Passing Down Stories

Reflect on yesterday’s learning. Learners were exposed to different examples of orality. Activate prior knowledge by asking learners to reflect on what they currently know about oral storytelling. You may ask them to share examples of oral storytelling (i.e. podcasts, interviews, folktales) and any other takeaways from the examples they watched.

Pose the question, so when do you think oral storytelling began? And how were these stories passed down? Initiate a turn and talk.

To further illustrate a way that stories are passed down, introduce the hakawatia Fida’a Ataya. Fida’a, like many other storytellers, was introduced to oral storytelling from a grandparent. She speaks about how the stories her grandmother told her transported her to different worlds across borders. One of Fida’a’s kharareef or folktales were shared as an example of oral storytelling.