This unit exposes students to stories with valuable lessons that can be applied to their own lives. Students will appreciate literary heritages and compare cultures through the use of folklore. Students will read traditional literature in order to identify similarities and differences across cultures and apply this analysis to a variety of tasks. Students will have an opportunity to use the common themes of traditional literature to better understand themselves.

Essential Questions:

1. What is revealed through story telling that helps me understand myself better?

2. How can reading folklore help me appreciate other cultures?