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FEAST
Persian New Year

Photo courtesty of Nicole Shahida:
Celebrating No-Ruz (Persian
New Year): A Family Tradition

Nina Jaffe, Project Coordinator

Bank Street Graduate Faculty

FEAST: Folklore Education And Storytelling for Teachers, is a multimedia resource of oral traditions, family stories, folklore-based curricula, and annotated web resources created by Bank Street College graduate students and alumni in collaboration with the Graduate School and the Bank Street College Alumni Association.

Oral History & Family Lore

"There is Nothing Like Family"

These samples represents writings by teachers who have attended Bank Street College of Education and have studied folklore as part of their degree program. These family stories also became part of what teachers used in their curriculum and as basis for longer independent studies. The complete collection, fully indexed by title and subject, is on display at the Bank Street College Library. We hope you enjoy the resources, and that they serve to broaden your own sense of history, tradition and the possibilities of folklore in education.

Examples of Graduate Student Stories: