The Most Amazing Race: Folktales from Around the World Grade 4 and 5

Created Feb. 5, 2024 by Sun West School Division

The Most Amazing Race: Folktales from Around the World Grade 4 and 5

Mrs. Marchand (ELA) and Ms. Moore (Arts Education and Social Studies)        Collaborative Project Based Learning  

Students will explore the transmission of folktales over time and continent to evaluate their validity of 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 the tales that they read. Learning will enhanced by technology infusion and the incorporation of 21 Century learning competencies.  

 Driving Question:  How can folktales give us insight into other cultures? Why do we continue to tell and retell the same old stories? 

Download: Most_Amazing_Race_Folktales_from_Around_the_World.pdf


 

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