Lunetta_Christina_Reading Response
Reading Response (Week 1): An Introduction to Storytelling Image sourced from https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/kindness-stories-at-the-library/2023-03-07/ Storytelling has played an important role in the lives of children and adults throughout history as a means of sharing information, cultural heritage, life lessons, and pure entertainment. Chapters 1 and 2 in Storytelling: Art and Technique highlight the different ways storytelling was implemented and valued throughout history in various cultures and identified some of the historical figures that helped to make the art of storytelling what it is today (Greene et al., 2010). Storytelling has historically been valued for passing on stories through generations of storytellers and continues to be valued for the many ways a good story can influence the development literacy, social, and thinking skills through active engagement. While storytelling and read alouds are technically different, storytel...