Morals in Folktales

RL.2.2 - Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Student objectives:

• Students will be able to recognize that a folktale is a story that has been handed down over a long period of time.

• Student will be able to determine the moral of a story, and explain why morals are important to have.

What is a Folktale?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BHiCjz6nz8

• told from a long time ago by a group of people

• not one specific author

• have simple characters

• contain a central problem or conflict

• demonstrate decision making

• reinforce punishments

• demonstrate values or moral lessons

What is a Moral?

A moral is a lesson teaching what is right and wrong that can be taken from a story or experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwIGOfWRKpw

During the read aloud of this folktale make sure you are looking for the moral of the story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNCBjBcrTw

For this assignment, you are going to write a paper on why you think morals are so important to have. You will also tell my which morals are the most important to you and why. This will be a one page paper, double spaced, times new roman completed in docs. Once you have completed the paper you can share it to my email - cavanm3@unlv.nevada.edu