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Early Elementary Activity
toc Students will describe similarities and differences between __The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles__ (an African folk tale from Morocco), and __Snow White and the Seven Dwarves__. Students will act out similar scenes from each tale (Sagers, 1998).
 * Review with the students the European folktale __Snow White and the Seven Dwarves__
 * Remind students to think about Snow White as the read the story from Morocco
 * Show students were Morocco is located on the map
 * Read __The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles__
 * Have the class create a chart with the similarities and differences between the two tales
 * In cooperative groups, have the students act out a scene from either tale and have the rest of the class guess which scene it was.
 * Discuss the cultural differences between the two tales with the class
 * Extension: Discuss other tales and their similarities

Upper Elementary Activity
Students will examine specific clever strategies that the author learned about while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco (Corps, 2010).
 * Students will be taught about the different tradition and values in Morocco
 * Students will learn about the Muslim religion
 * Discuss the vocabulary in the readings
 * Students will read the short stories of the Volunteer in a Peace Corps in Morocco
 * Have students create their own short stories using the model of an effective author
 * Students will then revise their stories and then partner read with a classmate
 * They will then type them and share with the class

Fine-Art Activity
Good Luck Hand (Khamsa) Craft

Students will create a good luck hand. Khamsa is a symbol of good luck from Morocco. A good luck hand has been used as an amulet in Northern Africa for centuries and is often made from precious metal (silver). Khamsa means "five" in Arabic (Learning, 2010).

Materials:
 * Construction paper
 * Aluminum foil
 * Scissors
 * Glue
 * Crayons, markers, paint
 * Sequins, glitter


 * Have students trace around their hand on aluminum foil
 * Have them cut out their hand and glue it to construction paper
 * Have students decorate with crayons, markers, glitter, sequins, and paint

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