Mar 23, 2017 the modernday egyptian cinderella story, currently repeated with little variation online, is an example of how repetition becomes history in the digital age. Given the nature of the story, the difficulty of the reading, and the length, about 30 pages i could recommend a child to read this story at a 2nd grade reading level. Activities for the egyptian cinderella coloring outside the. We also compared the egyptian version of cinderella with the wellknown western version, originally written by charles perrault in 1697 and animated by walt disney in 1950.
I also loved that you kind of made it your own story. The illustrations are incredibly beautiful and visually appealing. Similar to the original, there was a greek slave girl named rhodopis who married the pharaoh amasis. Because of her niceness, she gets help from a godmother. The egyptian cinderella, written by shrley climo, retells the classic cinderella story of an oppressed, humble greek slave girl named rhodopis who loses one of her rose red slippers only to have it returned by royalty seeking to marry whom the slipper fits. This version of cinderella where her name is rhodopis is considered the oldest version of the story. They are able to relate to a version of cinderella that they are more familiar with and see how it is applied to the ancient egyptian culture. The red slippers, an ancient egyptian cinderella story. She is one of only two hetaerae mentioned by name in herodotus discussion of the profession the other is the somewhat later archidike. The setting in this book are necessary for the story because it builds the plot. This egyptian spin on the classic cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first century by a roman historian and is retold here by folklorist. As more and more people come to rely on digital information, fewer tend to check primary sources in books. The egyptian cinderella shirley climo ks2 story books.
Mar 31, 2017 the pharaoh of the story was one of the ptolemies. The red slippers an ancient egyptian cinderella story retold by lin donn creation stories. Cinderella s stepmother, lady tremaine, was cold, cruel, and jealous of cinderella. The egyptian cinderella an egyptian tale one of the worlds oldest cinderella stories recorded by the roman historian strabo in the first century b. Buy egyptian cinderella by shirley climo online at alibris. Its a lengthy tale for a childrens book but very well done.
May 10, 2011 the book is simply told, with colorful illustrations and just enough detail about egyptian culture to impart a genuine feeling for how the story could have truly unfolded. The red slippers an ancient egyptian cinderella story retold by lin donn croconile and egyptian cinderella. A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations school library journal. Somewhere in egypt is a girl who fits this shoe, he told them.
Learn to speak and understand egyptian arabic with pimsleur language programs learn to draw disneys enchanted princesses. Strabo tells the story in his geography, book xvii. Childrens books read aloud once upon a story duration. Braddock story the cinderella murder the cinderella murder under suspicion cinderella cenerentola. Now when rhodopis danced, her feet sparkled like firefliesshirley climo. Long ago in the ancient land of egypt were the green water of the nile river flows into the blue water of the mediterranean sea lived a young maiden named rhodopis. In this version of the cinderella story set in egypt in the sixth century b. Cultural aspects and words pharaoh a pharaoh is an egyptian king the egyptian cinderella story retold by shirley climo characters problem solution the problem in this story is that the 3 sisters were very jealous of rhodopis and they wanted to make her mad by telling take her. This egyptian spin on the classic cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first.
Just then, a hawk dove from the sky, dropped a golden shoe in the pharaohs lap, and flew off. An ancient egyptian cinderella story the red slippers once upon a time, a long time ago in ancient egypt, there lived a lovely slave girl named rhapdosis. Find books like the egyptian cinderella from the worlds largest community of readers. Rhodopis was an actual grecian slave, who was made queen by amasis during dynasty xxvi, 570526 b. The egyptian cinderella pimsleur arabic egyptian basic course level 1 lessons 110 cd. Short stories the egyptian cinderella by bharathi kidsbookzone. This egyptian spin on the classic cinderella tale was initially recorded in the first century by a roman historian and is retold here by folklorist shirley climo. Learn to draw ariel, cinderella, belle, rapunzel, and all of your. Zarah and alice their skin glowed like copper, but her pale skin burned red beneath the sunshirley climo. Egyptian cinderella short story teaching resources. This book was created and published on storyjumper. What is the theme of the egyptian cinderella answers.
The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo scholastic. The egyptian cinderella is a really great way of introducing children to the ancient egyptian culture. They were very mean to cinderella, making her work all day cleaning, sewing, and cooking. Rhodopis was born in greece, but had been kidnapped by pirates and sold into egyptian slavery. If the setting was not included in the book, it would not have anything to do with the egyptians version of the cinderella story.
Rhodopis as know n as the ciderella in this story faces many challegenes, but soon is rewarded in the end. Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters, anastasia and drizella. The children loved reenacting the story through drama and it was a great opportunity to take some freeze frame photos of individual scenes to create a display that retold. It is a little long for 6 year olds, but they were motivate and engaged.
This is provided in the authors note at the end of the story. The egyptian cinderella heritage learning kalispell, mt. For her eyes are as green as the nile, her hair as feathery as papyrus, and her. It is a book that has outstanding illustrations in bold and rich colors. The egyptian cinderella resource pack contains a complete unit of work for ages 79, with full lesson plans and pupil resources based on the book the egyptian cinderella by shirley climo. The last of the dynasty was cleopatra, one of the most famous women in history. My elementary school teacher read us picture books and the first book of the harry potter. A teacher could also use this book to have students practice appreciative listening. Egyptian cinderella guided reading resources for ks2. The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo, ruth heller. Cinderella cinderella was a beautiful girl, with a not so beautiful life.
