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This book is about the intersection of storytelling and science.
Recognizing that humans are hard-wired for narrative, this
collection of new essays integrates the two in a special way to
teach science in the K-6 classroom. As science education changes
its focus to concepts that bridge various disciplines, along with
science and engineering practices, storytelling offers
opportunities to enhance the science classroom. Lesson plans are
provided, each presenting a story, its alignment with science (Next
Generation Science Standards), language arts (Common Core State
Standards) and theater arts standards (National Core Arts
Standards). Instructional plans include a rationale, preparation,
activities and assessment.
In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi learns the value of
being a good host. He also learns the truth of the old saying, what
goes around, comes around.
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
This exploration of model storytelling projects shows librarians
how to expand their roles as keepers of the stories while
strengthening their communities. Community life is built on its
stories. Our history and culture-those of society and of
individuals-are passed from generation to generation through
stories. Engaging Community through Storytelling: Library and
Community Programming examines a wide variety of model storytelling
projects across the country, reflecting how storytelling can
encourage community attachment, identity, and expression in
libraries, community centers, and schools. The contributed
essays-written by experts in their fields, many of whom served as
developer, fundraiser, director, and implementer of their
project-provide detailed information about the inner workings of a
wide variety of model storytelling projects from across the
country. The authors delineate the need, scope, and audience for
each project and offer riveting anecdotes that evaluate the success
of that project. Many of the articles are accompanied by one or
more photographs documenting the work or practical how-to-do-it
guides to encourage and enable replication. Thoughtful commentary
on and review of the key concepts in each chapter are provided by
the book's editors. Presents an inspirational and impassioned
documentation of how storytelling can and is being used in
libraries, community centers, and schools to engage and strengthen
communities Helps librarians create programs for youth storytellers
that keep children and young adults involved in their schools and
communities Showcases replicable programs that can readily and
immediately be implemented in school and public libraries, as well
as in other community organizations Provides a timely and effective
response to tension and divisiveness in our communities
This resource offers a series of grade-appropriate lessons that
link storytelling in the classroom with the development of
essential language skills. Literacy Development in the Storytelling
Classroom shows just how powerful a tool storytelling can be for
building vital language skills-not just reading and writing, but
speaking, listening, visual literacy, and information literacy as
well. It is an exceptionally rich and rewarding resource that helps
teachers and tellers work together to focus story time on language
development. Moving grade-by-grade from pre-K to middle school,
Literacy Development in the Storytelling Classroom offers both
research-based ideas and specific lesson plans for using
storytelling to promote literacy learning. Lessons seamlessly
integrate material from traditional domains of social studies,
science, math, and language arts, while incorporating elements from
the creative arts, such as music, visual arts, drama, dance, and
folk crafts as both storytelling vehicles and curriculum
extensions. The stories themselves in this collection are drawn
from the full spectrum of the world's cultures-every child is
represented, and every child will benefit from the concepts and
lessons in this remarkable book. Specific lesson plans for each
level from pre-K to 5th grade Contributions from a variety of
professional educational storytellers and teachers who use
storytelling in their classrooms Photographs of children engaged in
storytelling lessons as well as original children's art and
additional diagrams and charts An extensive bibliography of print,
multimedia, and online resources on both the theoretical basis and
practical applications of classroom storytelling An appendix of
national standards and abbreviations
Consisting of a series of essays written by storytellers who work
in the classroom, as well as teachers who use storytelling in the
classroom, this title addresses specific curriculum areas, and
includes practical, easily replicable lesson plans. Also included
is a review and explanation of the current research on the value of
storytelling in the classroom in teaching the whole brain using the
multiple intelligences and the integration of thinking in the left
and right brain. It makes valid connections to educational
standards in curriculum areas. Topics addressed are from the dual
viewpoints of storytellers and educators. The Storytelling
Classroom is an inspiring, practical and immediately applicable
collection of preK through eighth grade lesson plans by and for
teachers and media specialists who use storytelling in the
classroom and storytellers who work in the classroom. Each lesson
plan is linked to National Standards in Language Arts Social
Studies, Math or Science and accompanied by an essay which provides
a glimpse of the alchemy that occurs when students, teachers and
story are brought together: student engagement, classrooms that are
alive with thinking students, LEARNING!
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