FOLKLORE BASICS
Stories, sayings, and traditions passed down by a group of people.
What is folklore?
Stories often involving magic, lessons, princes, witches, or talking animals.
What are fairy tales?
The results of your choices, focus, thoughts and actions. You can know someone by this.
What does “fruit” mean in our class discussions?
Life Magazine.
Where did Walter Mitty work?
Spikeball.
What became class/school folklore this year?
Bonus for an additional 100 points: Who were the OGs of Spikeball at this school?
A legendary woods creature often described as large, hairy, and ape-like.
What is Bigfoot?
Folklore is shared and passed down, while literature is written and recorded by an author.
How is folklore different from literature?
A story based on real people or events that becomes exaggerated over time.
What is a legend?
It's what grows. It's what you see more of.
What happens to what you focus on?
Walter Mitty himself at work by the fountain.
What was the missing #25 photo?
A whip.
What gift did Jonathan O give to Mrs Montague?
Bonus question for 100 additional points: Can you demonstrate the hand gesture is this based on?
An American folk hero known for planting apple trees across the frontier.
Who was Johnny Appleseed?
History focuses on factual events, while folklore includes stories, beliefs, and traditions.
How is folklore different from history?
A short saying that expresses wisdom or truth.
What is a proverb?
Making others better through effort, attitude, and teamwork. We voted on this after the Spikeball tourney.
What makes someone a good teammate?
Skateboarding.
What skill helped Walter on his journey?
Tyson
Who got voted off the island?
A giant lumberjack famous for exaggerated feats of strength.
Who is Paul Bunyan?
Stories and traditions passed down by speaking rather than writing.
What is oral tradition?
Poetry based on storytelling, real life, and oral performance. It is usually humorous and/or dramatic.
What is cowboy poetry?
Memoir tells real experience, while legend exaggerates and retells it.
What is the difference between memoir and legend?
Self-doubt and trying to be someone else.
What held Po back in Kung Fu Panda?
Coach Mahan.
Who saw the Joplin Spook Light in person? Also who was a guest speaker this year? Either of those would work.
The type of folklore Bigfoot belongs to.
What is cryptid folklore?
People keep repeating and sharing it over time.
How does folklore survive?
A type of folklore story meant to explain nature, creation, or why something exists.
What is a myth?
It gets repeated, shared, and remembered by people.
What makes something become folklore?
Discovering identity and stepping into purpose.
What theme connected Walter Mitty and Kung Fu Panda?
You might disappear like Mrs. Burns’ students.
What could happen if you got sent to the hall for wall sits?
A famous hero from Old English folklore who fought Grendel.
Who is Beowulf?