Critter Tales

Class Description:

Students will hear a variety of folktales, myths and legends from around the world. Each program will focus around a theme (for example: "Animals of the North Woods" or "Stories of the Sky and Stars"). Students will also learn why people around the world have told and still tell stories.

Total time: 50 minutes
Audience: 4th grade through adult
Activity level: easy
Travel: none
Total uphill travel: none

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Critter Tales evening program students will be able to:

Explain the reasons why people around the world tell stories.

Be able to relate the general plot of at least one story that they heard.

Describe the favorite story that they heard and the lesson they learned from it.

Minnesota Graduation Standards

The Critter Tales evening program will provide students with guided practice, in an authentic setting, to support the following Graduations Standards. We have chosen one to three “major focus” standards per grade level. Due to the holistic nature of environmental education, several other standards, not listed here, are addressed as well.

H.S. Inquiry: History of the Arts (Storytelling)
H.S. Literature and the Arts: Literature and arts analysis and interpretation (A, B, C)

6-8th Read, View, Listen: Fiction (1, 2,3,5)
6-8th The Arts: Artistic Interpretation

4-5th Read , View, Listen: Interpretation and evaluation (2, 3, 4,5)
4-5th The Arts: Artistic creativity, performance, and expression (D)

(April 1998 GS edition)

Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts

• People in all cultures tell stories.
• Stories are told to entertain us, educate us and explain events in our world.
• Stories help connect us to our environment

Classroom Connections*

• Journal page download
• Pre-visit activities
• Post-visit activities
• Links to storytelling information and activities on the web

*requires Wolf Ridge password