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Salpeter, Judy – Technology & Learning, 2005
This article describes the history and events behind the development and progress of the San Francisco Digital Center--now known as the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS). First-hand accounts and reactions from local educators and the director of technology for the county that houses CDS are provided. The article also demonstrates how digital…
Descriptors: Videotape Recordings, Personal Narratives, Oral Tradition, Elementary Secondary Education
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Springer, James W. – Academic Questions, 2005
The effect of law on research and scholarship is amply illustrated by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and other statutes, which, when they impel reburial of archaeological discoveries, result in a very real sacrificing of our past. In this case, the Act seems driven by a misguided notion that anthropology is not the…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, American Indians, Anthropology, Whites
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Dzuris, Linda – History Teacher, 2003
The folk songs and ballads of early America describe life as experienced by the common people. They were sung within the family, by neighbors and at gatherings of larger communities. The stories told were carried in the memories of those who heard them. Once a strictly aural and oral tradition, the words came to be written down, and the surviving…
Descriptors: United States History, Singing, Oral Tradition, Interdisciplinary Approach
Monroe, Suzanne S. – 1995
Historically, among American Indians, the respect for the power of language has been expressed through the oral tradition: stories, myths, folklore, poetry, and song. As life experience has changed for American Indians, they continue to value these stories, recording tribal oral tradition as well as personal biography and life history. The status…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, Authors, Females
Bacon, Susan, Ed.; Humbach, Nancy, Ed. – 1996
The 26 units of Spanish instruction for grades K-8 presented here were developed by participants in a 1995-96 teacher institute. The units are designed to help children and adolescents learn both language and culture through Mexican legends. Activities help introduce the legend, test comprehension, and extend the meaning, to develop deeper…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Elementary Education, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Layzer, Carolyn – 1993
This paper discusses the use of contemporary legends in the teaching of language and culture, specifically in English-as-a-second-language. Contemporary legends are a type of folk narrative, but unlike folk tales, they are believed to be true. They usually concern ordinary people who are known to the narrator, occur in familiar settings, and are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Folk Culture
Ward, Cynthia – 1993
The works of women African writers such as Bessie Head, Mariama Ba, Buchi Emecheta, and Flora Nwapa have become increasingly familiar to North American college students during the past decade, largely through their inclusion on feminist reading lists. Because the pedagogical value of these texts lies in their presumed ability to speak for African…
Descriptors: African Literature, Authors, Cultural Context, Females
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Meyer, Hester W. J. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2005
Introduction: We report on the role of information in the development of rural communities where the impact of the oral tradition remains very strong. The nature of the attributes, and the particular type of communication mechanisms to be used, have been proposed as key factors in the use of information in rural communities. Method: Literature…
Descriptors: Rural Development, Information Utilization, Oral Tradition, Qualitative Research
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Yolen, Jane, Ed. – 1992
Based on the idea that although children of every nation speak different languages the language of play is international, this collection of 32 street rhymes from 17 nations and republics offers each rhyme in its native language (Portuguese, Tamil, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, German, Bantu (Mambwe), Danish, Cheyenne,…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
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Worthington, Marianne – Now & Then, 2003
Author and illustrator of children's books Paul Brett Johnson draws on his Appalachian roots for inspiration. While growing up in Knott County, Kentucky, he was exposed to the oral tradition of Appalachian storytelling while listening to his grandfather tell fantastic tales. His use of humor, regional settings, and wise animals presented from a…
Descriptors: Artists, Authors, Biographies, Books
Montejo, Victor – Akwe:kon Journal, 1994
For American indigenous peoples, oral tradition maintains each group's cultural identity and world view; documents history; and links the group's past, present, and future. Storytelling has been a major mode of passing moral values and teachings to children, as well as passing sacred and specialized knowledge to new specialists but is now…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indians, Cultural Maintenance, Indigenous Populations
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Hirschfelder, Arlene B. – Library Trends, 1993
Addresses the importance and features of Native American oral literature, discusses the heightened interest of publishers in producing books with Native American stories for children, and describes problems in many of these works. Issues of authenticity are discussed, and examples of nonfiction and fiction works that provide accurate information…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Childrens Literature, Fiction
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Metting, Fred – Journal of Reading, 1995
Argues that, by reading literature that incorporates folklore and oral traditions, students learn to recognize and appreciate how oral traditions have influenced all cultures. Argues that a study of contemporary American written literature which incorporates elements of the oral tradition introduces students to old and deep wisdom and to a diverse…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Folk Culture, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
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Wilson, Alexandria – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1998
Through a story of experiences at a library and two museums, a Cree university student demonstrates how such institutions fail to adequately respect and portray Native culture, despite good intentions. (TD)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Canada Natives, Cree (Tribe), Cultural Differences
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Ishengoma, Johnson M. – International Review of Education, 2005
This study argues for the integration of African oral traditions and other elements of traditional learning into the modern school curriculum. It thus contributes to supporting the increased relevance of education to local communities. In particular, using the example of riddles collected from one of the main ethnic groups in Northwestern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Oral Tradition, Indigenous Knowledge
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