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Today's increasingly interconnected and globalized world demands
that students be taught to appreciate human diversity and recognize
universally held values and beliefs. Authentic, culturally based
folktales can lay the foundation for this cultural understanding.
Professional storytellers like editors Sherry Norfolk and Lyn Ford
are deeply committed to bringing people together through story. In
this book, they have identified a group of culturally diverse
storytellers whose carefully researched tales authentically reflect
the cultures from which they come. The book includes well-crafted,
culturally authentic folktales contributed by storytellers of
varying cultures and ethnicities. Commentaries from the
contributors follow each tale, reflecting on the story and its
significance to the culture it represents. Sets of questions for
teachers and librarians also accompany each story to facilitate
discussion. Teachers, librarians, and information specialists find
that stories engage students' attention and empathy. The
commentaries provide insights into the significance of cultural
norms, customs, and beliefs represented in the story, and the
discussion questions and guides help them drill down with students
to achieve deeper understanding. Resource lists of additional
relevant materials at the end of each section promote continued
learning. Demonstrates how folktales are engaging, non-didactic,
and entertaining-they captivate students' attention while allowing
them to explore other cultures and value systems Provides
commentaries that offer insights into the significance of the
cultural norms and beliefs represented in each story Includes
thoughtful and effective discussion questions and guides that save
librarians and teachers time Offers resource lists of relevant
materials for further study
This book supplies stories, essays, lesson plans and specialized
storytelling strategies to help teachers "level the playing field"
for all learners and better serve children with special needs. More
than 57 percent of the over 6 million American children with
disabilities are in inclusive (i.e., general) classrooms;
"self-contained" classrooms serve children whose disabilities are
either more severe or disruptive. As much as 20 percent of the
children in an inclusive classroom are identified as "disabled,"
with the highest percentage of these having learning disabilities.
While most classrooms have at least one child with a disability,
teachers often have little or no training in educating and caring
for these children. The need for resources that support educators
working with children with disabilities or social/emotional
difficulties is clear. This book fills this critical need,
supplying school and public librarians, classroom and special area
teachers, and storytelling teaching artists with storytelling
strategies for reaching and teaching children with special needs in
inclusive classrooms, self-contained classrooms, and public and
school libraries. These full-text stories, essays, and lesson plans
from experienced storytelling teaching artists provide educators
with a wide range of adaptable storytelling and teaching strategies
for specific disabilities and enable storytellers to discover news
ways to perform their storytelling magic. The book also offers
compelling real-life anecdotes that demonstrate the impact of these
strategies in inclusive and self-contained classrooms; presents an
introduction to the skills of storytelling, why they are useful,
and how to use them; and includes suggested modifications for a
wide range of disabilities as well as detailed resource lists.
Provides a variety of successful storytelling strategies for
reaching and teaching children with specific disabilities, enabling
educators and mentors to choose options that will work best for
their teaching environment and students Provides immediate access
to stories, strategies, and adaptations to meet specific needs
Offers a joyful, engaging, and thoroughly human way to interact
with all students-a method that makes giving the gift of empathetic
education easier
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