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Learning From The People: Community Stories

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Art That Tells a Story This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, presents nine art objects and shows how they can reveal different types of stories.	4-6	Flash Interactive
Choctaw Dances This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, presents aspects of traditional Mississippi Choctaw activities.	4-6	QuickTime Video
Maui and the Creation of the Islands This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays a dramatic telling of the story, "Maui and the Creation of the Islands."	4-6	QuickTime Video
Oral Traditions This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illustrates how Native people preserve history and tradition through art, music, and dance.	4-6	QuickTime Video
Performing "The Walrus Hunt" This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, shows Alaskan students preparing a music and dance presentation that draws on Native traditions.	4-6	QuickTime Video
The Raven Story This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World."	4-6	QuickTime Video
Storytelling: Oral Traditions Students talk about what makes a good story, look at the oral tradition of storytelling, and compare and contrast stories from two different cultural traditions. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Performance and Art Students explore how stories can be told without words, such as through performance and art. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Tales of Everyday Life Students explore how events from everyday life can become stories, and how different types of narratives—such as ships' logs and journals—can tell the story of the same event. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
Storytelling: Writers' Workshop Students draw on their understanding of different types of narratives to inspire and enrich their own storytelling. This is one of four storytelling lessons.	4-6	Lesson Plan
The Voyage of Kealoha This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, tells the Kealoha story, "Hawai‘i's Native Seamen and Their Whaling Legacy," through a dramatization and source images.	4-6	QuickTime Video
The Wreck of the Corinthian This interactive activity, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, tells the story of the wreck and towing of the whaling ship Corinthian using three narrative sources.	4-6	Flash Interactive