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Topic: Folk tale

	Russian folk tales
		This page is entirely dedicated to the folk tales of Russia and Ukraine.
		Tales are the part of culture, traditions, customs and history of people.
		The tale of the dead princess and the seven knights
	russian-crafts.com /tales.html (209 words)

	Peace Corps \| Coverdell World Wise Schools \| Educators \| Lesson Plans
		Folk tales begin as simple stories passed down from one person to the next by word of mouth.
		Because folk tale plots are generally concerned with life's universal themes, they often transcend their culture of origin and reveal the commonality of human experience.
		The structure of folk tales is often similar from culture to culture.
	www.peacecorps.gov /wws/educators/lessonplans/lesson.cfm?lpid=376&gid=2 (2091 words)

	Russian Folk Tales
		These tales may involve the participation of humans, or not, but usually the presence of humans somewhere is aknowledged or taken for granted.
		The magic tales in which the hero is female (usually a girl) center around her ability to perform certain tasks.
		These tales also test her ethics: she must not lie, although telling less than the truth is allowed; she must not steal, but taking something from an evil character, after she was allowed to do so by someone from that household, is also allowed.
	folklore.mashaholl.com /RussianFolktalePage.html (1301 words)

	Folk Tales
		Folk tales take a myriad of forms but have one main trait in common: they were passed from person-to-person for years, no doubt evolving with each re-telling, and finally recorded in writing many years later.
		Among the types of folk tales ninth graders study at Franklin Academy are the myth, the fairy tale, the parable, the tall tale, the fable, the folk song, and the spiritual.
		Tall Tales - Indigenous to America, especially the North, these tales of mighty people who work outdoors tend to exaggerate for the sake of humor, and they focus on humans in a struggle with Nature, especially the weather.
	www.qube.malone.k12.ny.us /~fa-studentwo/html/folk_tales.html (308 words)

	Folk Tale World - Homestar Runner Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Folk Tale World is the setting of The Folky Tale of Saddy Dumpington.
		Folk Tale World is a product of Strong Sad's imagination with some embellishments from Coach Z.
		Populating Folk Tale World are Saddy Dumpington, The Townsfolk, The Mayor, A Little Girl, The Dancing Brothers and various woodland creatures.
	www.hrwiki.org /index.php/Folk_Tale_World (333 words)

	What is a Folk or Fairy Tale?
		Folk tales often have to do with everyday life and frequently feature wily peasants getting the better of their superiors.
		In their original versions, most folk tales are not children's stories (or at all appropriate for children) because they are bawdy and often violent.
		However the tales we have chosen, with their themes of little ones having power, venturing out into the world, and good triumphing over evil are extremely appealing to 5 to 8-year-olds.
	webinstituteforteachers.org /2000/teams/onceupon/whatisit.html (186 words)

	Math Forum: Math 7 - Alejandre
		The learner will (TLW) listen to, read and discuss numerous folk tales from around the world, from many time periods, and representing many cultures.
		For our purpose it is a story, myth or legend adopted by the members of a group as part of their shared culture and often providing explanations of the culture's morality or of the origins of natural phenomena.
		The morality tale of a culture may also be explained by folk tales, particularly those behavioral rules that are expected to be learned in childhood:
	mathforum.org /alejandre/frisbie/coyote/folk.tales.html (864 words)

	The Tale Of Jack Alexander
		Jack tales belong to that body of folklore which originally depicted white male children and adults or tales in which Jack appeared, such as Jack-in-the-Bean-Stalk, or This is the House Jack Built.
		Black story tellers--mothers, grandmothers and professional tellers, taught their young at an early age to ask for a Jack tale if they wanted to be told a story.
		This is a contemporary Jack tale based on historical and prophetic events found in the Biblical Book of Daniel (2:32-33).
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/folklore/13462 (535 words)

	WebQuest
		Achebe is able to weave folk tales from his culture into his writing, allowing his readers to learn about his culture while reading.
		This lesson is designed to actively engage students in the learning the folk tale genre by viewing various folk tales in depth and then studying a particular folk tale and the culture which generated it.
		Remember that the folk take will be weaved throughout the story, by another character telling the folk tale, by the main character remembering it, or some other means.
	eprentice.sdsu.edu /F044/jhoffman/t-webquest.html (1357 words)

	Folklinks: Folk and Fairy-Tale Sites
		Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia is a pioneer in the editing and distribution of electronic texts in various formats.
		Fairy Tales, directed by William Barker, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
		The Annotated Cinderella, from the SurLaLune Fairy Tales by Heidi Anne Heiner.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/folklinks.html (2267 words)

