Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze Aesop’s fables to identify how characters, conflict, and moral reveal values and social commentary.
Students will be able to investigate Ancient Greek history to explain how historical context shapes the themes and messages in folktales and fables.
Students will be able to compare modern-day issues in school or community life to the morals in Aesop’s fables.
Students will be able to define a human-centered problem statement based on evidence from peer and community stories.
Students will be able to generate multiple adaptation ideas for a modern folktale or fable that respond to a chosen issue.
Students will be able to draft and revise a mini story book adaptation to clearly communicate a modern moral to an intended audience.
Products
Individual Research Notes and Modern Fable Prototype Packet
Each student will create an evidence-based research packet with notes on Ancient Greek history, a close reading of one Aesop fable, a real-user problem statement, and a rough prototype of a modern adaptation. This packet shows individual understanding and how research led to an original story idea.
Collaborative Mini Story Book and Oral Read-Aloud for the School Exhibition
Teams will combine individual insights into a polished mini story book with a shared how-might-we focus, refined narrative structure, and a clear author statement. The team will present the story to an authentic audience and explain how feedback shaped the final version.
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