This lesson plan is for the book A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North and is designed for students in grades 2?4. Teachers can use the ideas here for history, literature, art, social studies, geography, research skills, and to spark...

Explore the world of Readers' Theatre with this online resource. This site features guides and scripts.

This lesson plan site shares discussion guides for three books written by Pam Munoz Ryan. The discussion guides may be used with Esperanza Rising, Riding Freedom, and Becoming Naomi Leon.

This personal site provides a list of links and lesson plans related to immigration up to the current time.

Students will compare and contrast various versions of Cinderella in the mini-unit. Students will engage in shared readings, an art project, and dramatic play during the unit.

These lesson plans are based on California State Standards, including handouts, activities, and suggested extension activities. Requires Adobe Reader.

Web English Teacher helps you to discover the world of author Walter Dean Myers. This resource features lesson plans for "Fallen Angels" and several other books.

Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present...

Today we are picking apart this story and discussing it in great detail so that we can set the foundation for our comparing and contrasting activity on our Day 3 lesson.

This lesson plan provides a fun art lesson about stone carving.

Students of all ages love learning origami. This lesson gives good outlines on how to set up a classroom for this challenging, yet fun art form. There is a great suggestion to incorporate the picture book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper...

A simple, but dynamic introductory weaving instructional activity that focuses on the art of the Navaho Native Americans. The instructional activity is well thought-out and includes references to children's literature to read as an...

These five activities allow learners to explore the various Cinderella folktales, while comparing and contrasting the characters. They provide lesson extensions, links to charts, discussion questions and the like.

Use this site to get students interested in and enthusiastic about storytelling with these cool lesson ideas. Look through these short descriptions of lesson ideas to help develop a lesson to fit your classroom needs.

Site provides brief background information about Kwanzaa but is primarily a repository of lesson plan ideas, games and clip art.