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Booklist: storytelling in the curriculum

Davis, Donald
Telling your own stories : for family and classroom storytelling, public speaking, and personal journaling
Haven, Kendall F. and Ducey, MaryGay
Crash course in storytelling
Marsh, Valerie
A treasury of trickster tales
Pelowski, Anne
The family storytelling handbook : how to use stories, anecdotes, rhymes, handkerchiefs, paper, and other objects to enrich your family traditions
Pelowski, Anne
The story vine : a source book of unusual and easy-to-tell stories from around the world
Simpson, Martha
Storycraft : 50 theme-based programs combining storytelling, activities and crafts for children in grades 1-3

Articles: storytelling in the classroom

NCTE: Teaching Storytelling
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/curr/107637.htm
Supporting storytelling across the curriculum, the NCTE explains what storytelling is and why and how to include storytelling in school.
Telling Stories in High School
http://www.youthstorytelling.com/VOI/article1a.htm
Storyteller and youth storytelling troupe coordinator, Kevin Cordi discusses the benefits of storytelling in the high school classroom.
By Word of Mouth: A Storytelling Guide for the Classroom
http://www.prel.org/products/pr_/storytelling.htm
This online guide to storytelling in the classroom provides practical tools and activities for educators.
Storytelling: Its Wide-Ranging Impact in the Classroom
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-929/wide.htm
ERIC article supports storytelling in the classroom and the teacher as storyteller.

Storytelling & Oregon academic content standards

Storytelling Across the Curriculum
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/
Storytelling isn't just for English and Language Arts classes! The Story Arts Project illustrates how easy it is to integrate storytelling into science, math and social studies.
ODE Social Sciences Grade 3, 5, 8 & CIM Common Curriculum Goals (pdf)
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/standards/socialsciencesstandardsG3-5-8-CIM.pdf
Storytelling helps educators meet Oregon benchmarks and standards. This document highlights where storytelling connects with specific common curriculum goals for social sciences for grades 3, 5, 8 and CIM benchmarks. PDF document.
ODE K-5 English-Literature Common Curriculum Goals (pdf)
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/standards/StandardsEnglishLiterature.pdf
Storytelling helps educators meet Oregon benchmarks and standards. This document highlights where storytelling connects with specific common curriculum goals in the English-Literature strand for grades K-5. PDF document.
ODE K-5 English-Speaking & Listening Common Curriculum Goals (pdf)
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/standards/StandardsEnglishSpeaking&Listening.pdf
Storytelling helps educators meet Oregon benchmarks and standards. This document highlights where storytelling connects with specific common curriculum goals in the English-Speaking & Listening strand for grades K-5. PDF document.
ODE K-5 English-Reading Common Curriculum Goals (pdf)
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/standards/StandardsEnglishReading.pdf
Storytelling helps educators meet Oregon benchmarks and standards. This document highlights where storytelling connects with specific common curriculum goals in the English-Reading strand for grades K-5. PDF document.
ODE K-5 Arts-Create Present Perform Common Curriculum Goals (pdf)
http://www.multcolib.org/events/tales/standards/StandardsArtsCreatePresentPerform.pdf
Storytelling helps educators meet Oregon benchmarks and standards. This document highlights where storytelling connects with specific common curriculum goals in the Arts-Create Present Perform strand for grades K-5. PDF document.

Storytelling lesson plans

Storytelling in the Classroom
http://www.storyarts.org/classroom/
Storytelling Across the Curriculum
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/
Storytelling Activities to Support Standards for English Language Arts
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/newstandard/index.html
Storytelling and Science
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/index.html#science
Storytelling and Math
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/index.html#math
Storytelling and Social Studies
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/index.html#social
Storytelling and Social Studies
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/index.html#social
Storytelling Activities & Language Arts Lesson Plans
http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/
Storytelling
http://www.proteacher.com/070163.shtml
Archeology and Storytelling
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/islandsofmystery/
The Power of Storytelling
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2002/borders/lessonplans/povs_borders_lesson_two.html
Learning through Storytelling
http://turnerlearning.com/turnersouth/storytelling/index.html
Storytelling Lesson Plans
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts/Story_Telling
Multicultural Storytelling
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessons/multicultstory.html
The Key to Good Journalism is Storytelling
http://www.highschooljournalism.org/teachers/LessonPlan_Display.cfm?Type=L&LessonplanId=279&AuthorId=155
Circle of Stories Lesson Plans
http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/educators/

EduRef online lesson plans

Story Starters
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0001.html
All grades.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0006.html
Grade 1
Character and Action Identification
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0009.html
Grades K-2
"Barker's Crime" Identifying Plot
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0004.html
Grades 1-2
Suddenly! A Lesson about Prediction
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Reading/RDG0049.html
Grades 1-2
Ira Sleeps Over: Story Map and Story Writing
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0008.html
Grades 2-4
The Rough-Face Girl
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0005.html
Grade 4
Paul Bunyan
http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Language_Arts/Story_Telling/STT0200.html
Grades 4-5

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