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People and Water Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden art, music, science, social studies, technology, visual arts
water lesson plans

  We’re largely made of water, so it should be no surprise that much of human life revolves around water. Explore some of the ways water matters with these lesson plans. Water to drink Human beings cannot live without water, and finding clean, potable (safely drinkable) water is a challenge… Continue reading

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The Ugly Duckling Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden character education, critical thinking, fairy tales

“The Ugly Duckling” is not a fairy tale, since there are no magical elements, and it is not a folk tale, since we know that it was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1844. It is probably best described as a fable– that is, a story that makes a point… Continue reading

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Llama and Coronavirus Drama Lessons

  By hadensites critical thinking, Lesson Plans, science

If social distancing for coronavirus is a challenge, it might be helpful to know that six feet is the length of the average adult llama. So all you need to do is keep enough room for a llama between you and other people when you’re out and about. There’s another… Continue reading

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Three Billy Goats Gruff Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden art, english, fairy tales, music, science, technology

“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” is a Norwegian folk tale. Three goats want to visit a distant field to get some enticing green grass, but must cross over a bridge with a troll living under it. They go one at a time, from the youngest to the oldest. The troll… Continue reading

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The Little Mermaid Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden character education, english, fairy tales, science
statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen

“The Little Mermaid” is a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Since it was made into an animated film by Disney, it is well-known and popular, but there may also be confusion in younger students’ minds between the two versions. If you like the Disney version, you can make short work of… Continue reading

Tagged   elementary, high school, middle school
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Learning about Trucks

  By RebeccaHaden critical thinking, economics, technology, visual arts

From preschoolers who love to play with toy trucks to high school students discovering all the jobs involved in logistics and freight transport, everyone can learn something from a good lesson about trucks. Scroll down to find lessons at different grade levels. Preschool and Kindergarten Read books about trucks: My… Continue reading

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The Fisherman and His Wife

  By hadensites character education, fairy tales

    “The Fisherman and His Wife” is a Grimms’ fairy tale, though it is also reported in much the same form in Russia and in Central Europe. In the story, a poor fisherman catches a fish, usually a flounder, who claims to be an enchanted prince. The fisherman lets… Continue reading

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Toads and Diamonds Lesson Plans

  By hadensites character education, fairy tales

“Toads and Diamonds” is another story from Charles Perrault. Picture books of the story are hard to find, though DK’s A First Book of Fairy Tales includes it. Read the story aloud and then have students retell the tale. For the class retelling, we like to divide the story into… Continue reading

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Twelve Dancing Princesses Lesson Plans

  By hadensites critical thinking, fairy tales
12 Dancing Princesses

“The Twelve Dancing Princesses” is a story collected by the Brothers Grimm. Andrew Lang also collected a French version of this story in his Red Fairy Book, and you can read it here. Marianna Mayer has done a beautiful picture book of The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Rachel Isadora has… Continue reading

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The Princess on the Glass Hill Lesson Plans

  By hadensites character education, critical thinking, fairy tales, science

“The Princess on the Glass Hill“ is one of the more obscure fairy tales, but the image of the suitors trying to get up the glass hill to the princess is familiar to most of us. Since our state frameworks mandate the use of of folk and fairy tales up… Continue reading

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