Literature: Cinderella Stories

Read online Cinderella stories from around the world. Includes the Chinese, Romanian, English, Scottish, and Native American versions. Use the interactive Cinderella site to learn about elements of a story. There are handouts and lesson plans for studying Cinderella tales and comparing the similarities and differences of each.

Grades

• 3,
• 4,
• 5,
• 6,
• 7

Links

• Interactive Cinderella

  This site provides an interactive lesson on the elements of a story using Cinderella. Numerous examples are given involving plot, resolution, character, setting, and a quiz.

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• Behind the Scenes with Cinderella

  In this lesson, students compare several Cinderella stories from different cultures using a Venn diagram. Students read additional Cinderella tales and write and peer edit their original versions.

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• Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting

  This lesson plan has students study the plots and settings in various Cinderella versions. Includes pages to print out.

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• The Annotated Cinderella

  Read the original version of this classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault. "Annotations" includes descriptions of the vocabulary in the original version. "History" includes a discussion of the tale. "Similar Tales Across Cultures" includes links to related Cinderella tales around the world.

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• Cinderella Folk Tales: Variations in Character

  This lesson plan has students study the characters in various Cinderella versions. Includes pages to print out.

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• Cinderella Tales Online

  This site has several different text versions of Cinderella stories that can be read online.

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• Yeh-Shen Text

  Read this Chinese Cinderella story online in full-text.

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• Tattercoats: An English Tale

  Read this English version of the Cinderella tale.

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• The Hidden One: A Native American Legend

  This is a Native American Cinderella version in full-text.

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• The Korean Cinderella

  Read this Korean version of Cinderella.

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Education Standards

• ME
  • A2.a
  • A2.a
  • A2.b
  • A2.b
• MO
  • 1.1
  • 1.2
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.8
  • 1.9
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2.3
  • 2.4
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
• UT
  • 1.3.b
  • 1.3.b
  • 1.3.c
  • 1.3.c
  • 1.3.d
• NV
  • 3.3.2.2
  • 3.3.2.4
  • 3.3.3.3
  • 3.3.9.1
  • 3.4.2.2
  • 3.4.3.3
  • 3.4.9.1
  • 3.5.2.3
  • 3.5.3.2
  • 3.5.9.1
  • 3.6.2.2
  • 3.6.9.1
  • 3.7.9.1
  • 3.8.9.1
  • 4.3.5.1
  • 4.4.5.1
  • 4.5.5.1
  • 4.6.5.1
  • 4.7.5.1
  • 4.8.5.1

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Created: October 21, 2002 at 09:20 | Updated: March 09, 2012 at 15:43