Once Upon A Time: Folktales from Around the World

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Once Upon A TimeFolktales from Around the World

• Ashley Cramer, Nikki Rogers, Jamie Wuennemann
• Ed417-01

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Once upon a time

• 2nd grade students were taught about folktales
  from around the world.
• folktale
• n. A story or legend forming part of an oral
  tradition.
• YourDictionary.com

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A Map of the Journey

• Table of Contents
• Objectives
• Standards
• Vocabulary
• Materials
• Different Lands
• Activities
• Teacher Resources
• Student Resources
• Media
• Evaluation

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In a classroom far, far away

• The students had objectives to their lesson.
• These objectives were
• To teach students about different cultures from
  around the world
• To help students understand similarities and
  differences among world cultures
• To help students understand the background of
  their own culture

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The Queen of the class set standards for her
students

• People In Societies Standard- students use
  knowledge of perspectives, practices, and
  products of cultural, ethnic and social groups to
  analyze the impact of their commonality and
  diversity within local, national, regional and
  global settings.
• Benchmark A- identify practices and products of
  diverse cultures
• Benchmark B- identify ways that different
  cultures within the United States and the world
  have shaped our national heritage
• Indicator 2- describe ways in which language,
  stories, folktales, music and artistic creations
  serve as expressions of culture and influence the
  behavior of people living in a particular culture

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The Queen needed to prepare her students

• Vocabulary
• folktale
• disobedient
• state
• Minnesota
• country
• Korea
• Norway
• India
• Mayans

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The Queen ordered her students to get supplies

• Materials
• Story of
• Paul Bunyan
• Three Billy Goats Gruff (Norway version and
  American version)
• The Rabbit and the Crab
• The Disobedient Turtle
• Why the Sea is Salty
• Seeds
• Tomatoes
• Carrots
• Cucumbers
• Peas
• Water
• Dirt
• Cups
• Sunlight
• Research tools on the lakes in Minnesota
• A local pond for a field trip
• Paper

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The Queen and her students set off on a journey
to five different lands

• United States- Paul Bunyan
• Norway- Three Billy Goats Gruff
• South America- The Rabbit and the Crab
• India- The Disobedient Turtle
• Korea- Why the Sea is Salty

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The first land they arrived at was

• United States
• In the United States they learned about Paul
  Bunyan
• Paul Bunyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Then they stopped at

• Norway
• While they were there they learned about the
  folktale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.
• Three Billy Goats Gruff

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Next they arrived at

• South America
• In South America, they learned about The Rabbit
  and the Crab.
• SCORE Mayan Folktale

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There next destination was

• India
• While in India they learned about The
  Disobedient Turtle.
• Folklore and Legend - India

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The last stop was

• Korea
• While in Korea they learned about Why the Sea is
  Salty.
• Hangul / Literature / Why the Sea Is Salty

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While in Norway

• Activity 1
• The students wanted to please the queen so they
  compared Norways folktale of Three Billy Goats
  Gruff to the folktale of American version of the
  Three Billy Goats Gruff.

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While in South America

• Activity 2
• The students wanted to surprise the Queen by
  planting seeds, such as tomatoes, carrots,
  cucumbers, and peas. The students will take care
  of these plants by watering and making sure they
  are in enough sunlight. They will track the
  growth of the plants to see which type of
  vegetable grows faster.

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At a stop in the United States

• Activity 3
• Students will research the lakes in Minnesota and
  find the top five largest lakes that were
  created by Paul Bunyan. With this research they
  will break into five different groups then
  persuade the rest of the class to which lake
  would be a better spot to visit. Once decided,
  they will present there results to the queen.

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During the visit to India

• Activity 4
• Students will discover the pond eco-system. The
  student will begin by taking a field trip to the
  local pond. The students will make observations
  and take careful notes on what they see, hear,
  and touch. The students then will search the
  internet and school library for information on
  ponds. From the research and field trip the
  students will then make reports with pictures,
  facts and their findings from the field trip.

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During the last stop

• Activity 5
• The students will be captains of ships. They will
  have maps and write out navigational points to
  different islands or continents. They should
  makes sure they use latitude, longitude and round
  the degree to the nearest tenth.

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When they returned to the classroom in the land
that is far, far away

• The students had a visit from a tribe from
  another land to culminate their adventures.
• Blue Jacket came to visit the school and put on a
  production of one of their well known folktales.

