Melissa,
I don't do much with Fairy Tales, as I teach in a 4-8 Middle School. I do
teach folk tales, and one feature of folk tales that sets them apart from
fairy tales is that they are always linked to a real place or real people.
There are folk tales from almost every culture on earth, but fairy tales
always take place in an imaginary or nonspecific place.
Hope this helps.
Steven Nabinger, Teacher-Librarian
C. S. Driver Middle School
Marcellus Central Schools
2 Reed Parkway
Marcellus, NY 13108
(315) 673-0259
snabinger@mcs.cnyric.org
Melissa Byrd wrote:
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 09:45:32 -0500
From: Melissa Byrd <mbyrd3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tar: Fairy tales vs. folk tales elementary lesson
Does anyone have a good lesson or explanation of the difference
between fairy tales and folk tales. I will post a HIT if there is
interest. I checked the archives and didn't find anything. I'm
trying to teach this to my 3rd graders.
Today, I started with fairy tales and told them that they usually
started with "once upon a time", ended with "happily ever after", had
magic in them and usually royalty (prince, princess, king, queen).
Then, I got to thinking: is Goldilock and the 3 bears a fairy tale?
How about Little Red Riding Hood? Neither of these contain the
characteristics I told them to look for and I always considered them
fairy tales. Any help would be appreciated. I feel I can't teach
this lesson until I understand it myself.
Thanks in advance for any responses.
Melissa
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Melissa Byrd, Librarian/Media Specialist
Jacksboro Elementary
Jacksboro, TN
mbyrd3@gmail.com
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