Friday, March 20, 2009

Storytelling Lesson: "Urban Legends"


---Please complete the following work on a separate sheet!

Ø The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven is made up of stories that sometimes seem to “stretch the truth” or have the same qualities of folklore or myths.
Ø Urban legends are familiar to many young people and are a version of our own modern myths.

1.Go to http://www.americanfolklore.net/


2. Click on “Urban Legends” under the Myths and Legends box


3. Choose 3 urban legends


4. Summarize each story.


5. For each story, answer the questions:


a. What is the story trying to teach?
b.What does it really mean?
c.Where or when have you heard similar stories before?