Students explore the transmission of folktales over time and continent to evaluate their validity as a literary genre. By reading and analyzing a variety of folktales, students will realize the cultural implications of the genre. Students will create and perform their own original folktale in the form of a script that combines and modernizes tales that they read.
The skills involved for this project are important. The skills are listed below: How to locate resources to use in the research of a local concern How to conduct an interview designed specifically to gather oral history How to synthesize research findings into an informative and entertaining narrative appropriate for a targeted audience Use primary and secondary resources to research local history.