Showing how folk poetry keeps alive national heritage is the stated goal of this proposal for a unit on the poetry of the Balkans.

Concepts

folktales

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have groups research the concepts found in the folk poetry of other cultures

Classroom Considerations

• The referenced maps are not attached

Pros

• The unit introduces readers to the history and literature of an often-overlooked culture
• A pronunciation guide is provided for the Serbo-Croatian names in the poems

Cons

• No lessons are included that focus of the cultural traditions revealed in the poems
• The referenced maps are not attached

Common Core

L.9-10.1.a L.9-10.2.a L.11-12.1.a L.11-12.2.a