Cinderella Stories from Around the World - Book Units - FREEBIES

Students LOVE Cinderella stories, and there are so many versions out there - it boggles the mind. It is so fun to teach the elements of Cinderella along with the elements of fiction through the numerous Cinderella picture books available. 

My favorite way to teach the different stories are in groups - I have five copies of about 10 different Cinderella stories from around the world. I break students into groups, have them read and complete the version they are assigned. They read aloud and complete the activities in their clusters. They work on interactive notebook pages after the group work is finished. I allow students to self group for the interactive notebook pages.

The next day, I assign the same groups a different version of Cinderella. I do this until all of the books are complete. We take a poll and tally favorites. Then I group by favorites and assign these new groups the task of creating a reader's theater based on their chosen version. This is a  little difficult with COVID protocol - so I'll keep you posted as to how it goes.

I like to wrap up the unit with a cultural lesson or two around that sameness of this stories in different cultures. A mindfulness lesson around the Cinderella theme. 

Great resources for Cinderella around the world.

Here are more I found on TeachersPayTeachers. There are tons more out there - these are ones I have used.

Cinderella Around the World Fairy Tale Unit - This unit was created for second graders but augments teaching all of the above units - to fourth and fifth combo students.

Cinderella Around the World Paper Bag Unit  This unit incorporates Cinderella, Yeh-Shen and The Rough Face Girl.

The Salmon Princess - I love this Alaskan version of the classic Cinderella story.

Korean Cinderella - This contains interactive notebook pages like the ones above.

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