Project Folktale

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Project Goals
A discussion of what this site does and does not include

Introduction
A discussion of the history of folktales
and folktale-related definitions

Outline
An outline of this project

Student Goals/Behavioral Objectives and Introductory Activities
A list of goals and objectives as well as
introductory activities you may want to include
in your folktale unit

The Folktales
The links below include folktales from these continents,
background on the tales, activities,
and bibliographic citations

North America

Central and South America

Europe

Asia and the Pacific

Africa

Australia

Antartica

Bibliography of Traditional Resources
Includes citations for the tales listed,
as well as many other wonderful resources related to
folktales and storytelling

Bibliography of Electronic Resources
Don't miss this!
A link to many other wonderful sites.
These sites are not listed in any other area at Project Folktale.

My Web Pages
Web pages I maintain, including one when I was a graduate student
at the School of Information Sciences
at the University of Pittsburgh.
Includes links to sites useful to
librarians and educators.

Special thanks to Dr. Kimmel, who was my advisor for this project.

Please feel free to send comments, suggestions, or additional links.
I would like this site to be very practical and useful,
so comments and suggestions are welcome!
Thank you for visiting! Stop by again soon!