Intermediate
60 mins
Teacher/Student led
+85 XP
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Stories That Came Down

You hear a legend from around Cork about a king who walled up a well. You retell what happens, say what it suggests about the people who told it, and say what it cannot prove. Then you add it to the class collection with who told it.

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    1 - The King's Well ~8 mins

    Listen to the story of the King's Well, a legend from Cork. What do you notice? What do you wonder?

    Our question for today is what a story told for hundreds of years can tell us about the people who told it, and what it can never prove.

    2 - Read and Learn ~6 mins

    Let's find out what a story told again and again can tell us.

    3 - Real or Made Up? ~13 mins

    Which parts of the story can we check today, and which can nobody prove?

    Where does each card go?

    Real or made up?

    4 - Write It in Your Copy ~3 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    In your copy, finish this sentence.

    The people who told this story cared about … I think so because in the story …

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    Module 5 · What We Play, Celebrate and Pass On
    Lesson 25 · Stories That Came Down
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