Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Folktales and Ecology: Animals & Humans in Cooperation,conflict

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson plan, learners will consider Folktales and Ecology: Animals and Humans in Cooperation and Conflict. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Basket Woman: A Book of Fanciful Tales for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Mary Austin's The Basket Woman: A Book Of Fanciful Tales For Children has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Marine History of Yarmouth Nova Scotia

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
University of Pittsburgh

Grimm Brothers' Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Compiled by a retired German professor and folklorist, this site is an excellent resource for anyone seeking information about the Grimm Brothers. Contains a chronology for both brothers, a listing of their academic accomplishments, and...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning

For Students 5th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning (1888). In this color-illustrated story in verse, the Pied Piper pipes a village free of rats, and when the villagers...
Handout
Other

Australian Folklore: Definitions and Practices

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very scholarly document that discusses what folklore is, how it has been studied in Australia, and how Australian folklore differs from the traditions in other parts of the world.
Website
Other

Hamlet Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent site offering a directory of web pages devoted to Hamlet. Links are divided into categories: directories, discussions, full text, humor, movies, papers, spinoffs, and summaries.
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Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Tsunami Disaster

For Students K - 1st
This site features several links to tsunami relief sites. Students and teachers can access information about the tsunami relief efforts through these resources.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for a lesson plan about folk and fairy tales that also teaches about the different sounds of the letter "g." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson plan...
Lesson Plan
New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Fools and Tricksters in Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
There are many trickster folk tales in folklore and in modern literature; they are found in every culture. They often use an animal that represents the underdog, which uses skill and cunning to outwit a superior. These stories have been...
Online Course
University of California

Online English: The Hamlet Module: u.c. Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Shakespeare's "Hamlet," when you visit this online English Module.
Website
Other

Orkneyjar: The Lore of the Orkney Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
The Orkney Islands, off the coast of England, preserve much of their old culture. This site continues that preservation by explaining the folklore of the island and retelling many folktales.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Writing Folktales

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
With this lesson plan, students examine the American tradition of folk tales and tall tales, then write and illustrate their own original tale. Provides links to more information, an assessment rubric, extension ideas, and a list of...
Website
Other

African Cultural Center: Culture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Look closely at the foods, music, folktales and art work of the African culture.
Website
Can Teach

Can Teach: African Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Eight African folk tales, like "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" to "The Curse of the Chameleon", are at this site. All eight are traditional Zulu stories. The site provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and games.
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Website
Virginia Tech

The Alan Review:signs in Speare's the Sign of the Beaver

For Students 9th - 10th
What are the signs found in the novel "The Sign of the Beaver," by Elizabeth George Speare? Use informative site to learn more about this exciting novel.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Little Red Hen

For Students 3rd - 4th
A learning module that begins with "The Little Red Hen" by Florence White Williams, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

For Students 5th - 8th
Based on a true account, this book tells the story of Salva Dut, an 11-year-old boy separated from his family by the civil war in Sudan, and Nya, a girl from a small village who walks miles each day to fetch water for her family....
eBook
Starfall

Starfall: The Four Friends: A Tale From the Far East

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A read-aloud of The Four Friends, a Tale from the Far East.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Folk Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Five traditional folk tales for early readers to listen to online. The vocabulary for each story is posted below it.
eBook
Other

Sur La Lune Fairy Tales: Japanese Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of the book, "Japanese Fairy Tales," first published in 1908. It includes 20 or so tales translated from Japanese into English including the following: "My Lord Bag of Rice," "The Farmer and the Badger," "The Adventures of...

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