http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/2007/04/13/jonatha-wright-cross-cultural-storytelling/ An international conversation of storytellers on the Art of Storytelling with Children Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:50:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/2007/04/13/jonatha-wright-cross-cultural-storytelling/#comment-32 Mary Beth Spann Tue, 29 May 2007 19:11:05 +0000 http://www.ericwolf.org/?p=24#comment-32 In my experience as a teacher, one of the magical powers of storytelling as a teaching tool is that it transcends culture. A story may contain "foreign" references, but if told well, the connectivity factor always transcends the differences; ultimately a good story demonstrates how. although we may appear different on the outside, we are all basically alike on the inside. In my experience as a teacher, one of the magical powers of storytelling as a teaching tool is that it transcends culture. A story may contain “foreign” references, but if told well, the connectivity factor always transcends the differences; ultimately a good story demonstrates how. although we may appear different on the outside, we are all basically alike on the inside.

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