Through a project-based lesson, students will analyze folktales to understand their moral messages. Students will watch several folktales at home and discuss the stories and their morals in class. Then, in groups, students will create their own folktale by choosing a problem and characters. They will write a draft of their story and illustrate it. Finally, students will present their completed folktales. The lesson aims to help students recognize the cultural values in folktales.

1. Folktales& the MORALS within︎
PBLProject Based Learning︎
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2. Through a project-based lesson involving
intake, activities, cooperation, and
collaboration, students will more consciously
recognize the importance of the moral
messages and cultural values folktales offer.︎
Students will create their own folktales︎
Objective

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the Steps:

4. The students will be assigned a
number of folktales to watch at
home or on their mobile device. ︎
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The parents and students will be given a link
to a web page or Google doc listing all of the
videos to be viewed. ︎
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Homework/Prep︎

5. the List
Heungbu
and
Nolbu
(greed/generosity)
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The
Talka0ve
Tortoise
(too
cha-y/bad
listener)
h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-­‐H3CO2P1I
The
Boy
Who
Cried
Wolf
(don’t
lie)
h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntswPN4Ed4A
The
Tortoise
and
the
Hare
(don’t
boast/don’t
give
up)
h-ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZe2qPLPh0
The
Li<le
Red
Hen
(self-­‐reliance)
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The
Grasshopper
and
the
Ants
(hard
work/forgiveness)
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The
Lion
and
the
Mouse
(forgiveness/friendship/keeping
promises)
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6. In-Class Discussion︎
20-30 mins︎
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Step #2
• Which folktales did they like best? Why?︎
• What is a moral? ︎
• What were the morals of these stories? ︎
• What were the morals a response to? (problems) ︎
• Which characters were their favorites? Why?︎
• What kind of traits did the animals have? ︎
• Were they a good choice for their type of story? ︎
• Can we come up with any more good morals or problems?︎

7. Groups︎
15-30 mins︎
Step #3
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1. Divide the children into small groups of four or
less.︎
2. Tell them they will be creating their own fable.︎
3. Give them a sheet of paper so that they can
agree on a problem to overcome and write it
down. ︎
4. Have them choose a few characters (possibly
animals) that fit the characters needed to
create and overcome their problem.︎

8. Story Elements︎
30 mins︎
Step #4
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Have the students flesh out the details of their fable.
It might help them out to provide them with a pre-
prepared graphic organizer they can fill out. ︎
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9. Story Writing Prep...︎
15-30 mins︎
Step #5
To refresh the students
generally, generate ideas, and
give them a taste of folktales
in written form before they
begin writing, some short
folktales will be selected and
read in class as potential
models for their own folktales. ︎
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10. Writing︎
30–60 mins︎
Step #6
Students will now begin to write
their drafts. The teacher’s job will
be to observe, direct, suggest, and
guide during this process. ︎
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11. Illustration︎
60–120+ mins︎
Step #7
Students will now illustrate their
folktales. It might be advisable
to assign tasks (ex. illustrator,
text-writer, two colorers). It may
also be wise to prepare some
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12. Publishing︎
eternally︎
Finally
Students can now enjoy their
efforts and hard work by
presenting it orally, posting in
the class or hallway, or even
scanning and printing copies to
take home. ︎
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