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Communicating Across Time

Communicating Across Time. From the beginning of time, people have communicated through stories. "Through stories we visit with our ancestors, we receive and pass on their wisdom through time." --(from IAHBING, "The Talking Drum"). What do you think this quote means?.

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Communicating Across Time

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  1. Communicating Across Time

  2. From the beginning of time, people have communicated through stories.

  3. "Through stories we visit with our ancestors, we receive and pass on their wisdom through time." --(from IAHBING, "The Talking Drum") What do you think this quote means?

  4. People use stories to communicate the customs, traditions, and culture of their families to the next generation.

  5. .You probably knew many stories before you even learned to read. Families tell stories about many things, including: • family events • family traditions • family customs for holidays and celebrations • things you did when you were a baby

  6. People have been telling stories since they lived in caves.

  7. Before the alphabet and writing was invented, people told stories about where to find food and shelter.

  8. Storytellers had to remember many stories to tell the history of their people. Storytellers would find young apprentices to train and teach all of their stories so that when they were too old to tell them anymore, the young storyteller would carry on the tradition.

  9. Stories were also used to entertain. What did people do before they had television and books when they sat around the fire?

  10. Fables A fable teaches a lesson or moral. A fable is usually fiction. Aesop is thought to have written many fables. He is the author of many famous fables that have talking animals as main characters. Aesop wanted people to have better behavior so he taught lessons using animals with bad behavior. AESOP

  11. The Ant and the Grasshopper • Right Clickon the title above to Open a New Window • Read the story. • Click on the X in the upper right hand corner to return to this slide..

  12. Have you ever heard the story of the lion and the mouse?

  13. Folktales Tell students that another type of legend is a folktale.   Folktales are stories that were told among ordinary people and handed down through the generations.

  14. Legends • Legends are stories that are told and retold and handed down for generations. • Legends are thought to have basis in something true that happened in the past. Sometimes in the retelling, legends change a little and get a bit better each time they are retold.

  15. However you share your stories…

  16. from the time you start …

  17. until you finish…

  18. …communicating connects us!

  19. And Future Past Present

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