Cinderella WebQuest
Teachers' Pages

RESOURCES
 
 
  Introduction

Learners

Process

Evaluation

Conclusion

Resources

Student's Pages

Books for Teachers
  • Children Just Like Me by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley (Dorling Kindersley, Ltd., 1995) takes an in-depth look at the lives of children around the world.

  • Children’s Traditional Games:  Games From 137 Countries and Cultures by Judy Sierra (Oryx Press, 1992).  A comprehensive collection of Cinderella stories from around the world.

  • Eight Cinderellas by Nancy Polette (Pieces of Learning, 1997) highlights eight Cinderella tales and provides lists of projects and activities to accompany each one.

  • Multicultural Fables and Fairy Tales by Tara McCarthy (Scholastic, 1992) presents activities to broaden literary and cultural awareness through a study of trickster tales, fables, why stories, and fairy tales.

Web Sites

The Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/cinderella.html
This site lists variations on the Cinderella story and specific teaching ideas.

Shen’s Books
http://www.shens.com
A listing and review of Cinderella stories around the world.

The Web English Teacher
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/myth.html

A resource of activities, lesson plans, and electronic text of Cinderella stories around the world.

Reading Qwest.org – Making Sense in Social Studies
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/venn.html

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Cinderella Trilogy
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2304/

eMINTS National Center – Literature: Cinderella Stories
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000849.shtml

 

Books for Children

  • Angkat:  The Cambodian Cinderella by Jewell Reinhart Coburn (Shen’s Books, 1998)

  • Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters (Viking, 1994)

  • The Golden Sandal:  A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story by Rebecca Hickox (Holiday House, 1998)

  • The Golden Slipper:  A Vietnamese Legend by Darrell Lum (Troll Associates, 1994)

  • Jouanah:  A Hmong Cinderella by Jewell Reinhart Coburn and Tzexa Cherta Lee (Shen’s Books, 1996)

  • Moss Gown by William H. Hooks (Clarion Books, 1987)

  • Nomi and the Magic Fish by Phumla (Doubleday & Company, 1972)

  • The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (HarperCollins, 1999)

  • Prince Cinders by Babette Cole (Putnam, 1997)

  • Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1999)

  • Smoky Mountain Rose by Alan Schroeder (Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997)