TOPIC: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
HISTORY AND STORY TELLING
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of
the lesson, Students should be able to
differentiate history and Storytelling.
History and Story telling are confusing in
some ways .People see no difference
between them sometimes .However,
they are different words with different
meanings .Their usage is also different.
Check the table below for differences
between history and storytelling.
History
Story Telling
1.History is always Story telling can be
factual.It is always factual or fictional
the truth.
.Some stories are
not true.
2.History is a
Story telling is an
record of events of account of an
the past
event that is either
true or imagined.
3.History is an
Story telling can be
account of the
an account of
past.
events of the
past,present or
future
4.History does not Story telling might
contain stories.it is contain history of a
purely fact.
place or person
5.History is mostly Story telling is
documented
mostly reported or
recited
6.History is meant Story telling seeks
to educate people to entertain and
instill moral
lessons.