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From humorous tales of divine intervention to haunting ghosts in the graveyard, this storytelling program includes suspenseful, chilling tales that may make you jump!  These stories are born out of African-American Folklore that have been preserved and collected by authors such as Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps, and others.

Georgia Performance Standards:

• SS3G2 & SS3H2 - The student will describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the historical figures who expanded Americans rights and freedoms in a democracy. SS5H1 - The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War.
• SS7G4 - The student will describe the diverse cultures of the people who live in Africa.
• SSUSH8 - The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.
• ELA4R1 - The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres.
• ELA8R1 - The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that:
  a. Identifies the difference between the concepts of theme in a literary work and author’s purpose in an expository text.
  b. Compares and contrasts genre characteristics from two or more selections of literature.
  c. Analyzes a character’s traits, emotions, or motivations and gives supporting evidence from the text(s).
  d. Compares and contrasts motivations and reactions of literary characters from different historical eras confronting similar situations or conflicts.
  e. Evaluates recurring or similar themes across a variety of selections, distinguishing theme from topic.
  f. Evaluates the structural elements of the plot (e.g., subplots, climax), the plot’s development, and the way in which conflicts are (or are not) addressed and resolved.
  g. Analyzes and evaluates the effects of sound, form, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in literature:
  i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, rhyme scheme, meter)
  ii. Figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, symbolism, imagery).
  h. Analyzes and evaluates how an author’s use of words creates tone and mood and provides supporting details from text.
• ELAMLRL2 The student identifies, analyzes, and applies knowledge of theme in a work of multicultural literature and provides evidence from the text to support understanding. The student:
  a. Applies knowledge of the concept that the theme or meaning of a selection represents a universal view or comment on life or society and provides support from the text for the identified theme.
  b. Evaluates the way an author’s choice of words advances the theme or purpose of the work.
  c. Applies knowledge of the concept that a text can contain more than one theme.
  d. Analyzes and compares universal themes characteristic of multicultural literature across cultures and genres as connected to archetypes, cultural values, cultural traditions and provides support from the texts for the identified themes.
  

Chetter Galloway

Chetter Galloway is a highly committed professional with 10 years experience as a museum professional and storyteller.  He specializes in the oral tradition of African and African American storytelling.  As a talented Jembe percussionist, he includes music and drumming into his performances.  Animated and energetic, his lively style engages the listener as he spins new tales from classic stories.