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Russian Fairy Tales
(Elementary students)
Objective: Students will learn about Russian folk tales and fairytales (and variations) and be able to identify classic characters,cultural objects and themes in Russian folk lore. This wasintegrated into the 1
st
grade unit on fairy tales. Using Russian FairyTales: Palekh Painting, by Alexei Orleansky, as a guide, weidentified setting and themes in Russian tales, and the lessons suchtales can teach us. Over several weeks, we read:The Littlest Martyoshka, by Corinne Demas BlissMasha and the Firebird, by Margaret Bateson-HillThe Enormous Turnip, by Kathy Parkinson (and variations)Babushka Baba Yaga, by Patricia PolaccoBaba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, by Marianna MayerAnd – our favorite! – Bony-Legs, by Joanna ColeWe paid special attention to the clothing worn by the characters asshown in the illustrations in these books – as the characters areoften in folk costume. Our students starting pointing out the folk costumes in all sorts of fairy tales they were reading – like in LittleRed Riding Hood – and identifying that the characters are dressedthat way to show how people dressed in that region long ago. Mrs.Fielding dressed up in Russian folk costume one week! All ourfirst graders now know who Baba Yaga is, that she lives in theforest in a house on giant chicken legs called ishbushka, and thatshe flies in a stupa. We sang a Baba Yaga song to the tune of “London Bridge” and made individual Baba Yagas with stupas.Next year, we plan to order any other Baba Yaga books we don’talready have and do this Baba Yaga unit annually at Halloween.Resources: library books as listed aboveBaba Yaga puppet, a gift from our friends in MuromRussian folk costume, provided by Ron PopeCopycat, Sept/Oct. 2000 Edition, pages 43-47.
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