The following case studies explore teaching through a storytelling lens. Learners are engaged in story to learn not only the content of the story, but also the rhythms and grammar of story both as a listener and as a storyteller.
Through listening to story, students become familiar with how oral story sounds and the ways in which story is told. As they acquire stories, they also become story tellers. Elder Saa'kokoto says: if a listener has been gifted a traditional story there is an obligation to tell the story forward. No additions, no edits. Learn the story and tell it to a listener.
Through listening to story, students become familiar with how oral story sounds and the ways in which story is told. As they acquire stories, they also become story tellers. Elder Saa'kokoto says: if a listener has been gifted a traditional story there is an obligation to tell the story forward. No additions, no edits. Learn the story and tell it to a listener.