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Curated OER

Music in West Africa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore power and the symbols of power in West African music. They discuss the music of West Africa and compare it to African American music of today. In addition, they investigate musical instruments of Africa, identify the...
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Curated OER

The Bear Facts About Summarization

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarizing techniques in this lesson. They listen as the teacher reads from a non-fiction article, and the class creates a story map to highlight the most important facts from the article. They use the map to write a...
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Curated OER

Summarization Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write summaries in this lesson. They read "Stellaluna" by Jaell Cannon independently and answer story map questions: who, what, when, where, and why. They then take the answers to these questions and write an individual summary.
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Curated OER

"Jessica" by Kevin Henkes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listed to the story Jessica by Kevin Henkes. They make their own imaginary friend using craft supplies. They then participate in an individual story theater in which they retell the story. Finally, they dictate stories about an...
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Curated OER

Discernment- Choosing The Best

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate the concept of truth and how it is to be used in life. The instructional activity includes a story that illustrates the kind of life one should live. The story has a light and dark side to it. Then students role play...
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Curated OER

Speak the truth

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the five teaching components of silent sitting, story telling, group singing, and group activities. They brainstorm and practice each one of the components in groups as well as individually. In addition, they come...
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Curated OER

Indispensable Listening Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to a story and orally explain the conclusion of the story, list three ways that the tigers in the story relate to themselves and clarify why they would rather someone read to them or read the material themselves.
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Curated OER

Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create historical stories based on factual evidence. In this Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us lesson, students write historical stories using strategies such as characters, plot, setting, and voice. Students analyze several...
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Curated OER

Writing Sparks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this story telling worksheet, student retell a story about the worst birthday party ever in their own words. Students include who was there and what happened on the lines provided.
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Curated OER

Painters as Authors

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore artists as authors. They discuss the stories that their pictures tell. Students describe what story they think the artist is trying to tell in their pictures. Students search the Internet and choose a piece of...
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Curated OER

Integrated Social Studies and Storytelling Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the Civil War. They examine online photos that are connected to Indiana's role in the Civil War. They choose one of these photos and in a story circle, tell a story about it. They tell who is in the picture, what...
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Curated OER

Paper Making and Stories

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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Curated OER

Story Telling

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, through the use of 4 different improvisational exercises, discover how to tell effective stories. They chose 2 selections and perform them, using the interesting methods they learned.
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Curated OER

Portrait Dectectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create a portrait that describes their culture.
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Curated OER

Narrative Therapy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders demonstrate improved usage of story telling/conversational skills.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Storytelling:the Meaning Behind the Mask

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In many cultures, masks are used in oral story telling. Many learning activities are described on this site that will help students learn aspects of story telling and the different ways various cultures used masks.
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PBS

Pbs: Roots in the Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion to a documentary film about Punjabi-Mexican immigrants who settled in California.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
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Other

Aesop's fables.net: The Recent Life of Aesop

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a look at the life of Aesop through a biographical sketch of sorts. Learn more about this fascinating author when you explore this resource.
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Other

Creating a Family History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Project Narration

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers for narrative writing. Students will be able to prewrite and draft their narrative writings more efficiently by using these tools.
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Other

Boise Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Boise Art Museum has an online gallery, organized according to "form, story telling, spirit, and place." Each enlargeable image has accompanying text. A special area for kids focuses on two artists.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Digital Story Writing: Cultural Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
You are a folklorist observing the lives and cultures of different people. You want to tell the world about their culture, beliefs, and values. You and a group of other folklorist are going to research the lives of a an ethnic group, and...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Monkey's Heart

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Donna Washington tells the story of a clever monkey who outwits a crocodile.