Students will gather information and ideas from a variety of sources, including personal experiences and literature. Students will use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students will improve speaking skills through the presentation of information. Students will improve listening skills through the active listening required during project presentations and sharing. Folktales began as one attempt to explain and understand the natural and spiritual world in terms of wonders of nature, seasons, stars and animals.
Folktales also can help people to understand much about groups and their cultures.
Folktales have endured from early ages in almost every country in the world. Some tales are told in so many different forms and in so many different countries that it is often difficult to find the country of its origin. Many American folktales began and were retold over and over in the oral tradition. Myths and legends often try to explain how people perceived cultural perspectives. It has to do with the rulers of a country, its wars through the years, rules and customs, holidays and religions.