Aesop's Fable Webquest
 
   

INTRODUCTION

 

It’s Saint John’s Night, you are sitting around a bonfire with your friends. You will be immerse in a moral storytelling night! The spirit of Aesop will be recalled and you will continue his work by telling new 21st century fables.

1.- Who was Aesop?
2.- What is a fable?
3.- What’s the difference between: a fable, a fairy tale, trickster tales and a leyend?
4.- How have fables and trickster tales been passed down through time and around the world?
5.- What kinds of wisdom about human nature and human behavior do we learn from fables, and how is this wisdom relevant today?


Fables teach us a moral or a lesson. You will have to read fables and understand their morals. You will use your creativity to prepare your oral presentation of an original 21st century version based on an Aesop's fable.

   
   
Webquest created by Mª Ascensión Villalba Varona with