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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: Aesop's Fables: "Hercules and the Wagoner"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text and audio for this translation of the Aesop fable "Hercules And The Wagoner." Available online, print, and download.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aesop's Fables

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Aesop's Fables, a book of fables for children.
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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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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fable [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a one-page PDF of a poster or flyer listing the characteristics of a fable. It could be printed and hung in the classroom.
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Graphic
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fable Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a PDF Fable Chart designed for students to complete as they read a fable; it includes the title and author, the animal character, human characteristics, the individual elements of a short story, and the moral or lesson.
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Activity
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott; a collection of fairy stories and poems she originally told to Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter Ellen. It was her first published book.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "A Moonlight Fable"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for H. G. Wells's story, "A Moonlight Fable."
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Interactive
Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Words to the Wise: Aesop's Fables Interactive Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Click through these beautifully illustrated Aesop's fables which also happen to be interactive. The illustrations are from a 1919 book illustrated by Milo Winter. There are links to downloads for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
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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...
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Activity
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

For Students 6th - 8th
Read the illustrated fable "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" to learn that things are not always the way they look on the outside. Then read the same fable with modern illustrations to see a different perspective and make connections.
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Aesop's Fables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection of "Aesop's Fables" is accompanied by information about reading level and state standards addressed, and the texts of the stories are downloadable MP3s. Many also have downloadable student activities.
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Other

Create a Fable [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Fables include common elements, such as a moral, characters, and a setting. This activity walks students through the process of creating a fable by selecting each item from a list, then putting it all together.
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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 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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Other

Frog Fables and Parables

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
All these fables feature frogs as their main characters. Like all fables, they each have a message about life.
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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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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 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
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: What Is a Fable? [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
"What is a Fable?" is a one page, nonfiction passage about what a fable is including animals that talk and a lesson learned. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires students to provide evidence from the story; it includes...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Flower Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, a book of fables for children.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: One Hundred Fables

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of One Hundred Fables by James Northcote, a book of fables for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: One Hundred Fables

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of One Hundred Fables by James Northcote, a book of fables for children.

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