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Short Ancient Myths & Folktales for Kids (Word format)
Retold by Lin Donn 


Anansi the Spider  (Africa, Ghana)

The Lion's Whisker (Africa, Kush/Nubia)

Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus (Aztec)

Journey of a Princess (Aztec, grades 6-12)

Wise Owl (Iroquois Myth)

How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch  (Northwest Coastal Pacific Myth)

Clever Coyote (Comanche Buffalo Myth)

Child of Water and Little Blue Rock (Apache Myth)

Theseus and the Minotaur (Minoan/Greek)

Little Io (Greek Version) 

The Oracle at Delphi (Greek Myth) 

Hades and the King of Corinth (Greek Myth)

Apollo and Cassandra (Greek Myth) 

Pandora's Box (Greek Myth) 

Demeter and Persephone (Greek Myth) 

Hercules (Greek Myth) 

How Aphrodite Caused the Trojan War (Greek)

Legend of the Trojan Horse (Greek)

The Cyclops Cave & The Sirens
 (Greek, from "The Odyssey" by Homer) 

Loawnu the Wise Woman  (Xia Times, Ancient China)

Wang the Peddler (Han Times, Ancient China)

The Legend of the Shadow Puppet (Han Times, Ancient China)

The Legend of Gilgamesh (Sumerian)

How Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods (Babylonian)

Little Io
(Roman Version, which is exactly the same
 as the Greek version with Roman god names, 
because that's how the Romans did things)

The Legend of Romulus and Remus (Ancient Rome)

Horatius at the Bridge (Ancient Rome) 

The Punic Wars & Hannibal of Carthage (Ancient Rome)

The Warrior Well (Ancient Mongolia)

The Hero Twins (Maya)

Happy Together (Russian Folktale) 


Short Stories for Kids 
based on historical events (Word format)


Written by Lin Donn

Walking Home (US Homefront, WWII)

Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott
(Civil Rights, 1955)

The 1962 Seattle World's Fair

Written by Lin's author/artist Mom 
- Dorothy Jones Scalzo
 

1930's Life on the Farm during the Great Depression

Back of the Bus (Civil Rights, 1935)

Welcome Home (Civil Rights, 1945)

Safety Stories for Kids
(Word format) 
Written by Lin Donn for Askacop.org

The Flyer  

The Babysitter  

Joey's Turn  

The Coldest Day  

The List 

Was Columbus Smart about Safety? 




Retold by Lin Donn; illustrated by Phillip Martin 

Holidays
& Special Days

Jan/Feb

Chinese New Year

Groundhog Day 

Presidents Day

Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Black History Month

March/April

April Fool's Day

Earth Day Every Day

May/June

Mother's Day

Father's Day

July/Aug

July 4th - Independence Day

Sept/Oct

Grandparents Day

The Ghost with the Most!

Halloween Bats 

Nov/Dec

Kwanzaa 


Time

The Trouble With Time

Daylight Savings Time


Native American Stories

The Invisible Warrior (Woodland Indians, Cinderella Story)  

Wise Owl (Northeast Woodland Indians, Iroquois Myth)

Clever Coyote (Plains Indians, Buffalo Story)

Child of Water & Little Blue Rock (Southwest, Apache Myth) 

How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (Pacific Northwest Indians) 

The Adventures of the Hero Twins (myth, Mayas) 


Asian Stories

The Story of Mulan (China)

The Story of the Warrior Well (China/Mongolia)  

Ancient Chinese Dragons (myth, China)

Happy Together - The Story of the Nesting Dolls (Japan/Russia) 


African Stories

The Most Ancient Race, the San People 

Bee-ware from Bee-hind (African Folk Tale) 


Ancient Civilizations & Mythology  

What is Archaeology? 

How Man Began

The Story of Rameses II (Egypt)  

Hermes and Apollo (myth, Greece)  
Mercury and Apollo (myth, Roman version)

Nero at the Circus Maximus (Rome)  

Nero Goes Insane (Rome)


 Aesop's Fables

Aesop and His Fables 

Fox and Crow 

Fox and Sick Lion 


7 Wonders
 of the Ancient World

All Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 

Great Pyramid at Giza 

Hanging Gardens of Babylon 

Statue of Zeus at Olympia 

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 

Colossus of Rhodes 

Lighthouse at Alexandria 


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Mr. Donn and Maxie's Ancient History PowerPointsŪ Series
Written by Lin & Don Donn, illustrated by Phillip Martin

See Also: Mr. Donn and Maxie's Always Something You Can Use Series 
Written by Lin & Don Donn

 













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