webquest created in pp about He Lion Bruh Bear, Bruh Rabbit by Virginia Hamilton

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Introduction
The purpose of this web quest is to give students a clearer view on the
structure of a folk tale and how this is applied to Virginia Hamilton’s tale.
In African folktales, the stories reflect the culture where animals are
abundant. As a result giraffes, zebras, lions, rabbits, bears, eagles and
other animals appear frequently in such tales. Through their behavior
many valuable lessons are learned. Also, details of the setting give the
reader information about life in this part of the world. But most
importantly, folk tales serve as a means of handing down tradition and
customs from one generation to the next. Because of the history of
Africa and the use of slavery in other continents, many of the same folk
tales exist in North America, South America and the West Indies. This is
the case of our tale.

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Tasks
Through discussion, students will outline the main elements of structure
found in He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit. After discussing the main
elements of this folk tale, students will be divided into groups to write a
creative alternate version of the story. Group members will be divided
into the following individual roles: Group Director, Writer, Storyteller and
Role Evaluator. After presenting the alternate versions in front of the
class, students will post their stories on a webpage provided for the world
to see! Now… as He Lion would say: ME AND MY FOLK TALE, ME AND
MY FOLK TALE!!!

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Process
To complete this task, you must do the following:
1. Use the Folk Tale Grid provided here to analyze the story.
2. Members of each group will provide different scenarios for the
alternate version of the story to be created. With the help of the
Group Director, each group will select the best scenario that suits their
story.
3. Each member of the group will serve as inspiration for the story, while
carrying out their individual role.
4. After the story is complete, the Storyteller of each group will present
their folk tale in front of the class.
5. Using the internet, the Writer of each group will post the folk tale on a
webpage provided.
6. The Role Evaluator of each group will fill out the evaluation chart
provided in order to grade the group as a whole. Since this is a group
evaluation, teamwork is the KEY to success of each group. GOOD LUCK!

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Resources
The following links can help you on the development of the folk tales:
•Writing your own folk tale
• Animal symbolism
•Rabbits in Literature
• Animals from Puerto Rico
•How to tell your story.
•Cultural Unity through folk tales

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Congratulations! You have successfully created a folk tale which will
now be part of a bigger community with the help of the internet.
This tale will be passed on from generation to generation, but not by
rewriting it or through word of mouth. Just with the click of a
button! I hope you enjoyed working together and sharing each
others imagination, but more important that you learned a little bit
more about folk tales. Hopefully, there will come a day when access
to the tools provided here will be much easier. It was a pleasure
sharing this activity with you.