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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Design a Fairy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students pretend they are the director and design a costume for Puck; they brief the designer as to how to create it and then brief the actor as to how to play the part. An example and...
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Antarctic Connection: Fairy (Little Blue) Penguin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site takes a look at the Fairy Penguin, the smallest of all the penguins and found in warmer waters along the shores of Southern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. Content includes a focus on this penguin's physical...
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre Studies: Fairy Tales Kindergarten Unit: Fantasy Details

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] After introducing the concept of fantasy within fairy tales, teachers lead class in finding examples of fantasy elements in the story Little Red Riding Hood. Following this model, students work...
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University of Texas at Austin

College of Liberal Arts, Ut: Shakespeare Kids: Fairie

For Students 5th - 8th
This site provides the means for upper elementary students to learn and perform Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. It provides downloadable scripts for Acts 2 and 3 based on the character roles. This section provides information...
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus Truncatus)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photograph and a fact card about the pink fairy armadillo. Discusses physical characteristics, where they are found, diet, mating and reproduction, locomotion, and population status.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, learners will consider Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Blog: "Fairy Circles" Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes how termites create circular patterns of bare soil known as "fairy circles" in the grasslands of southern Africa.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: The Frog Prince

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that fairy tales start with "Once upon a time" and have a happy ending.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 2: Fractured Fairy Tales [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This magazine article explains the difference between the older fairy tales like the Three Little Pigs and how that fairy tale would be changed to teach a different lesson today.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

For Students 5th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Pink Fairy Book, a book from Andrew Lang's early 1900's series, "The Fairy Books of Many Colors," and also called, "The Colored Fairy Books" series.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

For Students K - 1st
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the fairy tale collection, The Olive Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...
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Sacred Text Archive

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated collection of fairy tales that includes Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, this also includes a very helpful Notes section that advanced readers will want to check out. While some of...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

For Students 5th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Red Fairy Book, a book from Andrew Lang's early 1900's series, "The Fairy Books of Many Colors," and also called, "The Colored Fairy Books" series.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

For Students 2nd - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the children's book, The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Real Fairy Folks or Fairy Land of Chemistry by Ludy Rider Meyer

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Real Fairy Folks or Fairy Land of Chemistry by Ludy Rider Meyer (1887), a fantasy novel with accurate chemistry information.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

For Students 3rd - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This site features the full text of the children's book, The Brown Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. This book is part of The Fairy Books of Many Colors collection, also...

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