	Folk tale record sheet
		A folk tale is a story or legend handed down from generation to generation usually by retelling the story orally.
		Folk tales often explain something that happens in nature or give a certain truth about life.
		Identify the elements of each folk tale you are about to read on spaces below by printing this page.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /encanto/folktales/folk_tale_record_sheet.htm (128 words)

	Paideia Library - Folk Tales, Fairy Tales & Myths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Folk tales and myths are a nourishing read for any age and stimulate creativity, imagination and courage.
		Gloriously illustrated Aztec tale, where the Lord of the Night masterminds the freeing of the four musicians from their captivity by the Sun so that they might bring music and joy to the earth.
		Based on old tales of enchantment and adventure, these tales are illustrated with drawings full of mystery and power.
	www.paideiaschool.org /library/reading/elfolktale.htm (692 words)

	Search Results for "Folk-tale"
		The Pied Piper of Hamelin A poem by Robert Browning, based on a German folk tale from the Middle Ages.
		The materials for the poem are derived mainly from Scandinavian history, folk tale, and mythology.
		2.So also in the folk tale of The Babes in the Wood- 3 "The Robins so red Fresh strawberry-leaves...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Folk-tale (392 words)

	Shelf III. Folk tales from Asia
		I heard it from my father.I think the author of this folk tale collection is unknown.
		"This story is a moral tale and a Korean proverb was origined from this tale.
		It is a traditional tale from a folk tale book.
	www.kids-space.org /folk/f_asia.html (822 words)

	A HMONG FOLK TALE
		They have folk tales that are passed on down from generations before.
		The reason why they carry these folk tales is because in every one of those tales there is a moral to the story, almost like a good lesson to learn from.
		Well, in this paper I am going to tell one of the many popular folk tale that the Hmong people passed on from one generation to the next, and why it was so entertaining yet at the same time has more meaningful values behind it.
	www.csuchico.edu /~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/fall97/5may-her.htm (1613 words)

	Folk Tale Web Sites
		If you have any suggestions for a new list or for a title that should be added to one of our existing lists, please let us know.
		A "tall tale" is a story with lots of exaggerated details, usually about some person with extraordinary powers.
		Read the stories of Davy Crockett ("King of the Wild Frontier") and Old Stormalong ("the greatest sea captain of all time").
	www.commonsensemedia.org /website-lists/Folk-Tale-Web-Sites.html (336 words)

	AllFolktales.com - Folk tales from West Africa
		Check out the Stories page for a complete listing of folk tales.
		We are (continually) in the process of collecting more folk tales from West Africa, so check back regularly.
		And if you have any comments, we would love to hear them.
	www.allfolktales.com (165 words)

	Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - LG Korean Folk Tale Site
		This looks like a neat site for reading Korean folk tales in English and writing your own.
		A lot of elementary schools have folk tale competitions in English for their kids---or at least it seems that way here.
		I wish I'd known of this page when people were asking me to suggest folk tales to them for their kids to practice.
	www.eslcafe.com /forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=3125&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= (490 words)

	Aaron's Storybook ~ Folktales (Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends)
		Folktales (or folk tales) are stories passed down through generations, mainly by telling.
		Different kinds of folktales include fairy tales (or fairytales), tall tales, trickster tales, myths, and legends.
		The princess Savitri must use all her wit and will to save her husband from the god of death.
	www.aaronshep.com /stories/folk.html (804 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Exploring World Cultures Through Folk Tales
		Students then research the folk tale's country of origin and present the story and their research to the class.
		Explain to students that they will be reading folk tales from different countries around the world and sharing them with the class.
		Pass out the Research form to each student and explain that they will be gathering information about the country where their folk tale originated.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=91 (1061 words)

	Folk Tales and Values - World-I*earn Project
		Folk Tales, are they a funny version of out past.
		Because of the style in which folk tales take on children are drawn to them.
		I love the read of a folk tale and have fond memories of having them read to me. My hope is to continue to pass on those joys found with these wonderful stories.
	www.flameghana.org /ictprojects/folktalevalue/folktales.html (159 words)

	Orkneyjar - The Great Selkie o' Suleskerry
		It was first written down in 1938 by one Dr Otto Andersson, who had heard the song sung on the island of Flotta.
		It recounts the tale of a young Orcadian maiden who falls in love with an elusive selkie-man. She has a child by him but, shortly after, the selkie-man disappears, leaving her alone with her baby son.
		One Spared to the Sea - a tale of the selkie-folk
	www.orkneyjar.com /folklore/selkiefolk/sulesk.htm (355 words)

