Sealore

Age 9, Group or Independent

45 minutes, indoors or outdoors

• Create a story that reflects historical facts about California's seafood industry.

• California's Golden Seas booklet (see appendix)
• paper
• crayons or markers
• tape recorder (optional)

• Review California's Golden Seas booklet.
• Explain that sealore is the same as folklore, only it is about the traditions and customs of fisher folk and the sea. It combines fact and imagination.

• Have individuals use their imaginations to draw an Old Mariner.
• Use the Old Mariner drawings to stimulate thoughts for their sealore.
• Have individuals, as a group or independently, create a sealore based on California fishing traditions. Encourage creativity.
• Share individual sealore tales with the group.
• Record the sealore (optional).
• How does the sealore differ from what really happened?

• Create a sea tale about present day fisher folk by writing a story at home.
• Invite a fisherman or fisherwoman to speak about his/her fishing tales and stories.
• View the "Gone Fishin'" video.