What do we learn from them?

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What do we learn from them?

• Traditionally they have been used to answer some
  of lifes larger, more difficult questions, such
  as
• Why are we here?
• How did we get here?
• How should we live our lives?
• What happens to us after our lives are completed?

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What is a myth?

• a traditional story based on truth but which may
  have bits added.
• The Tiger, Brahman and Jackal

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What is a fable?

• a traditional story of gods or heroes which tries
  to explain why people or things are like they are.

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The Ant and the Dove

• An Ant went to the bank of a river to quench its
  thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the
  stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove
  sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a
  leaf and let it fall into the stream close to
  her. The Ant climbed onto it and floated in
  safety to the bank. Shortly afterwards a
  birdcatcher came and stood under the tree, and
  laid his lime-twigs for the Dove, which sat in
  the branches. The Ant, knowing what he was going
  to do, stung him in the foot. In pain the
  birdcatcher threw down the twigs, and the noise
  made the Dove take wing.
• Moral
• One good turn deserves another

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The tea kettle fable

• The tea kettle fable (from Japan)
• This fable is about a kettle disguised as a
  badger ... or is it about a badger disguised as a
  kettle?

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Tea kettle fable

• How did the abbot think about the kettle?  
• What did the kettle think about the fire?  
• Did the Abbot lie to the pedlar?  
• What three things didnt the 'bager kettle' like?
   
• Why did the 'badger  kettle' do all his singing
  and dancing?  
• What did the pedlar do that showed that he wasn't
  a greedy man?  
• What did the monks do with the kettle?  
• Do you think the kettle was happy about this?  
• So ....... what is the moral of the story?

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The dreamtime

• The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of
  the world, of it's creation, and it's great
  stories. The Dreamtime is the beginning of
  knowledge, from which came the laws of existence.
  For survival these laws must be observed.

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The mermaid story
An old man, feeling unwanted, leaves his group,
and is taken to an underwater life by mermaid
spirits.

• He misses his family, and chooses to return to
  life above ground with them.

Watch the story.
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The Be

• Something mysterious has been scaring the camp.
  Two special brothers set out to find out what it
  is.
• Watch the story.

The main theme of this story is the importance of
kinship and identification with a community.
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The Rainbow Snake

• Rainbow Snake was one of the Dreamtime creatures
  who had shaped the earth. In the beginning the
  earth was flat, a vast barren plain. As the
  Rainbow Snake wound his way across the land, the
  movement of his body heaped up the mountains and
  dug troughs for the rivers.

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What is a legend?

• a short story which has been written to give a
  message.
• The Abandoned Children of Wailing Wood
• What do you think is the message in this story?

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The message is ...
Always try and do the right thing otherwise you
will have to pay for your misdeeds.  
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Questions

• 1. How did Robert de Grey plan to get richer?
• 2. How did he plan to get the childrens money?
• 3. Who was supposed to kill the children?
• 4. Was there anything for the children to eat?
  What?
• 5. Where did the children shelter?
• 6. What did the robins do?
• 7. Did the wicked uncle become wealthy?
• 8. What do they say happened to someone who
  steals a robins egg in Wayland Wood?
• 9. What is the message in this story?

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answers

• 1. Robert de Grey lived at Griston Hall
• 2.By killing the children.
• 3. A bargain was made with two ruffians, for them
  to kidnap the children and kill them in the
  nearby woods.
• 4. Blackberries.
• 5. The children sat down in the shelter of an old
  oak tree.
• 6. Covered them carefully with leaves.
• 7. No, his debts mounted and he was imprisoned,
  where he died, penniless and alone.
• 8. It was believed that any person taking a
  robin's eggs would come by misfortune before a
  year was out.
• 9. always try and do the right thing otherwise
  you will have to pay for your misdeeds.

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Culture
Summary
Characters
What big question or explanation the story provides

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Identify the narrative structure Orientation
(sets the scene and mood, introduces characters)
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_______________________ Complication (dilemma or
problem that sets off the events) _______________
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________ Sequence of events (triggered by the
complication) ___________________________________
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Resolution (climax or ending where the problem is
resolved) _______________________________________
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