Lesson Overview: In this lesson, students are introduced to Anansi stories, trickster tales from Africa.  The children learn quite a bit of new vocabulary as well as something of the colorful patterns common to the culture.  They then use this new knowledge to build a word wall with Anansi-inspired spiders! Lesson Plan: Suggested Grades: 2-3 … Continue reading Ancient Civilizations, Societies Then and Now #3: Anansi Stories