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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 4: Pushing Up the Sky

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn that storytelling is a performance art that also transmits knowledge about cultures and life. Through reading different tales from various cultures, 4th graders are able to compare and contrast similar themes,...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: Cajun Folktales

For Teachers 3rd
Through the study of trickster tales from various cultures, including the classic Cajun character Lapin the Rabbit, 3rd graders learn how storytelling can be entertaining as well as educational. Students build an understanding of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Welcome to Odd Squad: the zaniest, craziest team of kid investigators around! Explore content below targeted at making elementary-level math a fun, imaginative experience, mixing concepts like arithmetic and geometry with fantastical...
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Other

Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...
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Other

Online Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
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Other

Bedtime Story: Whimsical Stories for Reading

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Awesome site with hundreds of stories by published and unpublished authors to encourage reading stories together and out loud. Each story also has a section titled "What's it all about" which gives background information along with...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Write Me a Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, 3rd through 5th graders select related pictures from magazines and newspapers, write captions for each, glue them in sequence on a poster board, and use the pictures to tell a story.
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Read Works

Read Works: Oral Histories

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of listening to and writing about people's life stories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

The Center for Story and Symbol: Mythos: Joseph Campbell's Mythic Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical piece about the storyteller named Joseph Campbell. This piece was originally featured in New Perspectives Magazine in July 1994.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Storytime Stick Puppets Family Activity

For Students K - 1st
Make puppets of Molly and her family and friends from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, and use them to retell a story you watched. You can also take Molly on a new adventure by making up your own story. The activity also includes...
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Montgomery CountyPublic Schools

Mcps: Learn and Discuss Udl Story Telling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a topic suggested for a UDL PLS session. Teachers are asked to create a digital story highlighting examples of how they plan for and implement UDL in the classroom, then share it in the PLC.
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Name Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing personal poems. Examples of personal poems are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Grammar and Literature Through Digital Storytelling

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson middle schoolers create digital stories in cooperative groups using multimedia tools to demonstrate comprehension of the elements of grammar, literature, and technology introduced in the lesson. Students become actively...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Place Value Introduction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart uses storytelling to appeal to the imagination of the child. It serves as an introduction to further exploration in numeration.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Hiroshima Children's Peace Memorial

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Megan Hicks incorporates origami with storytelling to tell the true story behind the Children's Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Tailor

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Megan Hicks uses origami and storytelling to celebrate the ingenuity of a grandmother who reuses a piece of fabric in a number of beautiful ways.
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University of Pennsylvania

Upenn: Oral Traditions in Africa (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This website features a lesson plan that can be used by teachers K-12 on oral traditions found in Africa.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Native American Eagle Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
From several Native American tribes come these stories of Eagle. Values of the culture are preserved in the retelling of these stories that show Eagle's value and symbolism for the Native Americans.
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Other

Personal: Raven and the Man That Sits on the Tides

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Native American Raven tale from a Pacific Northwest tribe provided by Native American Storyteller, Barry McWilliams.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Word by Word a Story Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
For grades 1 to 3, this game has students write a story by focusing on the word choice.
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Other

Stories From the Web

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Reading skills development program for children from 1 to 14 years old. Children can find short stories, poems, art work, games, pictures, everything divided by age range. Also are useful links for parents and teachers.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Animals and tricksters appear in folk tales from a wide variety of cultures, especially those with strong oral storytelling traditions. Use this lesson plan to introduce students to these characters and the lessons they were used to...
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PBS

Art21: Kiki Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
Kiki is the daughter of American sculptor Tony Smith and began her interest in art at a young age. Her work is primarily figurative. The recurrent subject matter in Smith's work has been the body as a receptacle for knowledge, belief,...
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Children's Guide: The Art of Romare Bearden [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A colorful, printable packet, from the National Gallery of Art, for students studying the work of Romare Bearden. Includes images of his work, including his well-known collages. Investigates all the important aspects of Bearden's work:...

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