Social Studies Grade 1 What is a Folktale

hello there story Spinners I'm pushy pulley The Spider and today we're weaving wonderful web of wisdom all about folktales we're going to learn what folktales are and why they're important discover the common elements of folktales explore how folktales can make us feel different emotions are you ready to spin some yarn with me let's go but first little joke why do spiders tell such good stories because they're great web designers oops clumsy me now let's talk about folktales folktales are stories passed down from generation to generation often By Word of Mouth they started long ago as way for people to share wisdom explain natural events or entertain each other folktales usually teach lesson or moral helping communities pass on important values they often have magical or talking animals making the stories more engaging and memorable folktales reflect the culture they come from helping us understand different ways of life these stories have survived for so long because they speak to Universal human experiences and emotions wow we just learned so much about folktales let's see what you remember how were folktales originally shared that's right they were often shared by Word of Mouth passed down orally why do you think folktales often teach lesson or moral great thinking lessons and stories help Community share important values in memorable way let's look at some common elements of folktales and why they're important hero or heroine who faces problem this character helps us connect with the story and learn from their experiences villain or obstacle to overcome this creates conflict making the story exciting and teaching us about facing challenges magic or Supernatural events these elements capture our imagination and help explain things that might be hard to understand in real life simple setting and plot this makes the story easy to remember and retell repetition of phrases or events this helps the story stick in our memory it makes it fun to participate in the telling lesson or moral at the end this is the main point of the folk tale helping us learn important life lessons these elements work together to create stories that are easy to remember fun to tell and meaningful to learn from let's stretch our brains if you were creating folk tale to teach about kindness what kind of hero and villain might you choose excellent ideas the hero could be someone who shows kindness while the villain might be someone who learns to be kind how do you think the Magical elements in folktales help in teaching real life lessons great great observation magic can make difficult Concepts easier to understand and more interesting to learn about you know folktales can make us feel all sorts of emotions when hear scary folk tail my eight legs start to shake how do you think the heroes and folktales feel when they face big challenges those are great responses recognizing em emotions and stories can help us understand our own feelings better now let's think about this how do you think repeating phrases in folk tail might help The Listener feel insightful ideas repetition can make us feel comfortable with the story and excited to join in the telling time for webtastic quiz are you ready to to untangle your mind why did people start telling folk tales long ago to write books to learn how to spin webs to practice counting to share wisdom and entertain fantastic job the correct answer is people started telling folktales to share wisdom and entertain others how do the different elements of folk tale work together they make the story longer they create memorable story that teaches lesson they confuse the listeners they're only there to make us laugh wonderful the answer is the elements work together to create memorable story story that teaches lesson let's review what we learned today folktales are stories passed down through generations they often have Magical elements in Talking Animals folktales teach us important lessons or morals stories can make us feel different emotions and it's important to recognize these feelings my web spinning wonder do you know what time it is it's time to earn in the Argo star but can't do it without you are you ready to become folk tail phenoms let's make this story spinning Adventure first need everyone to stand up and pretend you're hero in folk tail show me your bravest pose terrific Now Let's Pretend We're magical animal in story make your best animal noise Splendid finally let's act out how we'd feel at the happy ending of folktale show me your happiest dance yes you did it look at that amazing dazzling Argo star you've earned it with your incredible folk tail knowledge you are officially folktale phenoms give yourselves webtastic round of applause what an amazing journey through the world of folktales we've had today remember folktales are more than just stories they're Windows into different cultures teachers of important lessons and gateways to understanding our emotions next time we'll explore some specific American folktales can't wait to spend more tales with you until then keep recognizing your emotions and enjoying stories and remember every feeling you have is as unique and important as each strand in spider's web