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The Queen needed resources for her travels

• Teacher Resources
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/
• Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales Home
• http//www.ferrum.edu/applit/studyg/STUDYGFOlk.htm
  
• Guidelines for Teaching with Folk Tales
• http//falcon.jmu.edu/ramseyil/folktales.htm
• Folktales
• http//www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlresources/units/b
  yrnes-africa/TyrHal/
• Lesson Plan - Folktales A Cultural Teaching Tool

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The students needed resources for their travels
as well

• Student Resources
• 1. The Tale of Three Trees A Traditional
  Folktale
• By Angela Elwell Hunt
• 2. Italian Folktales (Paperback) by Italo
  Calvino
• 3. Favorite Folktales from Around the World
  (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
  (Paperback) by Jane Yolen (Author)
• 4. Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor
  Folktale Library) (Paperback) by Joanna Cole
  (Author)
• 5. The Green Frogs A Korean Folktale (Paperback)
  by Yumi Heo (Author)

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Student Resources (cont.)

• 6. Favorite African Folktales (Paperback) by
  Nelson Mandela (Editor)
• 7. Norwegian Folktales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and
  Folklore Library) (Paperback) by Peter Christen
  Asbjornsen (Author), Jorgen Moe (Author)
• 8. 12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays (Paperback)
  by Justin McCory Martin (Author)
• 9. The Crystal Heart A Vietnamese Legend
  (Hardcover) by Aaron Shepard (Author)
• 10. Latin American Folktales Stories from
  Hispanic and Indian Traditions (Pantheon Fairy
  Tale Folklore Library.) (Paperback) by John
  Bierhorst (Author)

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Student Resources (cont.)

• 11. One Grain Of Rice A Mathematical Folktale
  (Hardcover) by Demi (Author)
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• 12. The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Hardcover) by
  Stephen Carpenter (Author)
• 13. Paul Bunyan 20th Anniversary Edition (Reading
  Rainbow Book) (Paperback) by Steven Kellogg
  (Illustrator)
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• 14. Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales (Scholastic
  Junior Classics) (Paperback) by Jane B. Mason
  (Author)

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The queen requested that media was found for her
pleasure

• Songs
• 1.This website has many folktale songs that can
  be played. 
• http//www.songsforteaching.com/store/product.php?
  productid3578cat883page1
• 2. A website full of songs that can be
  downloaded.
• Folk Song Lullabies Download Folk Songs
  Children's Music Downloads Songs for Teaching
• 3. Puerto Rican Folktales
• 93.02.12 Puerto Rican Folktales
• 4. Vietnamese Folksongs
• http//www.geocities.com/chtn_nhatrang/women.html
• 5.Cambiodian Folksongs
• Popular Cambodian Folktales

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Media (cont.)

• Movies
• 1. The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three
  Little Bears.
• Amazon.com Three Billy Goats Gruff The Three
  Little Pigs Video Kelly Peterson (II)
• 2. The Salty Sea
• Internet Archive Details The salty sea
• 3. The Salty Sea
• KIDS THEATER Why the Sea is Salty on Mefeedia -
  watch the video or podcast
• 4.The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff (2001)
• 5. Mamochka A Russian Folktale
• Mamochka A Russian Folktale (2004)

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Media (cont.)

• Dances
• 1.Teach Japanese folktale dances
• Japan Focus
• 2. This page gives dates and a contact of a lady
  who will come into the classroom to teach
  folktale dances.
• Sondra Singer
• 3.History of folktale dances
• Welcome to The Ranch Dance
• 4.Information on African folktale dancing
• African Influences on Swing Dance
• 5. Folk dance in the United States
• folk dance Folk Dances of the United States
  --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia

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Media (cont.)

• Poems
• 1.Afrian
• folktale poems - Google Search
• 2.Norway
• Norway Poetry
• 3. South American Poems
• About the Culture of South America
• 4. Korean
• Korean poetry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• 5.Indian
• Poems about India Poet Seers

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When the class returned the Queen evaluated the
students progress

• Multiple Choice Questions
• What was the folktale the class read from Norway?
• Paul Bunyan
• Three Billy Goats Gruff
• The Disobedient Turtle
• Why the Sea is Salty
• In the folktale, Three Billy Goats Gruff, what
  was under the bridge?
• Paul Bunyan
• Santa Clause
• A troll
• A teacher
• What was the name of the kind brother in the
  folktale, Why the Sea is Salty?
• Bob
• Jake
• Charlie
• John
• Which of these is largest lake in Minnesota?
• Lake Superior
• Lake Victoria

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Evaluation (cont.)

• Short Answer Questions
• Name one fact you discovered during the visit to
  the local pond.
• What is latitude and longitude?
• What is the largest lake in Minnesota?
• What does a plant need to grow?
• Essay
• How is the Norway version of the Three Billy
  Goats Gruff different and similar from the
  American version?