Native American Folktales Lesson Plan

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The Native American Folktales Unit is a complete lesson guide for teachers. After an introduction to several aspects of Native American daily life, students read a folktale followed by a discussion of the structure, purpose and plot of the folktale.
Worksheets are provided with most of the answers given to familiarize students with the genre and the ideas.

Students then read a second folktale followed by the same exercises as the first, except only half of the answers are given. Students are given the opportunity to think carefully about the story and the plot and fill in the answers. All answers are provided at the end of the workbook.

In Part II, Students are guided through the process of writing their own folktale. After an initial discussion students answer multiple choice questions for the first sentence, the setting, who is the main character (etc. etc.) until they have outlined the basic structure of a folktale (following the examples they have just studied in the folktales presented).

Finally, students are guided through the process of putting the structure of their folktale together and filling out the story.

• Numerous Student Worksheets
• Crossword puzzles for new Vocabulary
• Self Evaluations
• Pronounciation guide for Greek words
• Multi-diciplinary approach -- Creative Writing, Art, Geography, Drama, Research
• Complete materials and information source in one booklet
• Answers supplied to all puzzles and exercises
• 46-page students workbook
• Teachers Guide
• Information for teachers to guide discussion and introduce topics

Table of Contents
• Introduction - What are Folktales?
• Oral Tradition
• Native American Folktales
• Vocabulary Exercise (Crossword Puzzle)
• Buffalo Hunting
• Uses for the Buffalo
• First Folktale (Complete Text)
• Vocabulary
• Structure, Purpose and Plot
• Purpose of the Story and General Characteristics
• Second Folktale (Full Text)
• Structure (Discussion/reading)
• Stucture exercise
• General Characteristics (Exercise)
• Writing your Own Folktale (Exercise)
• Self Evaluation
• Answers to Puzzles