Ghanaian and African-American Trickster Folktales
January 3, 2024
This lesson plan will compare and contrast Ghanaian and African American Trickster Folktales.
This lesson plan will compare and contrast Ghanaian and African American Trickster Folktales.
Students will explore traditional folklore of Senegal, and make connections to familiar traditional folktales and to Griots.
In these lessons, students will learn about Griots’ traditional storytelling and about the stories of Anansi, the trickster spider from West Africa.
In this lesson, students will listen to a West African folktale from Senegal and will collaborate as a whole class to arrange a musical performance to go with the story.