PBS
Pbs: Multimedia Storytelling (A Lesson Plan Family Memories)
A lesson plan for exploring the use of multimedia presentation techniques in effective storytelling. Design, write, storyboard, and create a multimedia presentation of a story about an important family event or memory.
Other
Bedtime Story: Whimsical Stories for Reading
Awesome site with hundreds of stories by published and unpublished authors to encourage reading stories together and out loud. Each story also has a section titled "What's it all about" which gives background information along with...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: When I Was Young In, a Literature to Language Experience
Past meets present in this instructional activity in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
Other
Celtic Voices
An online exhibit of the Celtic people and language in English, French, and Celtic.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Mousekin's Lost Woodland
This interactive site has "Mousekin's Lost Woodland" environment game. Play this storytelling game with your friends and learn about different habitats.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Writing Folktales
With this lesson plan, students examine the American tradition of folk tales and tall tales, then write and illustrate their own original tale. Provides links to more information, an assessment rubric, extension ideas, and a list of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Tracking the Buffalo
This explores the role of the buffalo in the lives of the American Indians of the northern plains.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Write Me a Picture
In this lesson, 3rd through 5th graders select related pictures from magazines and newspapers, write captions for each, glue them in sequence on a poster board, and use the pictures to tell a story.
TES Global
Blendspace: Toontastic Grate(ful) Biographies
This nine-part learning module provides support for Launchpad's Toontastic App. This blendspace shares videos, screen shots, and written resources that will help students write biographies via the Toontastic App.
PBS
Pbs: p.o.v.: American Aloha (Hula Beyond Hawaii)
"American Aloha" documents the work of three master teachers of hula who are attempting to preserve the Hawaiian cultural tradition of this unique dance form.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Teaching With Pourquoi Tales
This site features activities that revolve around "Teaching With Pourquoi Tales." Students will learn more about these types of old legends that deal with the natural world.
Other
Website of Diane Wolkstein
The website of Diane Wolkstein that includes her biography plus a list of events and publications. Some wonderful information on a great storyteller.
Read Works
Read Works: Oral Histories
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of listening to and writing about people's life stories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron Shepherd: The Legend of Lightning Larry
At this site listen to a tale retold and read by author Aaron Shepherd. Information provided for Reader's Theater as well as extras provided by the author such as writing ideas and posters.
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron Shepherd: The Gifts of Wali Dad
At this site listen to a tale of India and Pakistan retold and read by author Aaron Shepherd. Information provided for Reader's Theater as well as extras provided by the author such as play script and posters.
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron Shepherd: Master Maid (A Tale of Norway)
At this site listen to a sample of a tale of Norway retold and read by author Aaron Shepherd. Information provided for Reader's Theater as well as extras provided by the author such as play script and posters.
Other
Light Up Your Brain: Brain Teaser Games & Audio Stories for Kids
Fantastic classic children's stories online that you can listen to while you read along. Stories are offered in streaming or downloadable MP3 format. Some of the popular stories are: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of the Flopsy...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Teaching Tv: Television as a Story Teller Lesson
This lesson plan will help young students explore how television can be used to tell stories.
Other
Practice and Stage Fright
This site gives helpful tips about public speaking, particularly about storytelling. It provides information on stage fright, and nervousness.
Other
Storytelling in the Classroom
There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.
Other
Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Arctic Story Puzzles
Construct a story about the Inuit or the polar bear from a series of pictures that can be put together in a sequence.
University of Richmond
Univ.richmond/a Laguna Woman
Commentary on Leslie Marmon Silko and the influences of her childhood and family background in relation to her writing. A career profile is provided in extensive detail.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Using Life Experience (Narrative)
This lesson focuses on using narratives or stories in speeches. It discusses the importance of stories, the power of storytelling, and how and when to use stories in speeches.