Curated OER
Fred the Fish
Students read and retell the story of Fred the Fish. In groups, they create their own story of a similar nature and identify a situation in their community like the one in the story. They create possible solutions to the problem and...
Curated OER
Italy
Students read stories about Italy and identify main events and characters. They take an imaginary trip to Italy and write a story about their adventures. In addition, they practice several italian words and phrases.
Curated OER
Teen Refugees: Comparing Life Experiences
High schoolers explore war refugees and their life experiences. After reading about refugees, students compare and contrast the experiences of teen war refugees with their own experiences. They write simulate writing letters as if they...
Curated OER
THE HUMBLE Beginnings of the Hamburger
Students listen to numerous claims concerning the hamburger's origins and then compose an original tall tale on the subject. Students name some tall tales they have heard or read about. Students make books that feature tall tales...
Curated OER
Life Maps of the Seven Deai Students
Learners inquire about the growing up and dreams for the future of the seven Deai students through photographs and Japanese text. They consider dreams for the future and deepen self-awareness and understanding of others.
Curated OER
Reading For Pleasure
Students develop a variety of reading skills that diagnosis has revealed as lacking. They use this activity to promote pleasure in reading, to emergent readers to travel further into the world of books and begin to comprehend what rich...
Curated OER
Skellig
In this Skellig worksheet, students read to understand the works of David Almond and learn about his life. Students read eleven passages and then answer ten questions related to reading for meaning and understanding the author's craft.
Curated OER
Creating with Alice
Students explore Alice Programming Software. In this exploratory lesson, students design a unique storyboard which will guide the creation of their Alice World. Students write and create their own films.
Curated OER
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Pantomime
Pupils investigate acting and performing arts by portraying a story in class. In this pantomiming lesson, students read the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and discuss the characters amongst themselves. Pupils portray the 4 main...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Storytelling: Imagineering in a Box
A landing page for a new course in storytelling that is presented by Disney designers through Khan Academy's site. They share how they design theme parks and rides. Students will design a theme park of their own.
City University of New York
Cuny: Jane Austen
Site offers information about readers' response to Austen's writing, the themes in her novels, and specific discussion of "Emma."
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: What Did You Do on Your Summer Vacation?
Here is an art idea for young students returning to school after summer break. Website provides ideas for making unique collages conveying any theme.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Dr. Seuss on the Loose
In Dr. Seuss' first published children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Marco, inspired by the passing of a horse and wagon, imagines a series of increasingly incredible sights on his way home from school. This...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Purpose
This slideshow lesson focuses on purpose; it defines purpose and lists the two main purposes of all writing: to educate (didactic text meaning to inform and instruct) or to entertain (imaginative text). The purpose could also be art for...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Romantic Poetry: The Romantic Period
This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on the Romantic Period including the shift in thoughts away from reason and science and toward the power of nature, emotion, imagination, and the individual man. It features links to a vocabulary...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Myths, Monsters and the Imagination
A shadowy man-eating monster, a strange green knight, and fictional accounts of journeys around the world: investigate the boundaries between the real and imaginary in medieval literature.
Library of Congress
Loc: Thomas Jefferson's Library
Resource showcases the holdings of Thomas Jefferson's personal library built around the themes of memory, reason, and imagination.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: You Are There, First Flight
Students learn about archives and primary sources as they research original historical documents. While preparing an imaginative first-person account as if witnessing an historical event, they learn to appreciate the value of the...
Aaron Shepherd
The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese Legend (R's Theater)
A reader's theater version of a folktale from Vietnam for 13 players, ages 10 and up. Adapted by children's book author Aaron Shepard from his picture book "The Crystal Heart," the themes explored are kindness and false imagining....
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: Visions of the Future
Explore the ways in which 20th-century writers imagined the future, investigated the present, and prepared for the unknown.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most quirky, imaginative fantasy stories. Find out about the characters and themes in this informative site.