Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Created: | 2014-12-30 11:44 |
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Institution: | Faculty of Education |
Editors' group: | SMS - Editor group (FoE) - CambridgeSCP |
Description: | Retellings of Aesop's Fables (see www.classictales.co.uk for transcripts, further information and teaching resources to accompany these recordings). Aesop was a slave in ancient Greece who earned his freedom by telling fables. In the education of ancient Greeks and Romans, fables were known as 'progymnasmata' - exercises that trained students in writing and public speaking. They learnt the fables, expanded on them and invented their own to use in speeches as persuasive examples. |
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Androcles and the lion
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Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
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Catwoman
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015
Fields of Gold
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
Friends
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Hot and Cold Air
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Mother Monkey
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
Of Mice and Cats
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable.
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Thu 29 Jan 2015
Table Manners
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015
The Boy who Cried Wolf
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Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015
The Divided Body
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Donkey and the Wolf
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Farmer's Daughter
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Gnat
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable.
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Lion's Share
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015
The Old Man, the Boy and the Donkey
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A retelling of Aesop's fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Slave and the Lion
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A retelling of Aesop's fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Sun and the North Wind
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
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Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015
The Vain Crow
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Created: Mon 26 Jan 2015
Unity
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A retelling of Aesop's Fable
Collection: Classics in the English Curriculum: Aesop's fables
Institution: Faculty of Education
Created: Tue 27 Jan 2015