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These study guides are meant for teachers who would like to take the stories and make them a useful tool in the classroom. The ideas are meant to be doable. There is not a lot of preparation for most of the ideas. I always ask the teachers to let me know if they use any of the ideas and how they went. These study guides are on-line, therefore, they are changeable. Let me know if you have any ideas that you would like to contribute to the following stories. Marilyn

 
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"Br'er Possum's Dilemma"  Br'er Possum trusts Br'er Snake. He didn't listen to his mother when she told him,      "Don't go to "not troublin' trouble, lessin' troubles, trouble YOU!

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"How the Animals Were Formed" Rabbit and Owl go the Creator to get what they need not what they "want".

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"Stories 'n Stones" based on the Iroquois legend "The Stone Giants"  with science activities on rocks.

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"Stories 'n Stones Along the Expedition Trail" - Lewis and Clark, Native America and the Legend of the Piasa          The Piasa Story Study Sheet and Core of Rediscovery Study Sheet.

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"Rumpelstiltskin" - The story, references, lesson plans, trivia, and more...

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STUDY GUIDE FOR "Earth Day" includes - the Parable of the Starfish, Starfish facts, ideas and another story

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"Ticky-Picky Boom-Boom" - Jamaican folktale with activities with yams and sweet potatoes.

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"Bunches of Munsches" - Robert Munsch: Activities to go with famous Children's author.

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"Fractured Fairy Tales" Original fractured tales and activities

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"Ishi, the last of the Stone Age Super Hero Stories 'n Stones presentation that includes "Coyote Brings the Fire"  and "Rabbit the Arrow Maker" references for Ishi and making arrowheads

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"The Artist's Way"- High School stories and activities developed for Fine Arts Day including reference info for Julia Cameron.

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Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock - Cross-curriculum ideas about the African Trickster - Anansi

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To Woodhenge and Beyond - Useful information, classroom ideas, and a short history of the famous sun calendar at Cahokia Mounds. For the story related to this study guide, click on "The Legend of the Red Cedar."

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Grandmother Spider Brings the Light - Cross-Curriculum ideas from tellers at the Northland's study guide workshop.

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Character traits:

                         January: Integrity - The Empty Pot - adapted

                         February: Trustworthiness - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

                         March: Perseverance - The Tortoise and the Hare

                         April: Cooperation - Anansi and His Six Sons

                         May: Self-Discipline - The King and His Hawk

                         June: Fairness - The Theft of Smell

                         July: Citizenship - Kanu Above and Kanu Below

 

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Study Guides for Elementary Schools For the Paper on producing useful  study guides

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MANNERS MATTER  -   How to Prepare for the Storyteller's visit

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