Transcript The History Of Story Telling

The History Of Story
Telling
Sophie Black
7B English
Ms Nickel
Forms Of Communication
Ever since we first appeared on
earth, Humans have felt the need to
communicate. There are many
forms we used throughout our time
here on earth. Early civilizations
used cave paintings and sign
language to tell stories. As we
developed, we created language
and were soon able to write.
Nowadays, we have various internet
sites to communicate from many
places around the globe. Think
about how many email accounts,
Facebooks, MySpace's, twitter
accounts an average person has.
An awful lots of networking sites
right?
How do you remember things?
Rap song?
Poem?
Story?
Verse?
Any other ideas?
How did we know what happened on
the world before the media?
 Cave Paintings
 Stone Tablets
 Hieroglyphics
Epic poems!!!
What is an epic poem?
At one time, epic poem were the major
form of communication. They tend to
be too long to be read or performed
in the time period of an hour. They
are written in high style and vary
from the normal writing patterns.
They are usually based on events in
history, the tales of the tribe. The
storyteller is portrayed as educated
and teaches others about the history
of the tribe.