Stories Preserve Culture and History

1. Stories change and evolve overtime

2. Stories are told from a certain perspective which creates variation

3. In the past, the only way to pass culture on from generation to generation was story telling

4. Without the power of story telling, history and culture can't exist

5. Storytelling has the power to manipulate history depending on where the story is coming form

6. Families tell stories in order to keep different traditions alive (This statement is one that caught my eye while reading it.)

6.1. Stories are used in education to teach history

7. Individual groups tell stories to carrying on cultures