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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.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Animals and tricksters appear in folk tales from a wide variety of cultures, especially those with strong oral storytelling traditions. Use this lesson plan to introduce students to these characters and the lessons they were used to...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigative Case: Protistan Tales of Atlantic White Cedar Swamps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A WebQuest where students explore microbial diversity by looking at the extreme habitat of the Atlantic White Cedar Swamp. Students will learn about protists through personification theme of Aesop's Fables. At the end of the lesson,...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: The Fox and the Grapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
This text copy of the Fox and the Grapes, which includes a short illustration and audio.
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Handout
Other

The Children's Nursery and Its Traditions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An extensive list of links to Children's Nursery classics organized by page/chapter. Includes Beatrix Potter, Mother Goose, Aesop's Fables, Brothers Grimm tales and more!
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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.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Elements of Fables

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This ArtsEdge unit on fables shows how to compare and contrast, read and write fables, and discuss the elements they contain. Has great links, definitions, and fable examples.
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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eBook
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read these beloved classic stories with their original illustrations. 23 books for children, including The Three Little Pigs and Denslow's Humpty Dumpty. 6 novels for teens, including Poe's The Raven and Dickens' A Christmas Carol. All...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The House Dog and the Wolf" by Gail Terp, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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Graphic
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Velazquez, Diego

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides good biographical information and links to several of Velazquez's works, including "Innocent X."
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Grasshopper and the Ant

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site shares the fable of The Grasshopper and the Ant. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

For Students 5th - 8th
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

For Students 5th - 8th
Based on a true account, this book tells the story of Salva Dut, an 11-year-old boy separated from his family by the civil war in Sudan, and Nya, a girl from a small village who walks miles each day to fetch water for her family....
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eBook
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Mythology Electronic Texts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a handy site from the University of Pittsburgh for making comparisons in the folklore of different cultures. It is organized by themes. For instance, you could scroll down to the theme "Man and Serpent," click on that and read...
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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...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Fable

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Fable." It defines the term, explains its characteristics, provides background including Aseop's Fables and those from various countries, and offers a list of fabulists and their works.
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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.
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Website
Other

Free English: Help for Korean Learners of English

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Free English learning site that helps Korean speakers learn English through songs, books, and news. Contents and resources span all learning levels, from kindergarten to college. The audio-rich resources compiled at this site make it...
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Website
Other

Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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...
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Website
English Zone

English zone.com: Reading Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Find reading selections by skill level (easy to advanced) or type (poems). Some free content on the site but hard to pick it out. Subscription-based access mostly.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get Jiggy With It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will exhibit their understanding of character through improvisation. Students will listen to a story and act out the actions. They will demonstrate the verbs and adjectives that describe their characters' movements.
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Article
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: William Caxton and the Introduction of Printing to England

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how William Caxton brought the printing press to England and published printed versions of works by writers including Chaucer, Malory, Gower, Cicero, and Virgil.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Image

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides good biographical information and links to several of Velazquez's works, including "Innocent X."

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