural, linguistic and age-related divides

5. What does StoryCorps do?
What did you like/dislike about Josh and Sarah’s discussion?
Do you have a better understanding of these two individuals? How?

6. Giles Duley

7. Final Day – Thur.
PPT – Optional Time – Minimum 5 min Focus – Create a discussion Content – Information about a subject which you have interest in that you would like to discuss. Make sure that you provide data, graphs, logic, reasoning, etc. as to why you think about that particular subject the way you do.