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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Little Red Hen [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"The Little Red Hen" is a one page fable about the other animals not helping the little red hen plant wheat, harvest it, or bake the bread, so they did not get to eat it either. It is followed by constructed-response questions which...
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books: Walter Crane: Baby's Own Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Turn the pages of this scanned copy of Baby's Own Aesop by Walter Crane. Read along with the shortened form in poetic form and see the moral of each story.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Theme Worksheets

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying themes in short stories and in fables. Nine different worksheets and a PowerPoint lesson are available to help reinforce the concept of theme.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Grapes"

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Two traditional retellings of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes." The first has literal illustrations of the original fable. The second tells the same story, but has illustrations that give the story a modern setting and characters...
eBook
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Frogs Desiring a King"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Two versions of Aesop's Fable with the same story, but different illustrations. The first provides literal illustrations of the story, while the second provides a more modern interpretation.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Financial Fairy Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simple presentation of an engaging fairy story called The Last Gold Coin with messages about financial management that are clear morals from the tale.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Amelia and the Dwarfs" by Juliana Horatia Ewing

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the text of the short story "Amelia and the Dwarfs" by Juliana Horatia Ewing, a pleasant tale, with a good moral in the inside of it.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Population and False Hopes

For Students 9th - 10th
Cornell University provides an essay in tribute to the ideas of Thomas Malthus. Some good biographical material included as well.
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Brown University

Brown University: The Decameron Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders learn that writers use stories and distinctive characters to teach us lessons. Students will explore how the choices of characters affect the plot and build the theme of a story. Students will come to understand that...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: Analyzing Theme

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article explains how to find the theme in a piece of literature by asking yourself a series of questions as you read. RL.9-10.1 Analyzing Theme. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2

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