Thursday’s Classroom Write a Story
This lesson plan has students create a writing plan and develop a mystery story involving the northern lights. 

Folktales
Read and discuss this folk tale.  Can you create your own folk tales?

Iceberg
Enjoy a story for students. Encourage students to write their own stories.

World Wide Web Storybook Library
View a student work sample of a Northern Lights project.

Legends
Native American Legends relate tales of Aurora Borealis and other scientific phenomenon.

Stories and Legends
Read the First Nations explanation of the Aurora Borealis from the stories and legends of the North Coastal Native People.

Northern Lights Essay Competition 2001 - 2002
Students share essays telling of their own personal experiences viewing the lights. These student work samples provide students with examples of personal essays and in sight into what it would be like to view the lights.

Prairie Journal
Northern Lights: Photographs and essays provide samples of personal experiences beneath the aurora.