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Clarity Connect: African Folktales

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.
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Victoria Falls Guide: African Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
An informational site by two people who grew up in Zimbabwe. Covers facts, art, customs, culture, history, myths, traditions, and religions of Zimbabwe and Africa. Also has a news sections with links to articles on Zimbabwe.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pourquoi Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: African Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Eight African folk tales, like "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" to "The Curse of the Chameleon", are at this site. All eight are traditional Zulu stories. The site provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and games.
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African Cultural Center: Culture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Look closely at the foods, music, folktales and art work of the African culture.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Zora Neale Hurston Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Search or browse a collection of plays by Zora Neale Hurston, whose writing reflects life experiences, travels, research, and study of southern, African-American folklore. At this site, there is also a timeline of Hurston's life and works.
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Peace Corps

Peace Corps: A Togolese Tale: The Big Fire

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this instructional activity students will come to appreciate how folk tales express the culture in which they were derived through the writing.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech, Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this lesson plan, students will consider Their Eyes Were Watching God: Folk Speech and Figurative Language. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. This lesson provides students with an...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of Langston Hughes, followed by several of his poems (some complete with audio clips) and a bibliography of his more influential works.
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Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The home page of Encyclopedia Mythica from which you can access its full range of content on myths from throughout the world. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese mythology are the site's most popular areas, but many...
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Cyberbee

Adventures of Cyber Bee

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
CyberBee is designed for K-12 teachers and encourages engaged learning and problem solving skills through a variety of activities based on frameworks such as the WebQuest, treasure hunts, and Big6.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joel Chandler Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
(1848-1908) Southern writer who wrote children's stories inspired by African-American folklore.

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