Fairy Tales
Study and Learn
- Dress warm, you will be having an archeological dig. If you have a small shovel or paint brushes (big and small) please label them as yours and bring them.
- Finish reading the Trumpeter of Krakow, come ready to discuss.
- Write the definitions on your notecards. Bring your notecards to class.
- Fairy Tales
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Courtly love
- Grimm Brothers
- Norse
- Odin
- Thor
- trolls
- Vallhalla
- Watch these videos about fairy tales.
- Read these fairy tales: The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast then pick 5 more to read of your choice. The library will have tons and you can find them online. I would assume you have a fairy tale book in your home you can pick up and read.
In class we will be playing around with Fractured Fairy Tales. A Fractured Fairy tale is a fairy tale designed to be humorous by changing the story in an unexpected way; altering characters, or adding a modern language or events. In your cultural groups you will be making up a fractured fairy tale and performing it. Get familiar with these by watching a few of these gems from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Cinderella. Watch a few of your favorites. Come prepared with some ideas. It might be helpful to connect with your cultural group and decide on a fairy tale. You will have 30 minutes in class to get ready to perform! Costumes and props are encouraged!
Bring one of your favorite Fairy Tale picture books to class.
Know and Understand
Choose one:- Make a picture book of your favorite fairy tale.
- Build a detailed castle
- Make an illuminated page out of the bible or fairy tale story.
- Write your own fairy tale
Become and Serve: only choose one for the whole day
As you read your fairy tales, look for the universal values that are believed in and taught. What are they? Are the present in every civilization? What are the values that are being taught? Can you find those same values in our civilization today? How have these values been passed on? Journal for 10 minutes.
Why are Disney versions of Fairy Tales different? Do you think that changing the story has benefited society? What values were changed? How do you feel about that? Journal for 10 minutes
