The "Cinderella" Story
Lesson Plans and Teaching Ideas

All the News That's Fit to Print
After reading different versions of the "Cinderella" story, students create a newspaper about the events of the story.

Cinderella
Variations on the Cinderella story from around the world.

Cinderella
Students assume a role and respond to the story to demonstrate the importance of perspective in responding to literature. This lesson is designed for high school students.

Cinderella Around the World
Everything you need: texts from different cultures, a variety of activities, and a showcase of student work.

Cinderella: a Mirror of a Culture
In this Webquest students examine a version of the Cinderella story and the country or ethnic group from which it comes.

Cinderella and Bubba, the Cowboy Prince
Students identify elements of a fairy tale and compare/contrast different versions of the Cinderella story. There are 3 links to this lesson. The 6-page document requires Adobe Reader for access.

The Cinderella Project
A text and image archive containing a dozen English versions of the fairy tale from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.

Cinderella, retold by Marcia Brown
Vocabulary, sequencing, comprehension, and writing: these pages are ready to print and use. Requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Cinderella Sequence Cards
Students color 10 scenes from the story and arrange them in order. This resource is ready to print and use, requires Adobe Reader for access.

Cinderella Stories
Follow the links "Procedures for Teachers" and "Organizers for Students" for this unit plan.

Comparing Cinderella and The Rough-Face Girl
Students use a Venn diagram to compare Cinderella and a Native American version of the story.

Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales
Students will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and present multimedia presentations showing their results.

How to use "The Turkey Girl" in your classroom
Discussion questions and followup activities for this Zuni version of the Cinderella tale.

If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella by Laura Whipple
Synopsis, 4 discussion questions, and 3 postreading activities.

If The Shoe Fits by Laura Whipple
This reading group guide includes discussion questions and ideas for postreading activities.

Mi'kmaq Indian Cinderella and the Invisible One
One of many Mik'maq stories collected in the mid-19th century from the Mi'kmaq Indians at Hants Port, Nova Scotia.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Lesson plans using retelling of the Cinderella story from Zimbabwe by John Steptoe.

Pigging Out
This lesson uses "Cinderella" to teach the mathematical process of classification, especially an awareness of similarities and differences. It is designed for grades 5 and 6 and has printable handouts.

Searching for Cinderella
Students identify the elements of a typical "Cinderella" story, then work together to identify those elements in a version of the story and to create one of their own.

The Twelve Months
A lesson plan for the Slavic Cinderella story.

Wicked Similarities and Differences in Cinderella
Students listen to stories in order to identify similarities and differences in those stories. Includes Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters and suggestions for other versions of the story. Scroll to the bottom for a printable Venn diagram.

The World of Cinderella Stories
Post-reading activities.

Yeh-Shen, a Cinderella story from China
Ready-to-use vocabulary practice and comprehension questions. Requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.

Yeh-Shen and Cinderella
This Venn diagram is ready to print and use. Requires Adobe Reader or compatible application for access.