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Peer reviewedAsher, Sandy – ALAN Review, 2000
Suggests that stories are a survival mechanism--they are the way people make sense of their lives. Notes the author has made it her personal mission to encourage people to tell their own stories, the stories that will die with people if they do not pass them on. Includes excerpts from the author's readers theater scripts to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Oral Tradition, Readers Theater, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedAmmon, Richard – ALAN Review, 1993
Describes a unit taught in two middle school English classes, in which students wrote and illustrated their own adventure/journey folktales. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Folk Culture, Intermediate Grades
