Chapter 6 - Traditional Literature

The section over traditional literature has been very interesting to say the least. When my kids were little, I would tell them the story of The Three Little Pigs. I would originally tell them the stories with the pictures. Then when my children had the story memorized, I would tell them to close their eyes and picture the story the way they wanted to see it in their minds.

Thank goodness we have a PG rated version to tell our children.

I do agree with Professor Picket, I do think it would be interesting and valuable to include the original tales in a high school literature class. Because morals are not allowed to be directly instructed upon in the public education system, this could be a way to do so indirectly. An extension could be to find were the stories originated and then compare/ contrast the tradition and/or culture of the of the origination point.

This is not a site related to a specific author or book, but it offers a great variety of literature.

http://www.learningwithliterature.ualberta.ca/traditions.htm

Also,
http://www.storycraft.com/files/activ.htm
is a great site for us to use with our students. It allows us as educators to explain that storytelling is not always the same. Most times when we verbally repeat a story it is not usually the same. Really this is just a neat site.