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Download full textNational Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1997
Once upon a time, oral storytelling was the medium through which people learned their history, settled their arguments, and came to make sense of the phenomena of their world. Then along came the written word, and respect for storytelling as a tool of learning was almost forgotten. Storytelling is relating a tale to one or more listeners through…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Oral Tradition, Story Telling
Helbig, Alethea K.; Perkins, Agnes Regan – 2001
This book covers works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry published from 1994 through 1999, and is deemed suitable for young people from preschool through high school. The book deals with four major ethnic groups within the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native-American Indians. It contains 561…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans
