Tar-Baby

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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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/tar-baby

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 folklore collection?Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings
2. What is the primary publication date?1881
3. Why does Br'er Rabbit get stuck in the Tar-Baby?Because the doll does not move, and when the rabbit pulls away, the stickiness makes him hold on tighter. His anger makes it even harder to get free.
4. Who wrote the story about the Tar-Baby?A writer named Joel Chandler Harris wrote it in the 1800s. He collected many stories from African American folk tales.

Anthropomorphism: The attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.
Folklore: The traditions, customs, and stories of a community, passed through generations by word of mouth.
Idiomatic Expression: A phrase whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meaning of its constituent words.
Social Commentary: The act of expressing opinions on the underlying societal structures and issues of a society.