STORYTELLING ACROSS GENERATIONS
Level: All School – Rally Level – Fun, Energetic, Celebratory
Grades: K-12
School Quarter: 2
How All School Activities Work
The All School activity is the capstone of each quarter.
Step 1 – In the classroom: Each class completes its grade-level activity for this quarter’s theme, Storytelling Across Generations.
Step 2 – As a whole school: Students gather for the All School activity to showcase and celebrate what they created and learned in their classrooms.
What’s included: Each All School toolkit has three documents: an Activity Overview, an Activity Checklist, and Educator Resources.
Elementary ALL School
This All School activity introduces elementary students to storytelling as a meaningful way of understanding history, culture, and community. Students experience how stories have long been used in New Mexico to remember the past, share values, and pass knowledge across generations, particularly through oral traditions rooted in Native, Puebloan, Spanish, and Mexican cultures.
This activity is designed to be age-appropriate, reflective, and culturally grounded, offering a shared experience that can be explored further through classroom discussion and creative response.
Middle School ALL School
This All School activity introduces middle school students to storytelling as a powerful way of understanding history, culture, and identity. While history is often taught through written records, New Mexico’s diverse cultures have long preserved knowledge through oral traditions. These storytelling practices offer meaningful insight into the state’s Native, Puebloan, Spanish, and Mexican roots and their contributions to the broader history of the United States.
Through listening to a storyteller and reflecting on the experience, students explore how stories shape perspective, preserve cultural memory, and deepen understanding of place and community.
High School ALL School
This All School activity introduces high school students to storytelling as a powerful way of understanding history, culture, and perspective. While history is often presented through written records and formal texts, New Mexico’s diverse cultures have long preserved knowledge through oral traditions. These storytelling practices offer meaningful insight into the state’s Native, Puebloan, Spanish, and Mexican roots and their contributions to the broader history of the United States.
Through listening to a storyteller and reflecting on the experience, students examine how stories preserve cultural memory, convey values, and shape understanding of place, identity, and national history.