https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz Period 2 en-us 2018-01-24 13:34:53 UTC 2026-01-30 13:55:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235001 West Africa does hundreds of old stories called folktales.
Folktales were brought to America from West Africa.]]> 2018-01-24 14:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235001 bniedert341 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235210   Proverbs: deal about the wisdom and values of West Africans
 Written Tradition:  key source of information about West African history, legends, and culture. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235210 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235863   Proverbs are found in all cultures. 

  when Islam spread to West Africa,written tradition became more important. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224235863 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236002  Long before the Mande had written histories griots preserved the memory of the past. 

  Some of the most famous artists in West African popular music are griots.   ]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236002 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236017 Proverbs:
a) proverbs are ways to tell oral traditions, one is " Every time an old man dies,  it is as if a library has burnt down."

Written Traditions:
a) after islam spread to west africa, written records became more important. today, written records are the source of  history, legends, and culture.]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236017 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236043 1. Slaves Brought many traditional folktales to america.

2.West Africa's oral tradition includes hundreds of old stories called folktales. 




]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236043 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236070 2018-01-24 14:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236070 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236127 -Griots preform music, dance, and drama 

]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236127 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236165  One proverb shows how Africans valued their stories. 

 After Islam spread to West Africa, written tradition became more important. 

]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236165 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236209 Folktales were used to teach morals passed from old to young

Slaves brought these stories to America.]]> 2018-01-24 14:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236209 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236474 The folktales were brought orally by their enslaved Africans. The "trickster tale" spread to lots of cultures. a writer named Joel Chandler Harris retold a bunch of folktales. They are now woven into our American culture]]> 2018-01-24 14:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236474 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236575   Griots are poet musicians who tell stories, sing songs of praise and recite poems. folktale  are popular in many cultures. 
 ]]> 2018-01-24 14:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236575 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236655 2018-01-24 14:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236655 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236722  Folktales West Africans used folktales to pass along their history and to teach young people morals and values. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236722 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236908 folktales  teach young ones morels and value 
 

]]> 2018-01-24 14:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236908 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236979  West Africans used folktales to pass along their history and to teach to the younger about all the storys and history]]> 2018-01-24 14:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224236979 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237181  A griot (GREE-oh) is a verbal artist of the Mande people.  griots tell stories the entertain people]]> 2018-01-24 14:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237181 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237563  Many traditional folktales were brought to the Americas by West Africans who were sold into slavery beginning in the 1500s. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237563 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237634   It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237634 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237677 Give advice 

Turned ancient oral traditions into novels ]]> 2018-01-24 14:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237677 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237916  West African oral tradition includes proverbs, or popular sayings. Proverbs are found in all cultures. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224237916 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238081 2018-01-24 14:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238081 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238525 group 3]]> 2018-01-24 14:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238525 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238589  The folktales became part of the culture of North and South America and the West Indies. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:49:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238589 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238955  [transmitted: to pass something on to someone else] ]]> 2018-01-24 14:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224238955 bniedert341 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224239368  It communicates ideas, values, and feelings. It celebrates historic events and important occasions in people's lives. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224239368 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224239818 2018-01-24 14:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224239818 https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224241167 Used to young people morals and values. 

 These stories tell of a clever animal or human who outsmarts others. ]]> 2018-01-24 14:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dcsd/b2vwlexivnbz/wish/224241167