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AFRICAN FOLKTALES

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME AFRICAN FOLKTALES, STUDY THEM, COMPARE THEM TO THE RUSSIAN TALES THEN WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN ST.MARY’S TALE- TO TELL TO THE CLASS. AFRICAN FOLKTALES. The dog hides his mother A "how the tortoise broke his back" folk tale.

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AFRICAN FOLKTALES

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  1. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME AFRICAN FOLKTALES, STUDY THEM, COMPARE THEM TO THE RUSSIAN TALES THEN WE WILL CREATE OUR OWN ST.MARY’S TALE- TO TELL TO THE CLASS

  2. AFRICAN FOLKTALES • The dog hides his motherA "how the tortoise broke his back" folk tale. • The creation of the world: A Yoruba mythThe myth of how the world was created according to the Yorubas in West Africa • The Tortoise and the ElephantAnother version of the story where the tortoise captures the elephant.

  3. The Lost HeirA king dies without an heir. But a heir does exist somewhere deep in the forest. • Ananse and the pot of wisdomNo one person can have all the wisdom in the world. Story by Rev Peter E AdoteyAddo • KwekuAnanse outsmarts himselfKwekuAnanse gets greedy and misses out on a longer-term gain • How the tortoise became baldThe tortoise used to have hair but lost it all through his own greed

  4. The Tortoise and the Princess who never speaksThe king promised half his kingdom to whoever could make his daughter speaks • Two sisters and an old manA west African cinderella story - about a girl and her wicked step sister • Ananse and the pot of wisdomNo one person can have all the wisdom in the world • KwekuAnanse outsmarts himselfKwekuAnanse gets greedy and misses out on a longer-term gain

  5. The Strange Creature- story of family dynamics • YOUR FOLKTALE • GET INTO GROUPS OF 2-3 PEOPLE • DESIGNATE A PRESENTER • YOU MUST HAVE NOTES/ROUGH DRAFT • INCLUDE A FEW INDIGENOUS ASPECTS OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND (OYSTERS,CRABS, OSPREYS,EAGLES) • WHAT IS THE “LESSON” OF YOUR TALE

  6. MAKE SURE YOUR GROUP…. -MAKE YOUR TALE HAS A MORAL OR LESSON TO BE LEARNED -NOTES TO SUBMIT -LOCAL FLAVOR -MUST BE 5-10 MINUTES IN LENGTH - WE WILL MEET IN GROUPS ONE MORE TIME, NEXT TUES. FOR JUST 5 MINUTES TO ORGANIZE FOR PRESENTATIONS ON 5/2 (WED.)

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