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Needs Assessment:
This curriculum project is being developed to meet the
growing needs of students and educators integrating modern technology in
the classroom. Technology is growing so vastly that it is important being
aware that there are other methods of learning.
This project on, "Elements of Folklore," includes
legends, myths, and folk tales of long ago. They also include heroes of
old legends and the superheroes of today. Folklore can be defined as all
the traditions, customs, and stories that are passed along by word of mouth
in a culture.
This unit is designed for 6th grade students, they will
learn to appreciate literature and recognize it in different forms. Students
will be able to define Folklore- myths, fables, legends, and folktales.
They will write a tall tale and identify with their own heroes. Students
will create their own creation myth on the web. They will be exposed to
technology by using the Internet to work on this lesson.
Needs addressed:
This unit, Elements of Folklore in the internet addresses
several issues:
1. It allows exposure to modern technology. (the internet)
2. Students can work individually on the internet at
their own pace.
3. It satisfies the Illinois State Education Goals and
Standards for Language Arts and Social Studies.
4. Using modern technology immediate feedback will be
provided. (Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and interpersonal.)
Who will it serve:
This unit on Elements of Folklore will serve 6th grade
students studying Language arts and social studies and anyone else interested
in folklore.
Why is this needed:
To maintain students interested in literature by using
modern technology.
Philosophical and theoretical basis for unit:
The Elements of Folklore unit in the internet is flexible
and it can be worked on at anyone's own pace.
Goals:
1. Read with understanding and fluency.
2. Understand explicit and implicit meaning in literature
representing individual, community, national world, and historical perspectives.
3. Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
4. Use the Language Arts for inquiry and research to
acquire, organize, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information.
