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Trickster Tales: Students
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The Trickster figure is an old love of Windling's; she first encountered him as a student of mythology back in college, she said. "I loved his tales, yet I have to admit that I didn't quite get him back then," Windling said. "Sometimes Trickster was good, sometimes he was bad, and I couldn't quite get a handle on him—until I finally understood that ambivalence and paradox were his meat and drink."
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Explain that trickster tales were brought to America by early slaves and passed on to later generations. Elicit from students that they may have been popular with slaves and sharecroppers because of the theme. Review the website below to help students understand more about trickster tales.
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Have students create a trickster tale and write it on an oval shape (representing a spider body). Give them a story stem, such as: "Anansi has been promised a ride by crocodile to the other side of the river bank, only if he will ride on the nose of the crocodile." Make a colorful book cover, with four dangling legs on each side.
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