Making Cultural Connections Through Cinderella Stories Brenda Mailloux-Glidden Educational Studies 200 Curriculum Project 4/29/04

Context 3 rd grade classroom in any Connecticut Town A lesson plan that can be covered over a 5 day week and used as an integrated language arts and social studies/geography lesson

Objectives Students will work cooperatively to understand that unique and different cultures are connected by shared values and themes (Kagan Cooperative Learning Course workbook 2000, James A. Banks, Approaches to Multicultural Reform 2004).

Objectives Students will identify the elements of the Cinderella genre, and use text structure, such as story elements, to help understand that genre (The Connecticut Framework K-12 Curricular Goals and Standards)

Objectives Students will apply geographic knowledge, skills and concepts to understand human behavior in relation to the physical and cultural environment (The CT Social Studies/Geography Content Standards and Program Goals)

Activities Review of yesterday’s stories Review the concept of the Cinderella genre Story cube activity (whole class)

Activities Teacher reads today’s Cinderella story Compare and contrast elements as a class; Teacher models comparison/contrast

Activities Cooperative reading of new Cinderella stories in groups of 4 Groups retell their stories to the class Placement of book flags on world map

Activities Students respond to writing prompts in Journals; different Cinderella-based writing prompts will be available

Evaluation / Assessment Story cube activity Group reading and retelling Identifying and describing the country of origin Writing prompts in individual student journals