3.4 - Community/Cultural Histories

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Each community or culture has a unique history, including heroic figures, traditions, and holidays.

3.4a People in world communities use legends, folktales, oral histories, biographies, and historical narratives to transmit cultural histories from one generation to the next.
  • Students will examine legends, folktales, oral histories, biographies, and historical narratives to learn about the important individuals and events of each selected world community.
  • Students will examine symbols of each selected world community.
3.4b Arts, music, dance, and literature develop through a community’s history.
  • Students will explore the arts, music, dance, and literature of each selected world community.

Supporting Materials

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Strega Nona (Unabridged)

Strega Nona's meddling assistant Big Anthony is determined to prove to the townspeople his knowledge of the magic secrets contained in the pasta pot of Strega Nona. In so doing, he unleashes a torrent of pasta which threatens to engulf their little Italian town.
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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

A greedy lord captures the drake to enjoy its beautiful plumage, separating a pair of inseparable mandarin ducks. A kind kitchen maid, no longer able to bear the duck in captivity, frees it from its cage. When the lord discovers the missing drake, he banishes the servant and her husband,...

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