cinderella across the globe mrs. swinford, mr. hallman & mr. ross
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Cinderella Across the Globe
Mrs. Swinford, Mr. Hallman
& Mr. Ross
Subject & Grade Level
This Unit will be used in a Middle School Literature
class.
Students will read a diverse selection of Cinderella
stories from around the world.
Students will examine how Cinderella stories reflect
information on a country’s unique culture.
Students will make their own Cinderella story based
on their own self-defined culture, keeping in mind
essential plot elements.
Curriculum Framing Questions
Essential Question:
• Who is Cinderella?
Unit Questions:
• How do we know it’s a Cinderella
story?
• What must all Cinderella stories have?
Oregon state standards
EL.06.RE.03 Listen to, read, and understand a wide
variety of informational and narrative text, including
classic and contemporary literature, poetry,
magazines, newspapers, reference materials and
online information.
EL.06.RE.04 Make connections to text, within text,
and among texts across the subject areas.
EL.06.RE.05 Demonstrate listening comprehension
of more complex text through class and/or small
group interpretive discussions across the subject
areas.
EL.06.RE.06 Match reading to purpose--location of
information, full comprehension, and personal
enjoyment.
Unit goals
Students will Read a diverse
selection of Cinderella stories
from around the world.
Analyze variations of the
Cinderella story to identify plot
elements that all Cinderella
stories have in common.
Analyze similarities and
differences of Cinderella
variations by charting
observations using a Features
Analysis Chart and Venn-
Diagram chart.
Students will reflect on how a
plot element can seem quite
different yet accomplish the
same purpose in the narrative.
Students will examine how
Cinderella stories reflect
information on a country’s
unique culture.
Students will make their own
Cinderella story based on their
own self-defined culture,
keeping in mind essential plot
elements.
Cinderella in korea
http://www.slideshare.net/ddeubel/the-korean-cinderella
Cinderella in Mexico
Domitila: A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition. Adapted by Jewell Reinhart Coburn. Illus. by Connie McLennan
Cinderella in Zimbabwe
Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.
Where is she?http://maps.google.com/
