M. Diane Boss

Date of Award

1984

Type

Thesis

Major

Specialist in Education

Degree Type

Specialist Degree in Education

Department

Teacher Education

First Advisor

Dr. James Brewbaker

Second Advisor

Dr. Bob Henderson

Third Advisor

Dr. John Lupold

Abstract

After finding several references which suggest that there was a need to include Native American Studies in schools, the author of this report decided to create, "Cherokee, Creek, and Yuchi tales with Suggested Activities"; a resource supplement that would be of help to teachers of junior high school English and/or social studies in Columbus.

The completed resource supplement on Georgia Indian folk-tales include tales from three tribes, Cherokee, Creek, and Yuchi, selected because of their importance and proximity to Columbus. Twenty-three tales were chosen based on criteria established by the author.

The resulting collection of stories and instructional suggestions includes tales, a glossary, goals, objectives, and suggested activities for use with the book. The readability level of all tales was checked using the Fry formula. Afterwards, the included tales were rewritten on a fourth/fifth grade level and reevaluated by the Fry formula. The objectives conform to the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. These activities are not considered to be all-encompassing--they offer a point from which a teacher may begin.

Appendices following the supplement consist of the classification of tales as to tribe, type of tale, and original readability level of each. A list of the sources of the tales follows. Also included in the appendices are maps which show the general area in which the Cherokee and Creek tribes resided and pinpoint specific locations referred to in some of the tales.

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