1 option
Tales as tools : the power of story in the classroom / National Storytelling Association ; [project direction by Sheila Dailey].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection LB1042 .N35 1994
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Storytelling Association (U.S.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Storytelling--United States.
- Storytelling.
- Activity programs in education--United States.
- Activity programs in education.
- Storytelling in education.
- United States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 213 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jonesborough, Tenn. : National Storytelling Press, 1994.
- St. Petersburg, Fla. : Riverbank Press
- Summary:
- Highlights major areas where storytelling is making a difference: in the teaching of reading, writing, history, science, and other subjects; in multicultural education and the creation of classroom communities; in improving students' emotional health; in enhancing children's grasp of our social and environmental responsibilities.
- Contents:
- Teacher as storyteller
- Stories in the curriculum
- Storytelling and language development
- Storytelling and reading
- Storytelling and writing
- Storytelling, speaking, and listening
- Using stories to teach about peace and environment
- Using stories to teach history
- Using stories to teach science and math
- Stories and healing
- Toward community in the classroom
- Taking stories beyond the classroom
- Recommended books for storytellers.
- Notes:
- "©1994 by the National Storytelling Association"--verso of title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Other Format:
- Online version: National Storytelling Association (U.S.). Tales as tools.
- ISBN:
- 1879991152
- 9781879991156
- 1879991160
- OCLC:
- 30780438
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.