Norma J. Livo

Bringing Out Their Best (eBook, PDF)

Values Education and Character Development through Traditional Tales

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Here are more than 60 tales that exemplify, support, and promote the strong values and character traits that we wish to instill in our youth today. They also support the character education that is being mandated in state after state throughout the country. Grouped into 12 sections based on specific values, such as love, perserverance, fairness, and cooperation (with a separate chapter on dealing with bullies), these tales have been passed down through the ages in diverse cultures and traditions from all over the world-from Japan and India to Greece, Scotland, Africa, and the Americas. There are folktales, fables, Zen Buddhist tales, stories from the Judeo Christian Bible-even true historic tales. At the end of each section, educator and storyteller Norma Livo offers activity ideas and suggestions for discussions pertinent to specific stories and values. In addition, there is an appendix of general activity ideas that can be used in character education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313059759
• Artikelnr.: 68528825

Autorenporträt

Norma J. Livo, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado, Denver is the author and co-author of numerous books, many of them award-winners, including Storytelling: Process & Practice (Libraries Unlimited, 1986), Folk Stories of the Hmong (Libraries Unlimited, 1991), and Bringing Out Their Best (Libraries Unlimited, 2003). She served on the board of the National Storytelling Association, and is Founder of the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Conference. She has a national following as a storyteller and received NSN's 2002 ORACLE Award for Lifetime Achievement in storytelling.

Inhaltsangabe

ContentsContentsContentsIntroduction 1LOVE 9The Bamboo Princess (Japan)
11Lovers in the Sky (China) 15The Lovers of Spirit Lake (Native American,
Iowa, USA) 18The Parable of the Good Samaritan (New Testament, Christian
Bible) 19The Selkie (Scotland) 20Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions,
and Activities 22Other Activity Ideas 24APPRECIATION 27The Delicious
Strawberry (Zen Buddhist) 29The Stonecutter (Japan) 30The Wind and the Sun
(Aesop) 32The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (Aesop) 33Thoughts About the
Stories, Discussions, and Activities 34Other Activity Ideas 36PERSEVERANCE
39Robert the Bruce, the King (Scotland) 41The Storyteller (Ethiopia) 43The
Dragon and the Prince (Poland) 45The Singing, Soaring Lark (Germany)
51Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions, and Activities 56Other Activity
Ideas 58TRUSTWORTHINESS 61The Lute Player (Russia) 63The Wonderful Hair
(Slavonic) 67Ananzi and the Lion (Africa) 70The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Aesop)
73The Donkey in the Lion's Skin (Aesop) 74The Glencoe Massacre (Scotland-A
True Story) 75The Monkey and the Dolphin (Aesop) 79Thoughts About the
Stories, Discussions, and Activities 80Other Activity Ideas 83
SELF-DISCIPLINE 87Tiger's Whisker (Korea) 89The Magic Fish of Gold
(Finland) 92The Bag of Gold (Finland) 96Thoughts About the Stories,
Discussions, and Activities 99Other Activity Ideas 101SELF-CONFIDENCE
103The Hummingbird (China) 105The Fifty-First Dragon (An Original Story by
Heywood Broun) 106Seizing the Nettles (Scotland) 113Thoughts About the
Stories, Discussions, and Activities 114Other Activity Ideas 116COMPASSION
119The Badger's Money (Japan) 121Arion and His Harp (Greece) 125The
Grateful Foxes (Japan) 128The Fox and the Horse (Germany, Brothers Grimm)
133The Golden Lion (Italy) 135The Deer of India (India) 141Old Badger and
Old Frog (Native American, California, USA) 144Thoughts About the Stories,
Discussions, and Activities 145Other Activity Ideas 148RESPONSIBILITY
151The Little Red Hen (United States) 153The Three Shirts of Bog Cotton
(Scotland) 155The Sage Grouse (Paiute, North America) 162Thoughts About the
Stories, Discussions, and Activities 163Other Activity Ideas 165
COOPERATION 167The Lion and the Mouse (Aesop) 169Lessons from a Father
(Tennessee, USA) 170The Hunt (Aesop) 172The Escape of the Pigeons (Persia)
173The Great Canoe (Maori, New Zealand) 175Stealing Fire (Native American,
Oregon, USA) 178The Crane and the Wood Grouse (Finland) 180Long, Broad, and
Sharpsight (Slavonic) 181Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions, and
Activities 190Other Activity Ideas 193RESPECT 195Intelligence and Luck
(Slavonic) 197Healing Well (Scotland) 201Two Friends (Africa) 202The Man
Who Roared (Colorado, USA) 204Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions, and
Activities 207Other Activity Ideas 209FAIRNESS 211The Bagpiper and the Rats
(Germany) 213Coyote and Fox (Native American, Colorado, USA) 217Toads and
Diamonds (France) 220Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions, and
Activities 223Other Activity Ideas 225DEALING WITH BULLIES 227Three Billy
Goats Gruff (Norway) 229Basket Woman (Ute, North America) 231The Monkeys
and the Grasshoppers (Hmong, Southeast Asia) 233Jack and the Beanstalk
(England) 235David and Goliath (Old Testament, Judeo Christian Bible)
241The Magic Knot (Peru) 243Thoughts About the Stories, Discussions, and
Activities 250Other Activity Ideas 253General Activity Ideas 257
Bibliography 261Index 265