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Activity for Reading Standard 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
and Language Standard 21, 22,
25, 27
Benchmark: R 17.1, 17.4, 18.2, 19.1, 19.2, 19.4, 20.1, 21.1, 21.3,
21.4, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 22.4, 23.2, 23.3, 25.1, 25.4, 26.1, 27.2,
28.1, 29.1, 29.3, 29.5, 30.1, 30.2; L 21.(all), 22.2, 22.3, 25.(all),
27.3, 27.5
| Title: |
Folklore and Myths (discussion and essay writing) |
| Contributor: |
Blueprint 2000 Lesson Activities, developed by Dr. James
Croteau, Leon County Schools and Rhonda Flanagan, FSU Center
for the Study of Teaching and Learning |
| Materials: |
Copies of folktales, myths, tall tales, etc. from a variety
of cultures (sample set
from The Book of Virtues) |
| Activities: |
- Students share folklore stories they know, such
as family superstitions, home remedies, tales about
past relatives, etc.
- Students identify universal questions that most
cultures develop folklore to address, such as where
do we come from, what type of people do we admire,
how do we explain mysteries. Introduce and discuss
common stories, such as creation myths or tall tales
that appear across cultures.
- Students in groups create different explanations
of what happens after death from different cultural
traditions, such as Native American, African, Judeo-Christian,
Buddhist, etc.
- Students compose essays giving their own concept
of life after death.
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