Sample Project Topics

Topic: Lake stories from different animals

Comments: I love summer and anything to do with the lake. I thought it would be interesting to include animals and their adventures at the lake.

Possible Stories: There is an entire unit of Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes. I believe that this has many great stories that even include animals. I feel like it will be really easy to find stories related on the Sacred Texts Archive.

Sample Story Comments: I read a story about a tiny frog and his journey with his grandmother.

Bibliography Information:

Sample Story: The Tiny Frog

This story is part of the Mississippi Valley / Great Lakes unit. Story source: Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes, edited by Katharine Berry Judson (1914).

Pretty Lake Picture

Topic: The Christmas Summer

Comments: I love Christmas and summer. So why not change up the Christmas season to make it into summer. This could include stories of both Christmas and summer. I would just change them  to make it a Christmas summer. It sounds fun to me.

Possible Stories: There are nursery rhymes available. You could even include some bible stories because of Jesus. It is somewhat of a broad topic but can be taken in many ways.

Sample Story Comments:  I read the nursery rhyme Christmas. It was short and sweet. It left a lot of room for imagination and even made it where you could change the season to summer.

Bibliography: 

From the book: The Real Mother Goose

Author: Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright

Release Date: January 5, 2004

Topic: The Dog’s Life

Comments: My dog is my best friend. It would be great to have a story on the dog’s perspective of things. Since dogs are all over the place, it would be interesting to tell stories about where they live and who they live with (humans). It could be turned into the dogs gossiping together.

Possible Stories: There are so many stories about dogs and even animals. Since we are storytelling, we can change any animal into a dog. The untextbook is full of stories that can be useful. I can also search the Sacred texts achieve for dogs.

Sample Story Comments:  I read Puss in Boots. Clearly, you would change the cat to a dog. But it is a dog that lives in a palace. This was interesting because so many stories are in a kingdom. You could change the king to yourself.

Bibliography:

This story is part of the Lang's European Fairy Tales I unit. Story source: The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H. J. Ford (1889). 

Topic: The Children on their summer vacation

Comments: Once again, incorporating summer. Kids visit zoos, lakes, and even other states over summer vacation. This would be a story of many adventures that include tales told by the children. 

Possible Stories:In the untextbook unit of Native America, there are many units about tales. They are either retold for children or are children's fairy tales. There are so many stories. 

Sample Story Comments:The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds This story was about two very curious kids, what kids are not curious. Curiosity can make for a very interesting story and even make a great plot twist. 

Bibliography:

This story is part of the American Indian Fairy Tales unit. Story source: American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned, with illustrations by John Rae (1921). 

I really had a hard time with this assignment, It was hard to pick a topic. So many of past storybooks have great ideas. I am trying to be as creative as I can. I am hoping that as the semester goes on that I get better at this.