Folklores around the World
Directions: Before you
begin to write your folklore drama, you are going to research folklore stories
from around the world. In the following assignment you will see there are websites
that will connect you to folklore stories for North America, South America,
Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia. For each one of the continents, you will
need to choose one of the folklore stories you read (or listen to) on the “websites
to visit” to further analyze. To analyze the story you will need to write the
name of the story, country of origin, setting, main characters, 5 folklore
aspects, and a 10 sentence summary. Use
the notes about folklore aspects we wrote together as class to help you. Don’t
forget to mark your map as you work through each continent! After your research
is completed you will use your favorite story to help you and your teammates
write a folklore drama (play) to present to the class. Have fun!
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Websites
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American Folklore |
http://www.americanfolklore.net/index.html |
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Native American Lore |
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html |
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World of Tales – North
America |
http://worldoftales.com/Native_American_folktales.html |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Paul Bunyan: Just one of the
exciting folklore stories from North America!
Figure 1: Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox
Available online at: http://www.brainerd.com/pbtrail/tale.html
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Websites
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World of Tales – South America |
http://worldoftales.com/South_American_folktales.html |
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Maya Stories |
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maya/mayastor.html |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Websites
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World of Tales – Africa |
http://worldoftales.com/African_folktales.html |
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African Folk Tales |
http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_folktales_intro.htm |
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African Zulu Folk Tales |
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa.html |
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Sites for African Folk
Tales |
http://www.mccsc.edu/~kmcglaun/mythology/folktales.htm |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Websites
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Grimm’s Fairy Tales |
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World of Tales – Europe |
http://worldoftales.com/European_folktales.html |
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Encyclopedia Mythica (all continents) |
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folktales/#europe |
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Hans Christian Anderson
Stories |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Websites
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World of Tales – Asia |
http://worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales.html |
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Folktales from China |
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html |
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Folktales from Japan |
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japan.html |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Websites
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World of Tales – Australia |
http://worldoftales.com/Australian_folktales.html |
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Australian Museum |
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Stories-of-the-Dreaming |
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Australian Legendary Tales |
http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/alt/index.htm |
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After reading and listening to the folklore
story you found from the website(s) above fill out the information on your separate
worksheet. |
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Do you have any other questions or having trouble with something?
Please e-mail me and let me know!
Ms. Smith’s e-mail address: smithm@gee-edu.com