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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Who Was King [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A reader's theater script is provided for a story, Who Was King. Five character roles are needed in this activity.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999: Gunter Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the life and writing of Gunter Grass -- the recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature -- through this multimedia website, which provides video clips, primary texts, images, and resources.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Adaptation of the Boy Who Cried "Wolf"

For Teachers K
After sharing the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," students will be introduced to the story of "Leo the Longhorn." Students will act out the nattive of "Leo the Longhorn" by paying close attention to the skill of sequencing.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989: Camilo Jose Cela

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Camilo Jose Cela (1916-2006 CE), the 1989 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," and "Other...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Animal Farm: George Orwell and Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson in the Animal Farm unit focuses on George Orwell, literary terms, and the Russian Revolution. It provides links to biographies of Orwell including text and video, links to literary terms fitting to Animal Farm, and links to...
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Other

Indigenous Peoples Literature: Geronimo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the life of Geronimo, whose extraordinary fierceness and independence led many to consider him gifted with magic. See quotations attributed to him, as well as tales of his fabled ability to walk without leaving...
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Other

Club Des Poetes: Jean De La Fontaine

For Students 9th - 10th
A short French biography by Piers Tenniel, and a link to an edition of the complete Fables.
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Other

Indigenous Peoples' Literature: Iroquois Oral Traditions

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides links to numerous Iroquois stories and fables.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Guided Comprehension: Semantic Analysis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Lesson introduces students to comprehension of knowing how words work. Students learn semantic feature analysis and examine folktales, myths, and fables using this analysis to better understand these terms and texts.
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Other

Jc Online Reading Room: Contos Infantis

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides a collection of interactive stories, fables, and exercises for students.
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Other

National Science Digital Library: Smile: Aesop's Arithmetic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A cross-curricular lesson plan integrating Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher with an experiment testing the outcome of the fable using volume and displacement concepts.
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Other

Micmac and Maliseet Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Micmac and Maliseet culture is preserved through oral history and the tradition of community storytellers. View a sample of storytelling. A great way to introduce students to myths and fables.
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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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CNN

Cnn: China's Three Gorges Dam

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes the raging controversy over the gigantic dam on the "Fabled Yangzi River." Decide for yourself; will this help China enough to warrant the environmental destruction?
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Secular Manuscripts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Not all manuscripts during the Middle Ages and Renaissance were religious in nature. This period abounded with volumes that contained histories, romances, fables, and legal and scientific writings. The rise of universities paralleled the...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Language & Literary Arts: Collection

For Teachers K - 1st
How do fables and myths explain the unknown and preserve cultures? What makes a good story? How do plays comment on societal issues? Grab a pencil and prepare to create original poems, experience the Civil War through letters, and parse...
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Library of Congress

Library of Congress: Classic Books

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Other

The Tale of Aucassin and Nicolette

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the tale as different kind of fabliaux with links to English translations written for different age groups.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Alchemist by Paul Coelho

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the allegorical novel The Alchemist by Paul Coelho including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Other

Sur La Lune Fairy Tales: Japanese Fairy Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of the book, "Japanese Fairy Tales," first published in 1908. It includes 20 or so tales translated from Japanese into English including the following: "My Lord Bag of Rice," "The Farmer and the Badger," "The Adventures of...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: James Russell Lowell Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania site provides a biography of James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). Discusses his ancestry, education, and work as a poet, essayist, and satirist. Describes Lowell's role in the Abolitionist movement. Includes suggestions for...
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh:folk Links Folk:fairy Tale Site

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site offers links to folk tale and fairy tale sites. Students and teachers will benefit from this useful reference guide.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .

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