Fairy Tales
| Subject: |
Culture |
| Thematic Scenario: | Fairy Tales |
| Contexts\Outcomes: | Students provide, obtain and convey information about fairy tales, demonstrate an understanding of fairy tales from selected cultures, and apply this knowledge to their own culture. |
| Learn from Selected Countries/Cultures: | Cultural background information Background information regarding typical fairy tales from selected culture |
| Strategies: | Class Activities: Students read fairy tales from the selected culture. Students discuss fairy tales from the selected culture. Graphic Organizer: Students use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast themes, settings, characters, etc. of fairy tales from the selected culture. Students use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast common versions of the same story in various cultures. Pair Activities: Student pairs create a fairy tale dialog and practice depicting the roles. Cooperative Learning: Student groups perform their favorite selected culture fairy tale depicting theme, setting, characters, etc. Rubric might include sets, props, performance, written dialogue, costumes, creativity, self-evaluation. |
| Assessments: | Class Participation: Students receive participation points for reading, discussion, and comparison of fairy tales meeting specific checklist criteria. Final Project: Students perform their favorite selected culture fairy tale meeting specific rubric criteria. |
| Resources: | Internet research/resources Library research/resources Authentic cultural materials Videotapes |