Tales of Wonder This site contains folk
tales and fairy tales from different countries around the world.
American Folklore This folklore site
contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and
legends, Tall Tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each of the
50 states.
Aaron Shepard Folk Tales Read folk tales from around the world.
Romanian Fairy Tales Three traditional
Romanian fairy tales in text.
Fairy Tales, Then and Now In this lesson,
students read an old fairy tale or story and list the geographical
features and characters described in the story. They’ll then think about
how the story might be updated to reflect their own modern setting and
culture and will perform an updated version of the story.
Fairy Tales Around the World This unit, from
EDSITEment, is a series of lessons in which students will become
familiar with fairy tales. They will read and learn to understand fairy
tales so that they can better comprehend the structures of literature as
well as for the sake of the wonder, pleasure, and human understanding
these stories can provide.
Not Big, Not Bad, Just a Gray Wolf What do
our students know about wolves? They huff and puff and blow houses down?
They disguise themselves as Grandma in order to trick people? They
appear during a full moon and attack? This lesson explores the reality
of the gray wolf—not its mythical or fairy tale cousin—and its
relationships with animals, humans, and the environment.
