Wonderscape
Unveiling Allegories: A Journey Through Symbolic Stories
This video explores the concept of allegory, a figure of speech where abstract ideas and moral lessons are conveyed through characters and events in a story. It uses Aesop's fables, like "The Goose with the Golden Egg" and "The Boy Who...
Curated Video
The Moral of the Story
Miss Palomine explains what a fable is. She tells a couple of fables and then talks about the characteristics of the fable.
Curated Video
Picture This Fable
Miss Palomine continues the discussion about fables from the previous day. She draws illustrations to match the fables “The Peacock and the Fox” and “The Rooster and the Jewel,” and encourages the student to draw a picture of one of the...
Curated Video
Guess What Happens Next
A video entitled “Guess What Happens Next” which explores how to make predictions while reading the story "The Tortoise and the Hare."
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts: Aesop's Fables: The Hare With Many Friends
Click through two traditional retellings of Aesop's fable "The Hare with Many Friends" to learn the difference between having a lot of friends and having good friends. The first story has literal illustrations, while the second has...