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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves lesson plan ideas and activities
Third graders explore the mysteries of the East in the five lessons of this unit. The castle of the sultan, the riches, and the mystery of the area draws the early European to dicsover a shorter route to the area.
Explore caves with your class. They will participate in scientific observation, research, inference and deduction, reading, vocabulary, and writing about caves. They participate in follow-up activities for each reading selection. Compare and contrast the differences between the various reading selections included in the packet.
Fourth graders study the geography, people, history, governments, and economies of the Middle East. They develop a basic vocabulary of Arabic terms and work with various materials in creating an aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-understand board game for their own use (and for use by their peers).
Third graders complete a short unit of lessons on the relationship between the Arabian Nights and the musical work, Scheherazade. They listen to music, trace the route of icons on a music map, play a simple rhythm, and listen to the story of Sinbad.
Learners are exposed to literature that is focused on the theme of adventure and escapism. They are encouraged to enjoy the story and remember times of play with significant others.
Students hold a Thousand and One Nights storytelling festival with each one memorizing a story to relate to classmates. While examining provided resource links, they select and practice a story they would like to retell. As a dress rehearsal, students present their stories to lower grade students prior to holding their main event.
