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Creative Proverbs: Index of Countries and Cultures
A detailed list of proverbs by culture. Over 100 countries/cultures listed and over 2,000 proverbs! Also provides information about the country and culture, including maps and cultural information.
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Proverbial Wisdom: Quotations
A large collection of proverbs listed alphabetically (over 600). Listed together with the culture of origin.
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The Idiom Connection
Users can search this list of idioms and their explanations either alphabetically or by subject matter, such as Food Idioms, Business Idioms, or Animal Idioms. There are also quizzes on each category of idiom so students can test their...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Proverbs: An Introduction
Contains plans for two lessons about proverbs: what they are, how they work, and how they reflect cultural values. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Quote Mountain: Bible Proverbs
This website offers a list of proverbs from the Book of Proverbs from the St. Joseph Edition of the New American Bible. It provides proverbs from the first 10 chapters and then links to the rest of the 31 chapters.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: L.4.5b: Recognize Meanings of Idioms, Adages, Proverbs
Links to 10 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.4.5b: Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Electric Ben Franklin: The Quotable Franklin
A list of 84 of Ben Franklin's proverbs divided by subject.
English Club
English Club: Proverbs
EnglishClub provides a definition for the term "proverb" on this reference page. Numerous example of proverbs are provided.
TES Global
Blendspace: Idioms, Adages, Proverbs
A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos to use while learning about idioms, adages, and proverbs.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Proverbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This one page flipchart gives students a list of proverbs that may be added to their writing to add interest.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Proverbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in...
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Proverbia
This is a collection of thousands of quotations and proverbs by famous authors. You can search by subject or author. Available in Spanish and English (content differs for each language).
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible: Proverbs
Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible provides his commentary on various proverbs from the Bible.