![]() Students explore the purpose of storytelling, learn about some different ways that stories can be told, and write and illustrate stories of their own to share with the class. The Grade Two lesson introduces students to oral and written traditions in Native American storytelling. Students identify and discuss key story elements, explore new mediums of storytelling, and work collaboratively in a study of a legend. ![]() The Grade One lesson further explores Native American storytelling through a study of the legends and stories that are indigenous to their cultures. Students discover and implement methods of storytelling while learning about important traditions, customs, and artifacts in Native American culture. The Kindergarten lesson introduces the art of Native American storytelling, using traditional indigenous stories to introduce the concept of story sequencing. Each lesson addresses specific social studies and language arts standards and incorporates children's books, original illustrations, photographs of musical instruments, and the Tales of Wonder I/Tales of Wonder II DVD from Rich-Heape Films, which features traditional Native American stories for children told by Storyteller Gregg Howard, a Native American of Cherokee/Powhatan descent. Storytelling of Indigenous People in the United States is comprised of six lessons for grades kindergarten through five. The oral tradition communicated history, myths, and personal stories, as stories were passed down by generations in sophisticated forms of visual and oral notation including narration, pictures, performance, and dance. The Native American tradition of storytelling has a rich and diverse history. ![]() COMPLIMENTARY UNIT WITH PURCHASE OF DVD AND BOOKS
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