LESSON 1 · 🔒 PREMIUM

How Anansi Got All the Stories

West African & Caribbean Trickster Folklore

50 minutes CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.6, SL.1.1, SL.1.2
Learning Objectives

Students encounter the beloved Anansi the Spider — the trickster who outsmarted a sky god to bring stories to all people. We explore how folktales travel across oceans with families, and what it means for a story to be a "mirror" that shows who we are.

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