American Folklore

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American Folklore

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American Folklore

Summary:

Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision). This website provides a free archive of American folktales, myths, legends, fairy tales, superstitions, weatherlore and other stories.

Description:

When you get to the site, you'll see a brief introduction and some featured stories. You can click on the featured links or use the menu at the top of the home page that includes:

Tall Tales - Meet Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, Brer Rabbit, and more.

Myths & Legends - Enjoy stories about folk heroes such as Bigfoot Wallace, Davy Crockett, Casey Jones and more.

Ghost Stories - A selection of stories about things that go bump in the night.

Folk Tales - Stories or legends passed down from one generation to another in the oral tradition.

Fables & Fairy Tales - A wide variety of stories - some will be very familiar, some not-so-much.

And more!

You'll also find United States, Mexican, Canadian, Native American, African-American, Asian-American, European-American, and Latin-American folklore.

Note: As always, parental supervision required to determine suitability of content.

Contributed by:

C A T E G O R I E S

Orientation:

General

Subjects:

Language Arts

Teaching Methods:

Online Interactive

I N T E N D E D F O R:

Ages:

3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18

Grades:

Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N

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