In Search of Cinderella: A Curriculum for the 21st Century
By Katherine F. Goodwin
$15.95, Paperback, 3-hole, perf, reproducible
English Text
Professional
ISBN-10: 1885008147
ISBN-13: 9781885008145
Twelve ethnic versions of the Cinderella story from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Middle East are summarized and worked into lessons for the middle and upper grades.
Each story is accompanied by a BOOKTALK for review, a MOTIFS & IDEAS for discussion, a CONNECTION to a subject area, and VOCABULARY. Answer Keys, Group Activities, and Self Evaluation are also provided for maximum learning results. These twelve Cinderella tales provide an assortment of stories from around the world that create natural bridges to other curricular areas.
Teachers may use the lesson plans as a comprehensive language arts unit that can be integrated with other subject areas, or choose individual lessons with stand-alone worksheets that support and offer practice for concepts already introduced. This unit is flexible enough to suit the budget of a classroom teacher building the interests of a multicultural student population, or that of a school or district meeting the needs of students with varied decoding and comprehension reading levels.
In Search of Cinderella contains lesson plans for the following twelve stories:
Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella (Asia)
Angkat: The Cambodian Cinderella (Asia)
Anklet for a Princess: A Cinderella Story from India (Asia)
Baba Yaga & Vasilisa the Brave (Europe)
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella (Americas)
Domitilla: A Cinderella Tale from Mexico (Americas)
The Egypian Cinderella (Africa)
Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella (Asia)
The Persian Cinderella (Middle East)
The Rough Face Girl (Americas)
The Turkey Girl: A Zuni Cinderella Story (Americas)
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (Asia)
Engaging--stories and assignments provide variety and action that children find appealing
Targeted--practice with skills and techniques are provided through the use of authentic literature
Adaptable--plans and lessons can be easily changed for use with a variety of titles, grades, and reading levels
Inspirational--introduces values, such as honesty, trust, perseverance, duty, recognition of inner beauty, compassion, kindness, and bravery
Standards-based--lessons build on the skills and comprehension strategies required to meet many school, district, and state standards
Integrated--an interdisciplinary approach for teaching lessons related to other areas of the curriculum
Reproducible--copyrighted for classroom use (For other uses, please call.)
Flexible--purchase and use all ten titles or invest in several copies of three or four books, the lessons may be used in a variety of ways