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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Map a Story or a History [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This graphic organizer provides a story map. Students can use this visual resource to help them record major plot events from a story or from a historical event.
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British Council

British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Stories

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of 20-25 animated stories designed to teach children English. Children can read as they watch and listen, then play a game to see how much they understood. Includes original stories on topics of interest to students...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nature Cat: Story Exploration Packet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As you watch Nature Cat, use these tools to guide discussions and learning activities. Includes printables on story elements, alternate endings, vocabulary words, character traits, an episode map, and a Venn diagram.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Group Story Mapping

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, emphasizes linking previous knowledge structures (schemata) with reading materials. A pre-reading technique (see "My Story Map") provides a framework that directs students' attention to...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Story Mapping

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on story mapping, which helps students put events of a story in sequential order.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Our Stories With a Double Bubble Map

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will identify the similarities and differences between different versions of fictional stories by completing a double bubble map. Included in this lesson are teacher questions, a bubble map printable, a video of a class...
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Interactive Texas Map

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Texas artifacts and stories, or share a story. Click on one of the points on the map to see the content associated with that location.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Animated Map: Fort Sumter

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated map tells the story of the events that led up to the first shots of the Civil War fired at Fort Sumter. [7:31]
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of India: Map of India

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS explores India through a detailed map of India and its surrounding countries. Provides details on the location of the country. Identifies important waterways, regions within country, major cities, and mountain ranges.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War: Animated Map: Cedar Creek

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated map tells the story and shows the troop movements of both the Union and Confederate armies prior to and during the battle fought at Cedar Creek, Virginia, 1864.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Going With the Flow (Map)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will practice retelling a story using a flow map. This lesson includes thorough directions, materials, and a video called Bear's Shadow.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Where in China Is...?: The Story of China

For Students 9th - 10th
Play this mapping game with your students to test their knowledge of China. Players start this game with 5000 miles and lose 500 miles for every incorrect answer. The challenge is to get to Shanghai before running out of miles.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Story Structure Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with analyzing story structures. Reinforcement for story structures is provided through the two PowerPoint lessons, three quizzes, and four different worksheets.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Model How to Map Story or History Spanish[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed for students who speak Spanish, this graphic organizer provides a story map. Students can use this visual resource to help them record major plot events from a story or from a historical event.
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Other

Tooter4 Kids: Story Maps

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site looks at how to create your very own story map.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Maps

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson designed to introduce maps and the cardinal directions. After listening to the teacher read aloud or tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, students retell the story and use cutouts of landmarks and arrows to create a map of...
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Other

****Story Mapping Strategy

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This accessible explanation features a instructional activity to help teach students to use story mapping to identify elements of a narrative.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Story Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson, students will analyze what distinguishes the stories they love. Reading and reviewing their favorite books will help students begin to identify elements of a story. Students have the opportunity to navigate the...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Fiction: Short Story & Novel Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a short story or novel fact sheet offered as a Word document or a PDF. It includes places for title; author; URL; list of important nouns, verbs, phrases, and clauses; setting (includes definition); characterization (including...
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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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Other

The Story of the Us Told in 141 Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of United States maps includes a year-by-year. Beginning from the Declaration of Independence and extending to present-day, students will learn explore and interact with these maps that change year-by-year.
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Other

Esri: Mapping the Emerald Isle: A Geo Genealogy of Irish Surnames

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever wonder if you had ancestors from Ireland? This interactive map lets you search for your surname and see what counties a clan with your name would have lived in based on the 1890 census.

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