Engage late middle school and early high school students in a study of Aladdin! In this task, which can begin a study of Literature of the Middle East, used as a 2-period stand-alone lesson, or as part of a children's literature course, students view and analyze the opening song of Disney's Aladdin and then analyze the beginnings of two translations of the text, Aladdin, a story from the oldest collection of Middle Eastern literature, A Thousand and One Nights. Students will be surprised to le