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Direct linkArchibald, Jo-ann – University of British Columbia Press, 2008
Indigenous oral narratives are an important source for, and component of, Coast Salish knowledge systems. Stories are not only to be recounted and passed down; they are also intended as tools for teaching. Jo-ann Archibald worked closely with Elders and storytellers, who shared both traditional and personal life-experience stories, in order to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Story Telling, Indigenous Knowledge
Haven, Kendall – 2000
Created for educators, the breakthrough approach offered in this book is designed to help build on natural storytelling abilities to refine communication skills for use in the classroom, library, and at home. The guide is divided into seven main parts. Part 1, "Natural Storytelling: 100% Natural You--With No Artificial Additives," offers…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Narration
Download full textTrousdale, Ann M., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This book demonstrates the importance of storytelling as an aspect of language arts programs. The book contains stories contributed by teachers from elementary through university levels. It also describes many of the ways storytelling can be woven into the fabric of the classroom curriculum. The collection is divided into three sections. The first…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment
PDF pending restorationWrigglesworth, Hazel J.; Mengsenggilid, Pengenda – 1993
Six Ilianen Manobo stories transcribed from oral performances, are presented here. The stories selected are those frequently used to transmit highly-valued Manobo cultural goals and values, including those used as parable in establishing precedent in the formal setting of custom-law cases. An introductory chapter provides background information on…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Goss, Linda; Goss, Clay – 1995
This book features more than 70 stories about the wide range of the Black experience, including traditional tales from Africa and the West Indies. Collected in the book are family stories and moral fables, ghost stories and tales rich in humor, as well as raps and rhymes, memoirs and songs, recipes and riddles, and stories and poems about freedom,…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature
Krauss, Michael E., Ed. – 1982
Ten stories, in poem and narrative form, told by Anna Nelson Harry, are presented here. The stories represent a portion of the oral tradition of the Eyak, an Alaskan native nation of which few native speakers remain. An introductory section chronicles the history and decline of the Eyak, the research undertaken to preserve their culture, and the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Folk Culture, Oral History
Frey, Rodney, Ed. – 1995
Coeur d'Alene School District (Idaho) developed an American Indian oral literature curriculum component with the help of the neighboring Coeur d'Alene people. This book is based on a general background guide that provides classroom teachers with a context for understanding Coeur d'Alene narratives incorporated into the curriculum. The book also…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education
Cabral, Len; Manduca, Mia – 1997
This book provides the basic knowledge to be able to tell stories. The stories presented target children in preschool through sixth grade. Following an introduction which considers the value of storytelling in culture and in education, the first chapter explains how to use the book and introduces the "telling guide," which appears…
Descriptors: Audience Participation, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context
Winston, Linda – 1997
This book encourages the use of cultural biographies as a way to understand various cultures. The volume is a collection of stories about the teachers and students in New York (New York) schools who have made family studies central to the curriculum. The book emphasizes the everyday lives of families, their social histories, and cultural…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family History, Family (Sociological Unit), Folk Culture
Smith-Trafzer, Lee Ann; Trafzer, Clifford E. – 1988
This children's book relates the story of Travis and Laura and how their grandfather, a Maidu Indian, teaches them about their history and culture through stories. The book stresses the importance of storytelling as the traditional way of passing on the history of Indian peoples. As part of a school project, Travis tells his classmates the Maidu…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians
Hearne, Betsy, Ed.; Del Negro, Janice M., Ed.; Jenkins, Christine, Ed.; Stevenson, Deborah, Ed. – 1998
The papers included in this volume emphasize the need to connect the child and the narrative as a way to affect children's development in evaluating literature and information in all forms. Children are lively agents who create meaning as readers, viewers, and listeners. These proceedings address the myriad aspects of storytelling--practical,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Childrens Literature, Creative Expression
Kalifornsky, Peter; Kari, James, Ed.; Boraas, Alan, Ed. – 1991
This collection of writings was compiled over a 19-year period (1972-91) by the last writer and one of the last storytellers of the Kenai dialect of Dena'ina (Tanaina) language of Cook Inlet, Alaska. Peter Kalifornsky is a literary artist and scholar born in 1911. The 147 writings are organized in eight chapters, with a prelude containing two…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alphabets, Animals, Athapascan Languages
