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Title: AMERICAN FOLKLORE


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AMERICAN FOLKLORE
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FOLKTALES-FOLKLORE
  • A folktale is usually an anonymous, timeless, and
    placeless tale circulated orally among a people
    from generation to generation.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLKLORE
  • Regional Settings and dialect
  • Cleverness, bravery or other virtues to triumph
    over adversity
  • Earthy wit and humor
  • Exaggerated size and deeds-tall tales
  • Problems solved in a funny way

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SOME FAVORITE AMERICAN FOLK HEROS
  • MYTHIC MEN
  • PAUL BUNYAN
  • PECOS BILL
  • JOHN HENRY
  • MIKE FINK
  • CASEY JONES
  • SAM HYDE
  • Represent the brawn and muscle needed to develop
    a new America.
  • HISTORY,MYTH,FACT
  • DAVY CROCKETT
  • JOHNNY APPLESEED
  • DANIEL BOONE
  • Real people, but their stories have made them
    larger than life.

WEBSITE TO VISIT FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
CHARACTERS http//www.americanfolklore.net
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WORKS CITED
  • American Folklore http//www.americanfolklore.net
  • Cullinan, Bernice. Literature and the Child. 2nd
    ed. San Diego
  • Franklin,Berna"Pioneer AmericaFolklore
    Folktales." MarcoPolo ArtsEdge. Thomas G. Pullen
    Arts Magnet School. 21 Jan. 2006
    lthttp//artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teachgt.
  • "Paul Bunyan, the Giant Lumberjack." Paul Bunyan
    Trail. 2005. Paul Bunyan Trail. 21 Jan. 2006
    lthttp//www.paulbunyantrail.com/talltale/htmlgt.
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.
  • "The Story of Johnny Appleseed." 2002. Johnny
    Appleseed Junior Ecology Club. 22 Jan. 2006
    lthttp//www.appleseed.net/johnny_appleseed_story.h
    tmgt.
  • Tall Tales. AIMS Multimedia. 1990.
    unitedstreaming. 21 January 2006
    http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
  • TALL TALES. 21 Jan. 2006 lthttp//www.hasd.org/tall
    tale/talltale.htmgt.
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