Comparing Cinderella Stories Around the World End of the Year Activity

More than 900 Cinderella Fairy Tale stories have been written around the world! Use this Text Companion Resource to introduce your Middle School SS or ELA students to 13 Cinderella tales from various ancient history cultures.

Flexibility is built in! Use the included graphic organizers to focus student analysis on the cultural elements of each story (Ancient History SS classroom) and/or on the story structure (ELA classroom).

While the graphic organizers in this resource can be easily used with ANY Cinderella story, here's a list of Cinderella stories for which answer keys are provided:

• Cendrillon by Charles Perrault (France) - Anchor Text
• Aschenputtel by Bros Grimm (Germany)
• Anklet for a Princess by Lila Mehta (India)
• The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (Egypt)
• Yeh-Shen by Aei-Ling Louis (China)
• The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (Persis/Iran)
• Cinderella: an Islamic Tale by Fawzia Gilani (Saudi Arabia/Islam)
• The Orphan by Anthony L. Manna and Soula Mitakidou (Greece)
• Raisel's Riddle by Erica Silverman (Poland/Jewish)
• Zezolla, the Cat Cinderella by Giambattista Basile (Italy)
• Chinye by Obi Onyefulu (West Africa)
• Domitila by Jewell Reinhart Coburn (Mexico)
• The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox (Iraq)

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

• Anchor Text - Charles Perrault's Cendrillon story to print and use (Public Domain)

• Brothers Grimm Aschenputtel story to print and use (Public Domain)

• Ancient History SS Cultural Focus - Cinderella Elements Graphic Organizer Charts to record cultural story details for each of 13 Cinderella stories - PRINT and DIGITAL. Can be used for ANY Cinderella story

• ELA Story Structure Focus - 2-Page Story Map to map the story structure for each of 13 Cinderella stories - PRINT and DIGITAL. Can be used for ANY Cinderella story

• Instructional Story Map explaining how to map a story.

• Answer Keys provided for 13 Cinderella stories listed above

• 2-Page Story Map and Cinderella Elements Chart to plan an original story/poem/song/play/comic

• Fully Editable Rubrics for original story/poem/song/play/comic

• 3-Slide PPT with Cinderella inspired Idioms and relationship to Chinese foot binding

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Files are provided in PDF and PPT formats. Convert PPT files to Google Slides for upload to your Google Classroom share site with restricted student-only password-protected access.

PERFECT FOR:

• Cross-Curricular Social Studies and ELA Activity
• End-of-the-Year
• After Testing
• Early Finishers
• Extra Credit
• Literature Circles
• Sub Plans

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Cinderella story books are NOT INCLUDED due to copyright. You will need to borrow or purchase hard copy books for your classroom.

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