+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Frog and the Mouse" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Ants and the Grasshopper" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
+
Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Fable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of fables. Example included.
+
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Discussion Guide: The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Candace Fleming writes contemporary stories built around Aesop's fables in The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School. No one wants to teach the fourth graders until the amazing Mr. Jupiter comes along. He undertakes the task...
+
Unknown Type
Fun Trivia

Fun Trivia: The Moral of the Story Is...

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides ten trivia questions about fables. Fables from Aesop and from The Holy Bible are included in this quiz.
+
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Little Big Mouse

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Between the Lions features "The Lion and the Mouse" for young students, an introduction to one of many Aesop's fables. illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud. [4:19]
+
eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Electronic Text Center: The Modern English Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts, and illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's last name or by category of interest. It contains classics such...
+
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Select Fables From Aesop, and Others

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Select Fables from Aesop, and Others, a book of fables for children.
+
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Fables

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn the characteristics of fables by separating them from myths and legends, as well as view and read fables from Aesop within this SMART whiteboard lesson.
+
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Rl5.3 Fables: Analyzing Theme, Story Elements, Text Structure

For Students 5th Standards
A six-part learning module with images, graphic organizers, videos, web links and more to teach students how to analyze theme, story elements, and text structure in fables.
+
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Favourite Book of Fables by Aesop (1890), a collection of illustrated fables.
+
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fabulous Fables

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews the characteristics of a fable, gives some history of Aesop with a video clip. Student assessment questions and web links are included. Students end with an original writing...
+
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Sparkling Gems by Laura Valentine, Ed.

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Sparkling Gems by Laura Valentine, Ed. (1866), a collection of illustrated Aesop's Fables, fairy tales, and poetry.
+
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Theme

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach students to use story elements to identify theme and to match a given theme to a story. Lessons are based on the book Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney....
+
eBook
Other

Aesop's Fables Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides links to 127 of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
+
Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Morality "Tails" East and West

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Morality "Tails" East and West: European Fables and Buddhist Jataka Tales." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
+
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Theme 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify and support the theme of a fable and a fiction selection based on main idea and supporting details. Lessons are...
+
Activity
Other

Marvine Elementary School: Fables Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This activity from the Marvine Elementary School provides a series of crossword puzzles that are linked to a collection of over 40 Aesop's Fables. Students are directed to read a particular fable in order to solve a crossword clue. The...
+
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Fables of Aesop

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of The Fables of Aesop, a book of stories for children.
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Fox and the Lion

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Fox and the Lion" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
+
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Ant and the Dove

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fable "The Ant and the Dove" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
+
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Fables and Rhymes

For Students K - 1st Standards
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fables and Rhymes by Aesop, a book of poems and stories for children.
+
Website
Other

Tales With Morals

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The history and background information on Aesop, key terms as well as the fables associated with his name. There is a link to the full text of each of the legendary fables.

Other popular searches