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Jessica Chronowski A35350814 March 29, 2007

Unit Plan Intro and Rationale Märchen

Context: Fairytales Essential Question: "What do the stories that people have tell us about their culture?"

When thinking about my unit plan, choosing my context was easy. Fairytales came to mind immediately. I chose this context for its cultural relevance, rich stories, and grammatical value. The most renowned writers and collectors of fairytales are the Brothers Grimm. They are an essential part of German culture. German parents use fairytales to teach their children lessons, many statues and sculptures in German reflect themes found in German fairytales, and storytelling is a key element of discourse. It was also easy for me to acknowledge the greater purpose of teaching about a culture’s stories. A persons stories tell us a lot about where they come from. For that reason I’ve chosen “What do the stories that people have tell us about their culture?” In studying fairytales, students will demonstrate the national standards in the following ways. The **cultural** element is obvious. Students will look at how fairytales are embedded into not only German culture but their own. They will make **comparisons** between and **connections** between German fairytales and the fairytales and stories they grew up knowing here in the states. They will look at how stories unit people and create a sense of **community**. Lastly, the students will learn how to **communicate** through stories, including how morals, themes, and ideas are communicated to young children through fairytales.

Students will demonstrate the 5 C’s in the following ways: //-Communication:// Learning to tell stories orally //-Culture:// Looking at how stories are clues into the values of a culture //-Connections:// Making connections between German fairytales and our own. //-Comparisons:// Comparing fairytales that appear in multiple cultures. //-Communities:// Looking at how stories unit a group of people and are shared and passed through communities
 * Märchen und Geschichte**
 * Language:** German
 * Level:** III
 * Textbook:** Komm Mit! 3
 * Time Period:** End of semester I, beginning of semester II
 * Unit Title:** Märchen und Geschichten
 * Unit Topic:** Fairytales and Story telling
 * Unit Theme (Essential question):** What do the stories that a person tells, tell us about his culture
 * Standards-based Unit Goals:**
 * Assumed Prior Knowledge:** Common fairytales in the United States.
 * [[file:Fairytale web.doc]]**