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Johnny
Appleseed |
The first graphic
depicts items hidden in the second picture, which shows Johnny Appleseed
walking through a forest. The purpose of the game is to locate and
color the hidden items by clicking on them using the left mouse button.
Credits:
The NIEHS Kids' Pages
were prepared by the NIEHS Office
of Management, (919) 541-0395, PO Box 12233, RTP, NC 27709, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS.
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Paul
Bunyan |
Online Story
time: Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox, Online Story, Online Pre-K Puzzles,
Coloring Pages
Credits:
©2001-03 First-School.ws - All domain
content and printable materials
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Paul
Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Tony Beaver
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This site discusses
the origin on tall tales and also lists and explains the elements
of a tall tale. It provides links for students/teachers to read the
stories online. The site also has a story pattern to help students
in writing their own Tall Tale, simply cut and paste it to Microsoft
Word and tailor it to the level of difficulty/ease for your class.
Credits:
Created by D. Hietpas on 8/9/00
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Various
Tall Tales. |
This
link provides activities that will help students:
Distinguish
between realism and exaggeration in stories
Understand exaggeration as a source of humor in stories
Identify conventional elements of literature in tall tales
Compare different types of heroes and folk tales
Identify regional elements in tall tales and Jack tales
Compare colloquial language or dialect in folk tales with standard language
Explore the differences and links between humor or nonsense and serious
or moral themes in stories
Develop writing skills and demonstrate understanding of traditional
tales by writing their own tales.
Credits:
Adapted by Tina L.
Hanlon, from Teaching Unit by Sarah Harris |
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This
site discusses the history of American tall tales and makes the distinction
between the real and the tall tale heroes. THis site is wonderfully
organized with a step by step teacher guide, activity sheets, internet/text
resources, lesson ideas, assignments and samples of student work.
Credits:
This unit was created by Emily
Rubinfield, with technical assistance from Carol
Siwinski, for use in the fourth grade at Germantown
Academy
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Various
stories including some Tall Tales |
Links
to electronic texts of fairytales, folklore and Mythology.
Credits:
Edited and/or translated by D.
L. Ashliman University of Pittsburgh © 1996-2003
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John
Henry, the Steel Driving Man
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A detailed account
of the the man and the legend surrounding John Henry. This site also
provides resources for research about John Henry.
Credits:
John Henry The Steel Driving Man was created
by four graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. We are: Carlene
Hempel, Deb Procopio, Dan Shaver, Beth Novak. The project was
completed for Paul Jones' Cyberpublishing & Cybercasting class
within the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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Various
Tall Tales |
Excellent resource
for Tall Tale writing activities, games, puzzles, and webquests. Including
a unit plan for study of the literature genre of tall tales.
Credits:
Created by Annette Lamb
and Larry Johnson, 11/01. |
