His folktales included such characters as the rabbit, the turtle, and the bear. He also told of his own encounters with animals that outwitted him while he was hunting them. Before he passed away in 1992, Bel had passed on many of his stories to his nephew, Bertney Langley. The teacher introduces the lesson with discussion of folklore and oral narratives. She asks students to listen to find out who the trickster was and what lesson the story teaches.
Students discuss the moral and the cultural traditions revealed in the story.
In small groups, students read the Living Book CD The Tortoise and the Hare. In small groups, students discuss ways the stories were alike and different. In the whole group, students open a Venn diagram template in AppleWorks . They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram. The whole group shares results.