In the ancient worlds version of cinderella, the lead character was a beautiful servant girl called rhodopis. Ruth heller travelled to korea to do the research for this book. Sep 15, 1989 the egyptian cinderella by shirley climo is an illustrated picture book that tells the tale of cinderella from the egyptian cultural perspective. I liked how you tied in all of the fantasies with some of the true story.
The egyptian cinderella is tale of rhodopis, a greek slave girl who was teased and ridiculed at by the egyptian servants because of her different hair and skin coloring. It would be a great way to introduce egyptian history to an elementry class or a unit on fairy tales. The egyptian cinderella is a wonderful story to read to a young child or outloud to a classroom. The theme of the book cinderella is that a nice and pretty girl can win the love of a prince.
Sep 19, 2018 this no prep book unit is based on shirley climos the egyptian cinderella and contains 43pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities all standardsaligned. May 06, 2014 create doubleentry journals for each book in the unit. The story of rhodopis, a greek slave girl in ancient egypt, is an interesting variant of the traditional cinderella legend. If the setting was not included in the book, it would not have anything to do with the egyptian s version of the cinderella story. Egyptian cinderella short story suitable for year 3 or 4. This no prep book unit is based on shirley climos the egyptian cinderella and contains 43pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities all standardsaligned.
Explain that some of the parts of this story are a lot like the cinderella story read previously, and some are very different. The story was afterwards reworked and published in other forms in germany, russia, and other countries. Climo has woven this ancient tale, a mixture of fact and. Because of her rosy complexion and fair hair, rhodopis is scorned and teased by the egyptian servant girls who work for her kind but disinterested master. Goodreads members who liked the egyptian cinderella also liked. Follow her story as the pharaoh searches for rhodipis and makes her the egyptian queen. The story was first recorded by the greek historian strabo in the late first century bc or early first century ad and is considered the earliest known variant of the cinderella story. I wrote this myself based on the book egyptian cinderella by shirley climo. Follow her story as the pharaoh searches for rhodipis and makes her the egyptian. The egyptian cinderella ta kes the familiar story of cinderella and transports it into the context of ancient egypt.
Rhodopis the first cinderella history of royal women. For the first time doing this i provide two quotes and asked him to find his own quote. Rhodipis is an orphaned slave girl from greece, whose red slipper ends up in the hands of the prince of egypt. The story called, egyptian cinderella, by shirley climo, tells one of the oldest known versions of the cinderella story from an egyptian perspective.
This egyptian spin on the classic cinderella tale was initially recorded. The egyptian cinderella ancient egypt book, teaching. The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo and illustrated by ruth heller is a great cinderalla story that introduces children to a different culture that is displayed in the book. Zog by julia donaldson, rhyming story for children, tale about dragon, read aloud book duration. Activities for the egyptian cinderella coloring outside.
The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo is an illustrated picture book that tells the tale of cinderella from the egyptian cultural perspective. The pharaoh picked up the shoe and said, this was no accident. Shirley climo is the author of many childrens books including the egyptian cinderella and king of the birds, both illustrated by ruth heller, and t. Despite the change in setting and the famous glass slippers being substituted by leather ones with toes of rosered gold, your class will be familiar with this exotic version of cinderella. The egyptian cinderella is an alternative version of the popular fairy tale perfect for teaching stories from other cultures when covering ancient egypt within ks2. This ancient egyptian version of cinderella is considered the oldest version of the story, recorded by the roman historian strabo in the first century bc. Notable childrens trade book in the field of social studies ncsscbc. Resources to support the teaching of the egyptian cinderella story by shirley climo.
The egyptian cinderella book, teaching resources, story twinkl. The story is recognizable as a cinderella story but has some twists and turns that made it different due to a different culture. For the egyptian cinderella i provided two quotes and one reflection. Egyptian cinderella guided reading resources for ks2 year. The egyptian cinderella by shirley climo and by the grimm brothers exposition cinderella grimm brothers version exposition cinderella was at her mothers bed side dear child, be pious, and then the good god will always protect thee rhodopis captured by pirates. The book was written in 1991 and i was able to watch a read aloud of the book on youtube where the individual narrates the story and shows the accompanying images.
For the reflections i wrote my own reflection for two of the quotes and asked him to write three of his own. An inventive twist on the classic tale publishers weekly. Ancient egypt for kids stories, myths, and legends. The egyptian cinderella story debunked ancient history. Rhodopis the egyptian cinderella adapted from the strabo, historian, 64 bc 24 ad long ago in the land of egypt, land of the green nile and the blue mediterranean and the rising sun, there lived a slave girl named rhodopis. In spite of the teasing, rhodopis had beautiful dancing skills that earned her rosered slippers from her master. Poor, poor soldier retold by lin donn, from an old story told by ancient egyptian schoolteachers in warning. This story is intriguing to me because it is partly true. This story was a wow book for me because it opened my eyes to a new version of one of my favorite stories.
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