	Motifs and Tale Types
		Folk tales are made to be heard, not read, but when you tell a tale, you co-create it each time - that is, you follow a formula but provide your own details or embellishments.
		Knowledge of motifs can be very important as a practical matter in the study of folk tales, since it allows one to identify similarities based on distinctive events, characters, and situations.
		A particular cluster of motifs that hangs together through several individual tales and across various cultures is called a “tale type.” The Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne first attempted a classification of folk tales by type, using such patterns of connected motifs.
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/motif.htm (724 words)

	Peace Corps \| World Wise Schools \| Water in Africa \| Lessons \| The Hare and the Water: A Tanzanian Folktale
		As the folk tale is discussed, make a storyboard of the sequence of events on butcher paper (from left to right) or on the board.
		Reread the folk tale to the class or have students retell the folk tale referring to the storyboard.
		Their goal is to visually recreate the folk tale's message---through cooperation a village may get access to water, but those who do not cooperate cannot expect to benefit from the labor of others.
	www.peacecorps.gov /wws/educators/enrichment/africa/lessons/ESlang02/index.html (1753 words)

	folktales1
		Most of the activities involve reading folk tales and responding to them via e-mail to the instructor.
		The learner will be able to identify and explore the different forms of folk tales.
		The learner will write their own folk tale utilizing the characteristics and forms of folk tales.
	www.k12.hi.us /~lysakamo/folktales/folktales1.htm (149 words)

	Defining the Fairy Tale
		The traditional association with the "folk" - if by "folk" one means the peasants and other poor, which often appears to be the sense of references to this group - is also suspect, since many of the best-known fairy tale collectors drew from middle-class or aristocratic tellers, rather than directly from the peasantry.
		As the tales began to be written down during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, however, they ceased to change, and gradually became relegated to the nursery, as children's tales; this shift coincided with a rise in literacy which established the middle class and with a corresponding increased differentiation between child and adult.
		By the middle of the 19th century, the fairy tale was firmly established as a subset of "children's literature," even as writers continued to produce tales of this type that appealed to a broad spectrum of ages.
	www.northern.edu /hastingw/ftdefine.htm (872 words)

	Themed Reviews, African and African-American Folk Tales (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In this folk tale from Ghana, Ananse the Spider trickster is out-tricked.
		This is a Nigerian folk tale that pits the goodness of Chinye against the greed of her stepmother and stepsister.
		In this West African folk tale of Bamba the crocodile and Donso the Hunterman, coexistence among species is the theme.
	www.childrenslit.com /th_af_tales.html (6168 words)

	How the Yellow Ribbon Became a National Folk Symbol (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
		Some assertions on this subject have verged on the pugnacious; nearly all have made reference to the song "Round Her Neck She Wore A Yellow Ribbon." That song was recorded for the Archive of Folk Culture in 1938 by Sidney Robertson Cowell in California, but it is much older.
		And thus a modern folk legend concerning a newly released prisoner was transformed into a popular song, and the popular song, in turn, transformed into a ritual enactment.
		Ultimately, the thing that makes the yellow ribbon a genuinely traditional symbol is neither its age nor its putative association with the American Civil War, but rather its capacity to take on new meanings, to fit new needs and, in a word, to evolve.
	www.loc.gov /folklife/ribbons/ribbons.html (2091 words)

	AdoptedfromRussia.com: Russian fairy tales, Russian folk tales, skazki
		An old Russian folk tale about the fresh out of the oven Roll who decides to roll away from the window sill where he was left to cool down.
		For beginning readers, this colorful book tells the old Russian folk tale about the sister and her brother who is kidnapped by the wild swans.
		This tale is about the hardworking Hen and her lazy companions - the cat, the dog and the goose, who are not willing to help the hen but are always ready to eat the bread she bakes.
	www.adoptedfromrussia.com /russianchildrensbooks.html (702 words)

	SurLaLune Fairy Tales: What Is a Fairy Tale?
		Also, fairy tales are part of folklore, but folk tales are not necessarily fairy tales.
		Be aware that this website and most fairy tale studies deal with literary fairy tales, tales that are once removed from oral tradition, set down on paper by one or more authors.
		Oral fairy tales are elusive creatures that folklorists study, record and try to trace through history.
	www.surlalunefairytales.com /introduction/ftdefinition.html (1044 words)

	FOLK TALES FROM EUROPE AND THE FIVE THEMES
		Since the tales may not be enough to adequately gain all the needed information on the country represented by the tale, reference materials should be utilized to answer more completely questions about the representative country.
		A short summary of their folk tale and a creative illustration should be included.
		The countries represented by the folk tales could be colored and string or ribbon can connect the reports to the matching countries.
	www.coe.ilstu.edu /iga/LWWfolk.htm (1646 words)

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