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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Fisherman and His Wife" by the Brothers Grimm

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the fairy tale "The Fisherman and His Wife" by The Brothers Grimm, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Fox and the Horse" by the Brothers Grimm

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Fox and the Horse" by The Brothers Grimm, 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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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Little Red Riding Hood" by the Brothers Grimm

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Little Red Riding Hood" by The Brothers Grimm, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
eBook
Other

The Brothers Grimm: Online Story Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the online text versions of many of the Grimm Brothers' stories and fairy tales such as Cinderella, Three Little Pigs, Snow White, and many, many more.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghous: Lit2 Go: The Brothers Grimm

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The translated texts of seven of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including "The Golden Goose," and "Sleeping Beauty." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual stories in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable...
eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Grimm's Fairy Tales [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" by The Brothers Grimm is available here in PDF format. Grimm's Fairy Tales, which was first released in 1812, is 187 pages pages long.
Website
Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University: Grimm's Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
209 tales by the brothers Grimm are compiled on this web page. Links to each of the tales are provided that will allow you to read the entire translated version of the fairy tale.
Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Brothers Grimm Classroom Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
As part of a unit on the brothers Grimm and their stories, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Brothers Grimm

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Start with "The Fisherman and His Wife" and then expand criticism skills to include other Grimm's Fairy Tales. Here you'll get an art project and discussion questions and then further instruction for teaching young learners literary...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Snow White

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Snow White" by The Brothers Grimm, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Rumpelstiltskin

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Rumpelstiltskin" by The Brothers Grimm, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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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University of Pittsburgh

Grimm Brothers' Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "The Elves and the Shoemaker" by Barbara Radner, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Hansel and Gretel [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A script for Richard Swallow's version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel, is provided in this reader's theater performance. Nine character roles are needed in this activity. A glossary accompanies the text of this script.
Activity
Other

Grimm Fairy tales.com

For Students Pre-K - 1st
You can read and hear animated stories from the Brothers Grimm on this site. There are also links to games, fun stuff, and a featured story.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Is Little Red Riding Hood Anyway?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson compares and contrasts the traditional Litle Red Riding Hood, by the Brothers Grimm, to Little Red Cowboy Hat, by Susan Lowell. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
eBook
University of Pittsburgh

The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a list of the Grimm Brother's 210 fairytales. Many of the tales have a link to the telling of the tale, as well as related links.
Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Things Are Looking Grimm, Jill Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Things are Looking Grimm, Jill, a novel by Dan Bar-el, follows the adventures of Princess Jill as she meets characters from the Grimm Brothers fairy tales. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, teaching ideas and the author's...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: David Hockney

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of David Hockney, Pop artist. Examples of his work with some explanation. There is a link to a short discussion on the Pop movement.
Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Heart: Fairy Tale Lessons & Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Geared toward grades K-3--offers objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and evaluations. Online lesson plans for introducing and teaching basic literary criticism skills.
Handout
Other

German Culture: Famous Germans

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.
Article
National Library of France

National Library of France: Fairy Tales: Birth of a Genre

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel to the land of "far far away" by examining the history of fairy tales and the artwork inspired by them. This online exhibit provides a colorful look at the origins of popular tales, the content within them (fantastical worlds,...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Fairy Tales From Life

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A guideline for helping students to write their own fairy tales. This is a fun activity that will help students to analyze a literary style and follow a pattern.

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