Multicultural Legends and Tales Using Multicultural Literature to Teach Creative Thinking and Writing

Legends are usually based upon a real person with exaggeration added to the story to make it more interesting. Folk tales (FT) have a moral of the story placed in them to teach a lesson to the reader. Students enjoy legends & FT because they see how different situations affect characters' lives. Students sometimes pretend to be one of the characters in a story, experiencing the same adventures as the character. This guidebook for teachers includes 10 multicultural legends. Each unit includes activities to promote critical & creative thinking. Includes questions, independent research & planning activities, & creative writing projects. Each of the 10 stories is followed by an activity.Carlile, Vowery Dodd is the author of 'Multicultural Legends and Tales Using Multicultural Literature to Teach Creative Thinking and Writing' with ISBN 9780756758561 and ISBN 0756758564.