Curated OER
Solar Folklore
Folktales from many cultures around the world about the sun. There is also information available about ancient astronomy.
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The Brothers Grimm: Online Story Collection
Read the online text versions of many of the Grimm Brothers' stories and fairy tales such as Cinderella, Three Little Pigs, Snow White, and many, many more.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Born on a Mountaintop: Davy Crockett, Tall Tales & History
These four lesson plans integrate the life of Davy Crockett and the tall tales that were created about him. Includes a printable rubric, lesson extensions, links, and much more!
Peace Corps
Peace Corps: A Togolese Tale: The Big Fire
Through this lesson students will come to appreciate how folk tales express the culture in which they were derived through the writing.
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Lib. Ru: Online Literature for Children
Russian-speaking students can access a plethora of Russian folk and modern tales as well as Russian translations of world tales from one site. ESL teachers might ask their native Russian speakers to translate some complete tales or...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Folktale Writer's Workshop
What exactly is the definition of a folktale? This resource offers insight into this topic. Students will participate in a Folktale writer's workshop where they will learn about folktales and will eventually write their own and publish it.
Sacred Text Archive
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by "Aunt Naomi"
This is the index page to the full text of a vivid collecton of Jewish folklore that entertains and teaches. This book, originally published in 1919, is based on tales from the Talmud and Midrash. While some of the themes are familiar...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
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Bold Outlaw: Search for a Real Robin Hood
A website devoted to the quest to find the facts behind the folklore of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
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Teach With Picture Books: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
Author provides a summary, discussion questions, background information, pre-reading and after-reading questions, as well as extension ideas for math and language arts for the folk tale from India, One Grain of Rice.
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Jc Online: Mitos E Lendas Nosso Folclore (In Portugese)
Interesting collection of 20 Brazilian folktales and myths from different regions of the country, such as the Amazonian rain forest. Includes stories of mythical cities, of creatures that haunt certain regions, and of a goat that eats...
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Joel Chandler Harris (1845 1908)
The famous Uncle Remus folktales were retold by this writer. Site offers a biography of Harris, a brief discussion of the Uncle Remus tales, and a list of suggested readings.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Stonehenge
Wikipedia offers excellent information on the construction, history, folklore, and archaeology of Stonehenge. Includes images.
History is Fun
Jan Brett: The Mitten
Discover a wealth of resources to use in association with Jan Brett's book, The Mitten, based on a Ukrainian folk tale. Here you'll find activities, coloring pages, and a lesson plan for teaching with the book.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Marine History of Yarmouth Nova Scotia
The maritime history of Yarmouth, NovaScotia is profiled. The history of captains and ship owners as well as different vessels and folklore of past times is included.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Daddy Jake: The Runaway by Joel Chandler Harris
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Daddy Jake: The Runaway by Joel Chandler Harris (1890), a collection of children's short stories and folktales.
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