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Curated OER

Fables and Trickster Tales Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze fables and trickster tales from various cultural traditions. In this fable analysis instructional activity, students identify the elements of fables and trickster stories. Students read Aesop's fables and Ananse...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Anansi and the Hat Shaking Dance

For Students 4th Standards
Donna Washington tells a traditional West African story about Anansi the spider. The story explains why spiders don't have hair.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Explore Africa With Anansi!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Explore Africa with the little spider Anansi. Click on parts of Africa to learn more in the quest for the magic calabash.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Spiders

For Teachers 1st
First graders read several Anansi, or Spider, stories, which present the character as both a trickster and a helper. They explore character motivation and how animals interact with other animals and adapt to their living conditions....
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pourquoi Stories

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Jakers! features a storyteller who tells a Pourquoi story about Anansi, the spider, a popular character in African folklore.
Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: African Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
From Encyclopedia Mythica, this page lists the names of more than a hundred characters, places, items, gods, and goddesses associated with African mythology. Click on an item to read more information about it.
Website
PBS

Pbs Kids: Zoom Playhouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PBS kids site features dozens of short plays that have been performed on the children's television series "Zoom." Includes short scripts for skits which students can perform together, and lists of props to include in the performance.
Primary
Other

Clarity Connect: African Folktales

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.

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