About Telling Stories

COMING FALL 2023!

Explore the why, how, and joy of creating and sharing stories and gain insights and inspiration for your own storytelling as diverse storytellers in diverse genres and mediums share how they are influenced by and seek to create the power of story on the written page or in the performance space.

For use in the classroom or homeschool, each video is standards-aligned and accompanied by discussion questions and activity ideas.

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Ways to Use Our Telling Stories Videos

  • Highlight Diverse Authors, Diverse Stories, Diverse Themes, and Diverse Lessons
  • Build on Language Arts and Theatre Study of Character, Theme, Plot, and Setting
  • Inspire Aspiring Writers, Storytellers, and Performers
  • Compare How Story is Developed in Different Genres and Forms–Drama, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Songwriting
  • Examine the Role and Influence of Audience on Function and Form of a Story
  • Create flipped learning activities watching the video outside of class and using class time for students to share their thoughts on the discussion question(s) or work on the activity idea(s) that accompany each video.
  • Use as Conversation Starters on Topics Linked to the Writing or Performance Process or to Methods and Themes Explored by the Storyteller
  • Use the videos with journal prompts for students to write about as they respond to/reflect on content included in the video.
  • Use the performance videos to show how stories come to life from an audience perspective and how students might perform their own self-created stories.
  • Have students engaging in an individual or group research project view videos to obtain primary source quotations and video excerpts they could use to create their final project, paper, or presentation.
  • Create a Digital Library for Students to Explore Writers and Stories New to Them

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