Folktales Teacher Resources

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Arkansas.

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Delaware.

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of South Dakota.

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Ohio.

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of North Dakota.

Read a brief folktale, myth, or legend from the state of Nebraska.

Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.

This site offers links to folk tale and fairy tale sites. Students and teachers will benefit from this useful reference guide.

Compiled by a retired German professor and folklorist, this site is an excellent resource for anyone seeking information about the Grimm Brothers. Contains a chronology for both brothers, a listing of their academic accomplishments, and...

The myth of the bloodsucking vampire has stalked humans from ancient Mesopotamia to 18th-century Eastern Europe, but it has differed in the terrifying details. So, how did we arrive at the popular image we know, love and fear today? And...

Under the expansive online exhibit from the Natural History Museum on fossils, this site examines a series of myths associated with fossils including topics on monkeys, snakes, serpents, monsters, and more.

The tall tale of Pecos Bill and Slue-foot Sue are retold by S.E. Schlosser.

With this lesson plan, students examine the American tradition of folk tales and tall tales, then write and illustrate their own original tale. Provides links to more information, an assessment rubric, extension ideas, and a list of...

Folktales of many countries. Choose your language from Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Indonesian, Korean, German, Italian, French, Spanish or English. This is an outstanding resource.

This site provides brief tall tales from many different states. The site also provides what they all have in common.

Through the study of trickster tales from various cultures, including the classic Cajun character Lapin the Rabbit, 3rd graders learn how storytelling can be entertaining as well as educational. Students build an understanding of...