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Oral Tradition
Literature
Folk Tales
Fables
Myths
100
Two ways oral tradition is passed on
speech and song
100
What myth explains the seasons?
Demeter and Persephone
100
Folk tales contain/teach us about ___________
What is culture?
100
What is the length of a fable?
very short - one paragraph
100
Type of characters are in myths
Supernatural beings, creatures, heroes
200
Two benefits of oral tradition
(2 of the following) 1. it's alive 2. unique 3. personal 4. entertaining
200
What folk tale tells of a muscular man whose determination is larger than life?
John Henry
200
Two specific types of folk tales
fairy tales, legends and tall tales (list 2)
200
All fables contain ____________ (or lessons)
morals
200
Purpose of a myth (What do myths contain?)
To explain why something is the way it is, like the seasons or the sunrise
300
Oral Tradition is passing on ____________ and ___________ verbally from generation to generation
messages and memories
300
What folk tale describes today's culture where we are too concerned with money and belongings?
The Princess and the Tin Box
300
What kind of characters are in folk tales?
mostly humans
300
The moral in The Fox and the Crow
Don't trust people who give compliments all the time, or don't be tricked out of what is yours
300
What father/son duo try to escape an island by building wings and flying?
Icarus and Daedalus
400
Two problems with oral tradition
(2 of the following) 1. can be lost 2. can be changed intentionally 3. can be accidentally changed/inconsistent
400
What folk tale shows the importance of storytellers (and using your brains) in the African culture?
All Stories are Anansi's
400
Give an example of a folk tale and summarize it.
(student example)
400
Who is famous for telling hundreds of fables (before he was thrown off a cliff)?
Aesop
400
What happens to Phaeton's mother and sisters after he dies trying to drive his father's sun-chariot?
They turn into trees
500
Oral tradition passes _____________, ___________, __________, and ____________ without writing (4 things)
1. history 2. literature 3. law 4. knowledge
500
What fable teaches us to watch out for people trying to make themselves look good? Examples would be today's political commercials.
The Lion and the Statue
500
Give three culture bits from "Djuha Borrows a Pot"
Muslim (Allah) Eating/cooking with friends Lamb and Rice Value brains and logic Neighborly generosity
500
Give two fables and what they teach (45 sec. - go!)
(student examples)
500
List and explain 3 gods from Mt. Olympus (45 sec - go!)
(student examples)