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Neh: Edsit Ement: Variations in Plot and Setting Lesson PlanNeh: Edsit Ement: Variations in Plot and Setting Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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Neh: Edsit Ement: Variations in Plot and Setting

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Although Disney's version of Cinderella is most popular in America, hundreds of versions exist across many cultures. This resource provides lessons, which examine the similarities and differences in literary elements among many versions of this fairy tale.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

characters, compare and contrast

Additional Tags

compare and contrast characters, differences among literary works, differences between literary works, multicultural literature, similarities among literary works, similarities and differences among literary works, similarities between literary works, similarity difference among literary work, edsitement, national endowment for the humanities

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RL.4.6 RL.4.9 RL.5.9 RL.3.6 RL.3.9 RI.5.6 L.5.3.b

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