ClassFlow
Class Flow: Proverbs
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in...
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: Refranes Y Dichos (Common Sayings and Proverbs)
This site has common sayings or idiomatic expressions are widely used in everyday conversations. Broaden your Spanish vocabulary and learn the phrases that make you sound like a native speaker when you use this site by Lingolex.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Grade Literature and Composition: Traditions
This is a unit on the traditional wisdom of various cultures handed down through fables, fairy tales, folklore, and proverbs. It includes readings from Aesop's Fables, African and African-American Folktales, Hans Christian Andersen's...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Things for Esl Japanese Version
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
Other
Proverbia
This is a collection of thousands of quotations and proverbs by famous authors. You can search by subject or author. Available in Spanish and English (content differs for each language).
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Electric Ben Franklin: The Quotable Franklin
A list of 84 of Ben Franklin's proverbs divided by subject.
Other
Brainy Quote: Socrates Quotes
This site offers 46 quotes by Socrates including themes of each; many of the quotes are illustrated.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing About Life's Lessons
After reading A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park students complete a writing assignments. The writer first completes a graphic organizer about a life-changing experience or an experience from which a lesson has been learned. The retelling...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mbeere
The Mbeere live in Embu District in the Eastern Province of Kenya, East Africa. The name "Mbeere" means "first," referring to their belief that they were the initial occupants of their territory. Aesthetics center on the verbal arts,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mongo
The Mongo inhabit the Congo Basin of central Zaire. They speak a dialect or language within a larger group of Mongo languages. Ideological and moral principles and social reality are mirrored in the culture of the Mongo, particularly in...
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Proverbs
An image of "Proverbs", created by Pieter the Younger Brueghelz (Oil on canvas, 123 x 164 cm).
Lingolex
Lingolex.com: Free Resources for Learning Spanish
A complete guide to Spanish which contains mostly lists of vocabulary words and phrases covering topics such as Christmas vocabulary, adjectives that describe personality, prepositions of location, common proverbs and more.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Twelve Proverbs
An image of "Twelve Proverbs", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1558 (Oak panels, 75 x 98 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Netherlandish Proverbs
An image of "Netherlandish Proverbs", created by Pieter the Elder Bruegel in 1559 (Oil on oak panel, 117 x 163 cm).
Other
English for Kids (For Native Speakers of Russian)
Offers the latest news on learning English in Russia. Contains useful links to English language learning resources: tales, songs, games, riddles, lesson plans, proverbs, and a pen pal club.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 4: Semester 2: Las Artes
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about the fine arts in Spanish-speaking countries. They will learn about some artists, authors, and other significant individuals, places, and events in the Spanish world. Includes...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 4: Semester 2: El Pasado
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about the past and things that happened to them in the past. They will also talk about common Hispanic meals and read about two famous Spanish authors. Includes games, exercises,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Tagalog Language
A Wikipedia encyclopedia entry on Tagalog / Filipino, the official language of the Phillipines. Provides information on known history and influences and Tagalog's selection as the national language. Gives examples of words incorporated...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Experience Teaches and Other Stories by G. Path
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Experience Teaches and Other Stories by G. Path, a collection of children's stories that illustrate familiar proverbs.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather Forecasting
Students begin this lesson by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting -from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment - and how...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many things.org: Words and Their Stories
Listen and read along to several articles about common idioms, proverbs, adages, and interesting words to enhance English learning students' vocabulary.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Conflict Resolution
Analyze conflict proverbs, relate them to current or historic events and reflect on the causes of the conflicts and ways to resolve them. Evaluate world situations and recommend solutions.
Other
Ray Stedman: Adventuring Through the Bible
"Adventuring Through the Bible" is a comprehensive guide to the entire Bible with Bible commentary. This site is an excellent place to start if you are new to the Bible and/or have questions about evangelical Christianity.
Other
The Phrase Finder: Meanings and Origins of Phrases
The free section of this site provides the meanings and origins of thousands of quotations, euphemisms, popular fallacies and misheard song lyrics. A British site, some of the expressions are not familiar to most Americans.
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