Mrs' Watson Tall Tales

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Mrs. WatsonTall Tales

• 3rd grade
• Social Studies

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Tall Tales

• What is a Tall Tale?
• A little bit of History!
• Who are we studying?
• Review

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What is a Tall Tale?

• Extravagantly exaggerated story
• Backwoods tales of American frontier
• Problem solved in a funny way

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A little bit of History

• What did they do before TV?
• Who told these?
• Why did they tell these?

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A short review

• What is a Tall Tale?
• A story written in all capitals.
• A story that is exaggerated
• A story that tall people tell
• Click on the correct answer

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Sorry! That is incorrect

• Click on the star to review

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Lets think about this

• A Tall Tale is
• An extravagantly exaggerated story
• A backwoods tale of the American frontier
• Has a problem solved in a funny way

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Correct, Good Job
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Who are we studying?

• Paul Bunyan
• Johnny Appleseed
• Davy Crockett
• Pecos Bill
• John Henry

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Paul Bunyan

• Kitchen bigger than life!
• How much food did he eat?
• How did they serve him?

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Paul Bunyan

• Who was Babe the Blue Ox?
• How did he help Paul?

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Johnny Appleseed

• Whats Fact about Johnny?
• Where were his orchards located?
• How did he charge?

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Johnny Appleseed

• Whats Fiction about Johnny?
• Did he spread apple seeds randomly?

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Johnny Appleseed

• How did he live?
• Where did he live?
• How did he die?

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Davy Crockett

• Whats fact about Davy?
• Remember the Alamo!
• What is he really known for?

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Davy Crockett

• Whats fiction about Davy?
• Frozen Dawn, an example.

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Another short review

• Which one of these character is pure fiction?
• Paul Bunyan
• Davy Crockett
• Johnny Appleseed
• Click on the correct answer

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Sorry! That is incorrect

• Click on the star to review

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Lets think about this

• Paul Bunyan was 20 ft tall
• Davy Crockett fought at the Alamo
• Johnny Appleseed sometimes traded for his apple
  seedlings.

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Correct, Good Job
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Pecos Bill

• Pecos and Slue-Foot Sue.
• Widow Maker
• Loosing Slue-Foot Sue.

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Pecos Bill

• Road a tornado!
• Biggest tornado in the land.
• Headed west to California
• Grand Canyon
• Death Valley

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Pecos Bill

• New Mexico visitor
• All Decked out
• Laughed himself to death

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John Henry

• Fact or Fiction?
• What we know to be truth.
• Chesapeake Ohio Railroad
• Steel Spikes vs. Steam Power

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John Henry

• The great contest
• John Henry triumphs!
• John Henry collapses.
• Poor John Henry.

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A Quick Review

• What have we learned?

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Review

• Fiction
• Paul Bunyan

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Review

• Fiction
• Pecos Bill

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Review

• Fact
• Johnny Appleseed

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Review

• Fact
• Davy Crocket

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Review

• Fact
• John Henry

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Now lets write!

• Remember a Tall Tale has a hero
• The hero is larger than life
• The hero is extremely exaggerated

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Dont forget

• Your hero should be solving a problem
• The problem should be solved in a funny way
• The details are all exaggerated!

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Clip Art courtesy of

• Microsoft clips online http//office.microsoft.co
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• Broderbund Click Art www.broderbund.com

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Sources Used

• http//www.hasd.org/ges/talltale.htm
• http//www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/mi.html
• http//folkloreandmyth.netfirms.com/talltales.html