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The Blind Men and the Elephant Lesson Plans

The story of the blind men and the elephant is a simple one: a group of unsighted men have their first encounter with an elephant. Since they approach the beast from different perspectives, they all end up with differe…
The Snow Queen Lesson Plans

The Snow Queen is a lesser-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a collection of stories, really. The first is about a mirror made by an evil sprite, which shows everything reflected in it at its worst. This mirror…
Lesson Plans for The Tortoise and the Hare

"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 bri…
Alice in Wonderland Lesson Plans

Lewis Carroll's (Charles Lutwidge Dodson was the author's real name) classic fantasy is a perennial favorite, and for good reason. In the story, Alice falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in a marvelous world full of fr…
Five (or Seven) Chinese Brothers Lesson Plan

"The Five Chinese Brothers" was written by Claire Huchet Bishop in 1938. While it is generally described as a Chinese folktale, I haven't found any earlier collections of it. The story begins, "Once upon a time, there w…
The Princess on the Glass Hill Lesson Plans

"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…
The Big Turnip Lesson Plans

The story of the big turnip has various different characters, depending who is telling it, but the basic plot is always the same: there is a big turnip in the ground, too big for one person or animal to pull up. The fir…
Monkey Theme for the Classroom

The Mischievous Monkeys bulletin board is still one of our favorites. Here's how Mr. and Mrs. Clark used it, along with some three-dimensional vines from the craft store: And here's how Marti at Pages of Parenting used i…
The Emperor's New Clothes Lesson Plans

"The Emperor's New Clothes" is a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Here is another translation, with more challenging vocabulary. Here is a simpler one. You can hear it read aloud here. At that last site, there is a cho…
Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans

Next week, we'll honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are some ideas for the classroom. Use an information-rich MLK poster as a writing prompt. Group student writings around it for a quick bulletin board display. CT…