Arabian Nights Teacher Resources

Third graders, through six lessons, study tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and the Lamp from The Arabian Nights.

Third graders explore and develop interest in reading of foreign lands through the reading of The Arabian Nights and a variety of Cinderella stories. Students participate in a variety of folk literature activities. Students recognize the...

In this Internet fact hunt instructional activity, students access the "Fact Monster" web site to answer 5 multiple choice questions. They answer US history, science, literature, and geography questions.

In this capital city worksheet, learners answer short answer questions based on different capital cities. Students complete 10 short answer questions.

Students read about Scheherazade and Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. In this literature/writing lesson, students understand the excitement of foreign places as the setting for a story. Students rewrite their own version of Scheherazade.

Students hold a Thousand and One Nights storytelling festival with each one memorizing a story to relate to classmates. While examining provided resource links, they select and practice a story they would like to retell. As a dress...

Students discuss the stereotypes associated with the major religions of the world. Using primary sources, they summarize the information and role play various roles to the class. They participate in a debate between the different points...

Third graders study sayings and phrases, poetry and stories in this month's activities.

This site provides the complete etext for Robert Louis Stevenson's story, "New Arabian Nights."

A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by George Fyler Townsend, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of More Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights by John Dickson Batten, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a book of stories for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Arabian Nights, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1895 publication of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Thomas Bolton Dalziel, a book of stories for children.

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...

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...

An eight-slide document introducing central conflict in a literary text and providing examples from The Arabian Nights.

An introduction to the art and literature that were produced during the Islamic Golden Age. A brief look at Islamic calligraphy, mosaics, geometric designs, and the story behind the 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights.

This video introduces the world of high Islamic culture, lowbrow comedy, and encounters with the spirit world, all through the stories of the brave Shahrazad, who saves her own life, her husband's sanity, the kingdom, and all of her...

Five familiar children's stories have been adapted and illustrated for this site. Students may "read along" and identify settings, characters, sequencing, and more. It also provides printable worksheets, copies of the text and the...

Notes introducing various forms of frame stories, or stories that provide a framework for additional stories within. Examples of different frameworks are provided with classical texts including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel...

A learning module that begins with "The Keys of Destiny" by Neil Philip, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...