Once Upon A Time:Folktales from Around the World

Ashley Cramer, Nikki Rogers, & Jamie Wuennemann

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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

A Map of the Journey

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

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

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

The Queen needed to prepare her students…• Vocabulary

– folktale– disobedient– state– Minnesota– country– Korea– Norway– India– Mayans

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– Pencils and crayons– Maps– Blue Jacket

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”

The first land they arrived at was…• United States• In the United States they

learned about “Paul Bunyan”

• Paul Bunyan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Then they stopped at…

• Norway• While they were there

they learned about the folktale of the “Three Billy Goats Gruff”.

• Three Billy Goats Gruff

Next they arrived at…

• South America• In South America, they

learned about “The Rabbit and the Crab”.

• SCORE: Mayan Folktale

There next destination was…

• India• While in India they

learned about “ The Disobedient Turtle”.

• Folklore and Legend - India

The last stop was…

• Korea• While in Korea they

learned about “Why the Sea is Salty”.

• Hangul / Literature / Why the Sea Is Salty

While in Norway…

• Activity #1– The students wanted to

please the queen so they compared Norway’s folktale of “Three Billy Goats Gruff” to the folktale of American version of the “Three Billy Goats Gruff”.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Queen needed resources for her travels…• Teacher Resourceshttp://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.htmFolktales

http://www.teacherlink.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-africa/TyrHal/

Lesson Plan - Folktales: A Cultural Teaching Tool

The students needed resources for their travels as well…• Student Resources1. The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional

FolktaleBy: 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)

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)

Student Resources (cont.)• 11. One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical

Folktale (Hardcover) by Demi (Author)

 • 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)

 • 14. Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales

(Scholastic Junior Classics) (Paperback)

by Jane B. Mason (Author)

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

?productid=3578&cat=883&page=1• 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.ht

ml• 5.Cambiodian Folksongs• Popular Cambodian Folktales

Media (cont.)• Movies• 1. The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little

Bears.• Amazon.com: Three Billy Goats Gruff & The Three Lit

tle 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 - w

atch 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)

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

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

When the class returned the Queen evaluated the student’s 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– Prior Lake– Lake Erie

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?