Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Fable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of fables. Example included.
Website
Scholastic

Scholastic: Fractured Fairy Tales and Fables With Jon Scieszka

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this resource students will have an opportunity to learn about fractured fairy tales and fables with the help of Jon Scieszka. This site also features a writer's workshop where students can write their own fractured tale and publish...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: Aesop's Fables by Aesop

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of Aesop's Fables by Aesop, a collection of fables.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Fables

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn the characteristics of fables by separating them from myths and legends, as well as view and read fables from Aesop within this SMART whiteboard lesson.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Favourite Fables, in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Favourite Fables, in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir [1870], a collection of illustrated fables in prose and verse.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables by Aesop

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aesop's Fables by Aesop (c1884), a collection of fables.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesops Fables by Aesop

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Aesops Fables by Aesop, (1880?) a collection of fables.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Baby's Book of Fables by Frederick Warne and Co.

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Baby's Book of Fables by Frederick Warne and Co., (1880?) a picture book of fables.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Talking Skull: A Fable From Cameroon" by Donna L. Washington

For Students 4th - 6th
Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, actress, and author. In this fable from Cameroon, a man finds a talking skull and decides to take it to his village. As you read, take notes on what the villagers think about the man in...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Chinese Fables

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive ebook features an introduction and six different Chinese fables.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Hundred Fables of Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Select Fables From Aesop, and Others

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Select Fables from Aesop, and Others, a book of fables for children.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Introduction to Old Chinese Fables

For Students K - 1st Standards
This video is an introduction to six old Chinese fables.
Website
University of Massachusetts

Aesop's Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
Very unique site that presents Aesop's Fables with traditional and modern pictures. Pictures are created by art students at University of Massachusetts Amherst. There is an index to search by individual stories.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Aesop's Fables: "Hercules and the Wagoner"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text and audio for this translation of the Aesop fable "Hercules And The Wagoner." Available online, print, and download.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
Lesson Plan
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...
Graphic
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fable [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a one-page PDF of a poster or flyer listing the characteristics of a fable. It could be printed and hung in the classroom.
Graphic
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fable Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a PDF Fable Chart designed for students to complete as they read a fable; it includes the title and author, the animal character, human characteristics, the individual elements of a short story, and the moral or lesson.

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