Folklore studies

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/folklore-studies

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the core methodologies?Utilizes ethnographic fieldwork and comparative methods to trace cultural continuity and change
2. Why do people study folklore?People study folklore to understand how stories keep values, beliefs, and history alive. It shows how people feel, what they want, and how they solve problems together.
3. How do folklorists learn about stories?Folklorists go into communities, listen, watch, and talk to people. They write down songs, stories, and even objects to learn how traditions are performed and kept alive.

Folk Group: A group of people who share a common characteristic, such as age, occupation, ethnicity, or religion, and engage in shared traditions.
Ethnography: A qualitative research method involving immersive fieldwork to observe and document the customs, behaviors, and social structures of a particular group.
Intangible Cultural Heritage: The practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills-as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts and cultural spaces associated therewith-that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.