British Council
British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Stories
A collection of 20-25 animated stories designed to teach children English. Children can read as they watch and listen, then play a game to see how much they understood. Includes original stories on topics of interest to students...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Story Elements Using Cinderella
Listen to an explanation of the story elements in Cinderella including exposition, characters, setting, sequence, conflict, climax, and resolution.
Sesame Street
The Sesame Workshop: The Sesame Street Story Corner
An excellent interactive site for children, including stories by Elmo, Big Bird and others. Dozens of stories and storybooks for children to read while learning essential skills.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Martha: True Stories
A collection of interactive story activities about topics including the environment, technology, inventions, and measuring. There are four stories about each of the topics. In addition to being able to page through the books, the books...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Elements of a Story
Explore the elements of a story using the well-known Cinderella story as source material. Learn about setting, character, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution.
Other
Jewish National Fund: Stories
Here, you can read twelve different Jewish stories, including those about Ruth, King Solomon, and King David. Each story includes small interactive images to embellish the text.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Elements of a Story Interactive
Explore different ingredients, or elements, that go into stories and make them so much fun. Read the story, "Cinderella," and look at all the different pieces of the tale to see how they all fit together.
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Bullock Museum: Interactive Texas Map
Explore Texas artifacts and stories, or share a story. Click on one of the points on the map to see the content associated with that location.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Spelling Bee: Introduction
This is an introduction Interactive Spelling Bee; it explains how the game works by grade level: Grades 1-8 listen to three stories separately and spell words from each story; high school students will listen to sentences and spell words...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: The Black Wings Story
This online story tells of how African Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. Besides tracing the story there are primary sources, classroom activities, and teaching resources are included.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Stories
During this interactive game based on the PBS Kids series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, students can hear several stories read aloud.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starters: Intriguing Titles
In this lesson, an interactive link included to help generate ideas for stories. A button is clicked and a topic is given. In a writer's notebook or journal, each student will use the topic given and develop it. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards
Students use trading cards to examine fictional characters in a story.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library: Story Place
A bilingual virtual and interactive library for children with stories and activities in English and Spanish.
Other
Chicago History Museum: Great Chicago Stories
Read historical fiction stories that illuminate Chicago's past. Use the Interactive History Map to look closer at artifacts from the collection of the Chicago History Museum and to explore locations throughout the city from each story....
Scholastic
Scholastic: An Interactive Tour of Ellis Island
Brush up on immigration history while taking a virtual tour of the immigration station at Ellis Island. Listen to immigrants tell the fascinating story of their journey.
BBC
Bbc: The Story of Katrina
Outstanding interactive photographic slideshow of the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Other
Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704
This award-winning resource draws the reader into a consideration of history as witnessed from multiple perspectives. Discover the mystery of the French and Indian raid on colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts where five cultures clashed in...
Starfall
Starfall: Learn to Read: My Family
"My Family" is a interactive story which emphasizes Y as an E sound. You can photograph the events and place them on the calendar.
Starfall
Starfall: Learn to Read: Surfer Girl
Surfer Girl is an interactive story that allows you to practice reading words with the er, ur, and ir sounds.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today Teacher's Guide
Provided here is an interactive unit to help students discover the history of immigration in America and take an interactive tour of Ellis Island.
PBS
Pbs|cet: The Story of the Jews With Simon Schama
Simon Schama travels through three thousand years of Jewish history across Europe, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Bermuda, and into the United States. Notable historical data and images are presented through an interactive map.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Story Creator
Story Creator lets players create their own stories using an interactive mad-libs style of play that pulls inspiration from the series historical heroes and their mantras.
Other
Jc Online Reading Room: Contos Infantis
This resource provides a collection of interactive stories, fables, and exercises for students.