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Education.com

Education.com: Finding the Moral

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will be able to recount fables and folktales and determine the moral or lesson, explaining how it is conveyed through key details or ideas in the text. Printable resources...
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eBook
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...
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eBook
University of Massachusetts

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

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Read two versions of Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Story." Both versions have the same text, but one has traditional illustrations while the other provides a modern interpretation through the illustrations.
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eBook
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Frog and the Ox"

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Students can learn a lesson about how being overly concerned with yourself can lead to negative consequences by reading Aesop's fable "The Frog and the Ox." The first version provides literal illustrations for the fable, while the second...
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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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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Ela Theme

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to texts, websites, and videos on determining theme.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Attitudes Towards Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart exploring the moral and religious basis of our attitudes to animals.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Crime and Punishment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart exploring the vocabulary and basic knowledge around the area of crime and punishment.
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Website
Other

Yesterday's Classics: Baldwin Project: More Jataka Tales: Table of Contents

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to twenty-one different fables from the book More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. Written in the Jataka tradition from India, these tales are interesting and teach life and character-building lessons to readers. An illustrated...