K—8: Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, and Folktales Everyone likes a good story and there are so many native stories from Oceania. Here are some books that have an excellent supply of stories. Folktales told around the World by Richard Dorsay Favorite Folktales from around the World by Jane Yolen Aboriginal Myths, legends, and Fables by A. W. Reed Around the in 80 Tales by Saviour Pirotta K—2 Read the story to the students. Students will illustrate a scene from the story. Display the pictures. 3—4 Read the story to the students. Students will illustrate a scene from the story and write a paragraph describing their illustration. Share with the other students. 5—6 7—8 Put students into groups. Give each group a story to read. Students will design a picture to describe their story. Students will write a summation of their story. Each group will share their picture and summation with the other students. Students may act out their story. All levels: Physical Features of Australia and Oceania Materials Needed: Map of Australia and Oceania Glue Scissors Construction paper or foam colored sheets (Brown in a triangular shape for mountains, blue lines for bodies of water, green circles for forests, green squares for plains, tan squares for plateaus, orange squares for peninsulas, and red squares for special points). K—2 3--4 Use a map of the region to locate different physical features of it. Teacher will point out these different features to the students. Pass out a physical map of Australia and Oceania to the students. Students will use pre-cut pieces
K—8: Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends, and Folktales Everyone likes a good story and there are so many native stories from Oceania. Here are some books that have an excellent supply of stories. Folktales told around the World by Richard Dorsay Favorite Folktales from around the World by Jane Yolen Aboriginal Myths, legends, and Fables by A. W. Reed Around the in 80 Tales by Saviour Pirotta K—2 Read the story to the students. Students will illustrate a scene from the story. Display the pictures. 3—4 Read the story to the students. Students will illustrate a scene from the story and write a paragraph describing their illustration. Share with the other students. 5—6 7—8 Put students into groups. Give each group a story to read. Students will design a picture to describe their story. Students will write a summation of their story. Each group will share their picture and summation with the other students. Students may act out their story. All levels: Physical Features of Australia and Oceania Materials Needed: Map of Australia and Oceania Glue Scissors Construction paper or foam colored sheets (Brown in a triangular shape for mountains, blue lines for bodies of water, green circles for forests, green squares for plains, tan squares for plateaus, orange squares for peninsulas, and red squares for special points). K—2 3--4 Use a map of the region to locate different physical features of it. Teacher will point out these different features to the students. Pass out a physical map of Australia and Oceania to the students. Students will use pre-cut pieces
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