AMERICAN FOLKLORE

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AMERICAN FOLKLORE
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FOLKTALES-FOLKLORE

• A folktale is usually an anonymous, timeless, and
  placeless tale circulated orally among a people
  from generation to generation.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLKLORE

• Regional Settings and dialect
• Cleverness, bravery or other virtues to triumph
  over adversity
• Earthy wit and humor
• Exaggerated size and deeds-tall tales
• Problems solved in a funny way

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SOME FAVORITE AMERICAN FOLK HEROS

• MYTHIC MEN
• PAUL BUNYAN
• PECOS BILL
• JOHN HENRY
• MIKE FINK
• CASEY JONES
• SAM HYDE
• Represent the brawn and muscle needed to develop
  a new America.

• HISTORY,MYTH,FACT
• DAVY CROCKETT
• JOHNNY APPLESEED
• DANIEL BOONE
• Real people, but their stories have made them
  larger than life.

WEBSITE TO VISIT FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
CHARACTERS http//www.americanfolklore.net
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WORKS CITED

• American Folklore http//www.americanfolklore.net
• Cullinan, Bernice. Literature and the Child. 2nd
  ed. San Diego
• Franklin,Berna"Pioneer AmericaFolklore
  Folktales." MarcoPolo ArtsEdge. Thomas G. Pullen
  Arts Magnet School. 21 Jan. 2006
  lthttp//artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teachgt.
• "Paul Bunyan, the Giant Lumberjack." Paul Bunyan
  Trail. 2005. Paul Bunyan Trail. 21 Jan. 2006
  lthttp//www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale/htmlgt.
  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
• "The Story of Johnny Appleseed." 2002. Johnny
  Appleseed Junior Ecology Club. 22 Jan. 2006
  lthttp//www.appleseed.net/johnny_appleseed_story.h
  tmgt.
• Tall Tales. AIMS Multimedia. 1990.
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• TALL TALES. 21 Jan. 2006 lthttp//www.hasd.org/tall
  tale/talltale.htmgt.