American Folklore

Type of Resource: Online Library
Free or Fee: Fee
Computer Needs: None Apparent
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This is a vast collection of short stories. There is a section trying to sell a book, but the resource has value beyond this box that accompanies every page. The site also connects to information about RV camping. An oddity to be connected to RV camping, the RV information is easily avoidable. The audio on the ESL page moves fairly quickly. The site does not have a search engine, but each page opens to a table of contents of sorts.

Description:

American Folklore provides an online library of folklore from around the country. Included are tall tales, children´s stories, Canadian Folklore, Native American and Ethnic Folklore, Animal Stories, campfire stories, myths and legends, ghost stories, famous characters, weather lore, tongue twisters and stories from all states. From the website: "This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts of famous characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone and many more."

Possible uses:

Classes studying folklore can find a lot of information here and connect to additional sites for research or further learning. Teachers can find stories to share with classes. They can be printed and used for reader´s theater or other reading exercises in class. Students can also read from this site as homework. The ESL section of the site contains text of short clips from various categories of the website. Classes can use these to practice listening, reading and speaking.

Related Resources:

Pre-K, K-3, 4-5, 6-8

Art
Language Arts : Reading & Literature
ESL/EFL/ELL : Reading
ESL/EFL/ELL : Listening

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