KEYWORDS

Folktales from the Nez Perce, Pawnee, Inuit, Hopi, and Seminole reveal and preserve important information about the people who told them. In this program, students “join” the listeners in Native gathering places as the stories unfold. A lively, engaging, and thought-provoking introduction to the environments, living conditions, and traditions of five disparate cultures!

Intended Outcome:

• Students will be able to explain where Inuit, Nez Perce, Hopi, Pawnee, and Seminole peoples settled and how their environment shaped the way they lived.
  

Georiga Performance Standards:

• SS4H1b – Describe how Native Americans used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.
• SS4G2a – Explain why each of the Native American groups occupied the areas they did, with emphasis on why some developed permanent villages and others did not.
• ELA4LSV2 – The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information, persuade others, and express and understand ideas.
  

Sherry Norfolk

Sherry Norfolk is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, appearing at the International Storytelling Center, the Singapore Storytelling Festival, and many more festivals, schools, libraries and universities nationwide. Her strong, clear, direct stage presence immediate connects to audiences of all ages, and her use of tones, timbres, and rhythms in her telling breathes life into her rich repertoire of folktales from around the world.

With a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a master's in Library Science, Sherry is the co-author of nine books, including Literacy Development in the Storytelling Classroom (Libraries Unlimited, 2009) and The Storytelling Classroom: Applications Across the Curriculum (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). Sherry is on faculty at Lesley University, teaching "Cultural Diversity Through Storytelling" in their Creative Arts Learning program.