Cinderella Around the World: ELA Comparing Multicultural Versions
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Description
Cinderella Around the World has been circulating for over 1000 years! In this ELA/Social Studies Unit, kids will read and compare 5 multicultural versions. We have fantastic cultural information for the teacher, plus comprehension activities tailored to each book, a mapping activity, comparative literature activities, writing prompts, and more!
Included in this thorough packet are:
- Teacher’s Cultural Guide (with video links and cultural information)
- Visual organizer comparison chart of 5 books: for kids to fill in as they are reading the different versions
- 8 Journal prompts: for creative thinking and deeper learning
- Bar graphing the favorite books of the class
- Map the Settings: on a world map!
- Venn Diagram: comparing any two of the stories
- A Character Sketch (for The Turkey Girl)
- True/False Comprehension Questions (for Yen-Shen)
- Put the Story in Order (for The Golden Sandal)
- Match the Quotes (for Domitila)
- A Cause and Effect Activity (for Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters)
- Draw “Happily Ever After” for their favorite story!
Almost everyone has heard of Cinderella. Maybe you’ve read the Brothers Grimm version from 1800’s Germany, or even farther back to the late 1600’s with Charles Perrault‘s version. Cinderella stories are not solely a Western European construct, but rather pop up all around the globe in more than 500 cultural versions, from China to Ireland, Indonesia to Appalachia. And why is this theme so popular? Most likely because we all want to see good rewarded and evil punished.
Cinderella stories are familiar for kids, and they enjoy seeing the twists and turns and differences present in the different stories. In this unit, the kids have fun comparing and contrasting multicultural literature in engaging activities.
This unit is designed to be a 2 week ELA/Social Studies unit. Teachers will need to have the following 5 Cinderella Around the World books that they will read with their class. In the guide, I have included information and symbolism from the different cultures, and video links to read-alouds in case your library does not have one of the books.
The Turkey Girl, retold by Penny Pollock. (Zuni Pueblo, US)
Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China, by Ai-Ling Louie. (Ancient China)
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story by Rebecca Hickox. (Iran)
Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition adapted by Jewell Reinhart Coburn. (Mexico)
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: an African Tale, by John Steptoe. (what is now Zimbabwe)
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