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Middle Ages Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden fairy tales, social studies, technology, visual arts
medieval ruins at Ninfa

  Get medieval for inspiring lessons on social studies, science, and art. The Middle Ages lasted from the sack of Rome in 400 AD to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th century, so there’s plenty to work with. Let us share our favorite lesson plans for working on… Continue reading

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The Teeny, Tiny Woman

  By JosephaHaden fairy tales

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden books, fairy tales
Legend of Sleepy Hollow lesson plans

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a fun ghost story by early American writer Washington Irving. Read the whole story online with photos at the website of the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.   The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad includes Disney’s terrific cartoon version, voiced by Bing Crosby. It makes… Continue reading

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The Sea King’s Daughter

  By RebeccaHaden art, books, fairy tales, music, social studies
Sea King's daughter

  The Sea King’s Daughter is a lesser-known fairy tale from a Russian ballad. In the story, a young musician descends to the home of the Sea King and plays for a wild party — which, he learns, sets the seas raging and endangers the ships above. He marries the… Continue reading

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Mythology Lesson Plans: Weather Gods Smackdown

  By RebeccaHaden critical thinking, fairy tales, science

Weather mythology is a rich literary genre, with connections to science, critical thinking, and social studies. Here are some of our favorite lesson plans: Compare Thor and Zeus Thor is the Thunder God in Norse mythology. He has a magic hammer, a magic belt, and a cart pulled by a… Continue reading

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Atlantis Lesson Plans

  By hadensites critical thinking, english, fairy tales, field trips, social studies, technology

The story of Atlantis, the wonderful kingdom that sank beneath the ocean, captures student imaginations and provides terrific teachable moments for science, literature, and social studies. The only written record of Atlantis, and the origin of the story, is in the Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato, where he writes… Continue reading

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The Monkeys and the Dragonflies

  By RebeccaHaden character education, fairy tales, social studies
monkey

  A dragonfly was flying along through a jungle in the Philippines, and stopped to rest on the branch of a tree. The monkeys who lived in the tree ran over, chattering, and told her to leave. “This is our tree!” they jeered. “You can’t sit here!” “I am so… Continue reading

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Tortoise and Hare Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden economics, fairy tales, math, visual arts
hare and tortoise lesson plans

The Tortoise and the Hare is one of Aesop’s fables, also done by Jean de La Fontaine. You can read it, and admire one of Rackham’s illustrations for it, here. A shorter and easier version is online here. Here‘s a brief printable version. Here’s a short illustrated one. Here is a… Continue reading

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Shark Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden fairy tales, science, social studies, visual arts
shark lesson plans

Sharks are fascinating creatures, very different from us and from fish, and they offer just enough scariness to make an exciting classroom study. Here are two of our favorite approaches to the topic. Basic background: National Geographic has several lesson plans about sharks, including Are Sharks as Dangerous as We… Continue reading

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Peter and the Wolf Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden fairy tales, music
Peter and the Wolf

In 1936, Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf to introduce the instruments of the orchestra to children. There is probably still no better way to do it. The story is simple yet exciting: Peter disobeys his grandfather and goes into the woods, where he sees some animals, all of whom… Continue reading

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