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The Center for Story and Symbol: Mythos: Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical piece about the storyteller named Joseph Campbell. This piece was originally featured in New Perspectives Magazine in July 1994.
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Website
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Ken Lopez Book Seller: Silko's Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the writing career of Leslie Marmon Silko. The main part of the website focuses on the books similar to "Ceremony" and the influence and dialogue they create.
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Website
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Lopez Books: Joseph Bruchac Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Bruchac gives a detailed description of his life and also discusses his involvement as a writer of Native American literature. Bruchac discusses his time as a volunteer teacher in West Africa, his memories of growing up with his...
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Article
University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Rewriting Ethnography

For Students 9th - 10th
A literary review and criticism concerning the book "Ceremony" by Leslie Marmon Silko. Analyzes the Laguna oral tradition and its presence in Silko's novel.
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Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
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Website
East of England Broadband Network

East of England Broadband Network: About Myths and Legends

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Here you will read a brief definition of what a legend is, a myth, and a folktale and how they are different from each other.
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Folk Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the American Art movement Folk art. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Lesson Plan
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plan on Storytelling or Fables for First Grade Children

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This is a lesson plan for teaching storytelling and/or fables to first graders including listening, reading, activity learned (moral), and follow up ideas.
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eBook
Other

Sur La Lune Fairy Tales: Japanese Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of the book, "Japanese Fairy Tales," first published in 1908. It includes 20 or so tales translated from Japanese into English including the following: "My Lord Bag of Rice," "The Farmer and the Badger," "The Adventures of...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Educator's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Pixar in a Box is designed to help students answer an age old question: "Why do I need to learn this stuff?" Our answer is found in a series of interactive lessons that demonstrate that the very same concepts that students learn in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Storytelling in Ritual and Performance in Bali

For Students 9th - 10th
Balinese stories are continually told and retold. The Kayonan is the first and last puppet seen in the Balinese wayang shadow theater. As it dances, it symbolizes the living tradition of storytelling that deeply explains and entertains,...
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Online Course
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Storytelling: Imagineering in a Box

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a new course in storytelling that is presented by Disney designers through Khan Academy's site. They share how they design theme parks and rides. Students will design a theme park of their own.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the storytelling process at Pixar.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Piper's Cold Feet

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pennsylvania-based storyteller Megan Hicks tells a traditional Scottish tale about a piper who steal's a dead man boots, but comes to regret it.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Little Chicks Say/los Pollitos Dicen

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this nursery rhyme about a mother hen and her chicks, the chicks say "peep, peep" in English and "pio, pio" in Spanish. Nursery rhyme told in English and Spanish.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Old Man Juan Had a Farm/viejo Juan Tenia Una Granja

For Students K - 1st Standards
Listen for different animal sounds in this Spanish version of "Old McDonald Had a Farm." The nursery rhyme is available in English and Spanish.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Story and a Song/historia Y Una Cancion

For Students K - 1st Standards
A song and a story take revenge when the woman in this folktale no longer shares them. By transforming into men's clothing, the song and story make her jealous husband angry until he listens to the truth. Story told in Spanish and English.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Butterfly/la Mariposa

For Students K - 1st Standards
This Mexican folktale that explains why butterflies do not live in houses and why they migrate. Story told in Spanish and English.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Little Red Hen/la Gallinita Roja

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this Mexican version of a familiar folktale, the hen makes corn tortillas instead of wheat bread.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Ghost With the One Black Eye /Le Fantome Avec Un Oeil Au Beurre Noir

For Students K - 1st Standards
Storyteller Priscilla Howe tells a funny/scary campfire tale about a baby who wants her apple juice. One at a time, the family goes down to the cellar to get the juice, only to be confronted by a ghost. The story is available in English...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Mr. Wiggle and Mr. Waggle/monsieur Wiggle Et Monsieur Waggle

For Students K - 1st Standards
Storyteller Priscilla Howe performs a fingerplay story, using her thumbs as the main characters. The simple story about two best friends draws on rhythm, repetition, and movement. The story is available in English and French.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Mitten/la Moufle

For Students K - 1st Standards
Storyteller Priscilla Howe tells a story about how a mitten dropped in the snow becomes a temporary home to several animals. The story is available in English and French.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Death of Robin Hood Ballad

For Students K - 1st Standards
Storyteller Dan Keding sings a ballad about the famous folk hero. In the song, efforts to save the hero's life through the practice of "bleeding"-a common medical procedure in medieval times-are unsuccessful.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: One Man's Luck

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Storyteller Dan Keding tells an ironic tale about a farmer who discovers a way to change his bad luck, only to arouse the suspicion of a wealthy neighbor.