Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Comparing Folk Tales

This lesson was created by Anne Hoeper (Davenport School District) for students from ninth to twelfth grade. This lesson plan allows students to be exposed to folk tales from India and compare them to ones from America.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Human Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Cultural/Social

21st Century Universal Constructs

Creativity

Region

United States

North America

India

Asia

Five Themes of Geography

Place

Common Core Standards

Reading Standards for Literature (RL)

Speaking and Listening Standards (SL)

National Geographic Standards

10. The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations