What is Folklife?
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each of the links below to learn what
folklife is:
General Resources
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American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress houses thousands of
photographs, recordings, and documents. Look for online publications such as
"Folklife and Fieldwork," a handy guide to planning conducting fieldwork,
including model interview and permission forms. "Commonwealth of Cultures"
eloquently defines the discipline of folklore.
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American Memory Learning Page
American Memory Learning Page features teachers from around the country that
have designed lesson plans as part of their participation in an annual
summer institute at the Library of Congress using the large online
collections of the American Memory Project, which digitizes thousands of
photographs, documents, and recordings.
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City Lore
City Lore is NYC organization that documents and celebrates the folklife of
the city and works nationally with teachers through the "Culture Catalog"
and houses a Center for Folk Arts Education.
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Cowboy Poets on the Internet
Cowboy Poets on the Internet, from the Western Folklife Center, provides web
casting of the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
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Folk Legends of Japan
Explore Japanese folk legends as you journey to "a fairy-tale world of
heroes, terrible ogres, animals matching wits, and more!"
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Latino Folklore
Latino Folklore, from the Chicano Library at UCLA has short articles, oral
histories, photos, and audio clips on Latino traditions in religion,
narrative, music, games food, festivals, arts and Dia de los Muertos.
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Masters of Ceremony
Masters of Ceremony: Traditional Artists and Life's Passages from the Oregon
Folklife Program beautifully features short articles and photos on rites of
passage as they're conducted by many different cultural groups living in the
United States.
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Millennium Trails
National and state trails have been named, and now it's time for communities
around the country to identify local cultural, heritage, historical, and
physical trails-a great student project.
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The Moonlit Road
Read or listen to folktales from the American South. This storehouse of
Southern history adds new stories every month.
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North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
The Web page for the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance contains
information on our organization, and our programs and services. You can
become a member online, and learn about regional Folk Alliance conferences.
It also has a list serve for Folk Alliance members and other interested
people.
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River of Song
Curriculum based on the PBS special on the Mississippi River
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