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Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act: 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
This instructional activity engages students in story retelling to Eric Carle's book, The Tiny Seed. Students will participate in interactive storytelling as they write sentences and illustrate pictures about seed travel.
PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Marlbatharndu Wanggagu Once Upon a Time in the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic exhibit tells the story of the history of the North Western Australian Aboriginal people while integrating storytelling, cultural heritage, and contemporary art.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
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Other

Japan: The Official Guide: History & Culture: Experience Japanese Culture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Understand the culture of Japan from architecture to Bonsai to storytelling and tallisman.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Setting: Eatonville, Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media gallery from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun, students will learn about Eatonville, Florida-Zora Neale Hurston's hometown and the setting of her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God....
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Native Americans and the Natural World

For Teachers K - 1st
Explore the rich cultures of Native Americans through literature, storytelling, and fun, hands-on activities. Students will gain an understanding of how and where Native Americans lived in the past and today, as well as their...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Monkey's Heart

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Donna Washington tells the story of a clever monkey who outwits a crocodile.
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing and Storytelling: Magazine Marvels

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This PIZZAZ lesson allows learners the opportunity to write stories about magazine picture collections. Two examples of creative writing pieces are provided.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: A Listening Doll

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson plan, students explore the tradition of Pueblo "Listening dolls" and create their own version of this historical tradition. Also contains a rubric, extensions, and books to use as references.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Learning From the People Collection

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The ECHO Collection provides rich, multi-disciplinary educational resources in science, literacy and language arts, fine art, and social studies. The combined skills, experience, and collections of our six institutions provide...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Forest Elephants

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the rainforest is a demanding environment for a cameraman, photographer Martyn Colbeck manages to capture a glimpse of forest elephants in the Congo in this video segment from Nature.
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PBS

Pbs: Circle of Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS series site captures Native American stories told by the storytellers themselves. Students can also find information on language and land issues confronting Native Americans today.
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PBS

Pbs: Roots in the Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion to a documentary film about Punjabi-Mexican immigrants who settled in California.
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Other

Lenape Lifeways: About the Lenapes

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed site providing lots of information about the Lenapes. Topics covered include where they lived, their communities, work, tools, shelter, clothing, food, transportation, pastimes and entertainment, medicine and health, beliefs,...
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Other

University of Oregon: J333 Writing for Multimedia

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources for a course on writing for multimedia productions. Includes PowerPoints, documents, and links. The Syllabus section contains a course description and outline from the instructor. The course addresses topics...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: In the Beginning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This expansive self-guided unit hits on many objectives such as analyzing literature for author's purpose, figuring out the main idea/theme, understanding historical criticism, comparing and contrasting works from major historical...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
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Other

Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Telling a Story Through Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan from ArtsEdge, learners focus on the ballet, "Nutcracker," while learning about storytelling through dance and movement. Provides assessment criteria, a list of sources and links to use for references.
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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...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Piper's Cold Feet

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pennsylvania-based storyteller Megan Hicks tells a traditional Scottish tale about a piper who steal's a dead man boots, but comes to regret it.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Little Chicks Say/los Pollitos Dicen

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this nursery rhyme about a mother hen and her chicks, the chicks say "peep, peep" in English and "pio, pio" in Spanish. Nursery rhyme told in English and Spanish.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Old Man Juan Had a Farm/viejo Juan Tenia Una Granja

For Students K - 1st Standards
Listen for different animal sounds in this Spanish version of "Old McDonald Had a Farm." The nursery rhyme is available in English and Spanish.
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: Story and a Song/historia Y Una Cancion

For Students K - 1st Standards
A song and a story take revenge when the woman in this folktale no longer shares them. By transforming into men's clothing, the song and story make her jealous husband angry until he listens to the truth. Story told in Spanish and English.

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