This course will help teachers develop storytelling projects for their classroom. Teachers will create three storytelling units for their classroom, implement the projects and submit reports on classroom activities. Instead of a final exam, teachers will hold a classroom story party, a storytelling concert or festival in their class or school. The units will introduce children to interactive storytelling, story sharing, oral presentation skills, and storytelling aids such as puppets, costumes, or props.
Teachers can explore different kinds of stories, methods, or storytelling and storytelling aids.
They can tie the units into curriculum materials they are currently using. Students must have e-mail and access to the Internet. If you want more information about Independent Studies, fill-out an Information Request form .