
Stories, Myths, Legends
By Lin Donn
NEW:
Original Stories for Kids by Lin and Don Donn
Case
Files from The Hercules Detective Agency
Join Herc and his
buddies as they solve mysteries in ancient Greece!
These stories are copyrighted
Also written by Lin Donn
Africa
Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs (ancient story retold by Lin Donn)
The Lion's Whisker (ancient story retold by Lin Donn)
Why Rabbit Has Crooked Back Legs (ancient story retold by Lin Donn)
American Indian
How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (word)
How Raven Stole Crow's Potlatch (ppt)
Child of Water and Little Blue Rock (word)
Child of Water & Little Blue Rock (ppt)
Ancient Greece
Theseus and the Minotaur (word)
Theseus and the Minotaur (ppt)
Hades, Cerberus, and the Underworld
Baby Hercules & The 12 Labors of Hercules
The Charming Story of Eros & Psyche
King Midas and the Golden Touch
King Midas and the Donkey Ears
Story of the Just Plain Rotten King Tantalus
Perseus, Andromeda, and the sea god, Poseidon
The Gift of Fire - Zeus & Prometheus
How Aphrodite Caused the Trojan War
The Magic Rocks - a myth about Ares
The Cyclops Cave & The Sirens
(Greek, from "The Odyssey" by Homer)
Ancient China
The Legend of the Shadow Puppet
The Story of the Warrior Well (ppt)
The Warrior Well (ppt, China, Mongolia)
Ancient Mesopotamia
The Legend of Gilgamesh - the First Superhero!
Gilgamesh Makes an Unusual Friend (ppt, illustrated)
Gilgamesh and the Tree of Eternal Life
How Marduk Became the King of ALL the Gods (word, Babylonian)
Purim, The Story of Esther and an ancient Babylonian (Persian) king
Ancient Rome
The Legend of Romulus and Remus
The Punic Wars & Hannibal of Carthage (elephants rule!)
Little Io (Roman Version)
Nero at the Circus Maximus (ppt)
Ancient Egypt
The Red Slippers - an Ancient Egyptian Cinderella story
Poor Soldier (Freedom of Speech in ancient Egypt)
Inca
Aztec
Place of the Prickly Pear Cactus
Maya
The Adventures of the Hero Twins (ppt)
Others
The Legend of the Christmas Stocking (old legend, word)
PowerPoints - written by Lin Donn, illustrated by Phillip Martin
Ancient History
The Most Ancient Race, the San People
7 Wonders of the Ancient World
All Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
PowerPoints about Time
Holiday Presentations in PowerPoint format:
Jan/Feb
Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery
Bus Boycott - Black History Month
March/April
May/June
July/Aug
Sept/Oct
Was Columbus Smart about Safety?
Nov/Dec
Short Stories for Kids
based on USA historical events (Word format)
Written by Lin Donn
Was Columbus Smart about Safety?
Walking Home
(USA Homefront, WWII)
Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks & the Montgomery Bus Boycott (word) (USA Civil Rights, 1955)
Same story in ppt format: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (ppt)
Written by Lin's author/artist Mom!
1930's Life on the Farm during the Great Depression
Back of the Bus Civil Rights, 1935)
Welcome Home (Civil Rights, 1945)
RESTRICTIONS
Is your material copyrighted and may I use it?
Answer: Yes, our material is copyrighted. Nearly all the original material on the web is copyrighted thanks to laws that immediately copyright original work loaded to the web. That's why loading a webpage is called "published". If you copy other people's work and post it on your own or another site, that work is still copyrighted. You could be in a lot of trouble copying other peoples work in the wrong way even if you're a kid. For more information on copyrights, see this site: Copyright & Fair Use Laws. Our material is additionally copyrighted with the U.S. Copyright Office, part of the Library of Congress,.
We do have additional books and stories for sale through our publisher, but the above stories, myths, and legends have been posted online for use by kids and teachers in your classrooms at no charge with some restrictions. RESTRICTIONS: Direct links to our site are always appreciated. However, you may not make a copy of our material, put your name on it, and turn it in as your work. You may not copy our material and post it on your web page or anyone else's web page. You may not mirror our site. You may not frame our site. You may not pass our site through your proxy server in order to block ads. You may not distribute and/or sell our work without our written permission. To do any of these things is copyright infringement, which is a crime.
Note to Our Students: It's okay to copy little pieces of someone else's work as long as you do it in the right way. There are rules (laws, really) on how to do it. For more information, see this great site that clearly explains copyrights and fair use (and what you can and cannot do.) Copyright Kids
Besides all the educational materials and original stories we have posted freely online for teachers and kids to use, we also have books and educational materials available for purchase through our publisher. Our publisher adds new material all the time to their catalogue and things do get rearranged. We try to keep an eye on it, but if the links below need updating, just search their site for Lin and Don Donn. Thank you.
Mr. Donn and
Maxie's Always Something You Can Use Series
Complete Units
for Teachers with Meaningful Classroom Activities
Written by Lin & Don Donn, Published by Good Year Books
Mr. Donn and
Maxie's Ancient History PowerPoints Series
Each notebook
includes printouts, plus a computer disc with all the PowerPoints and
original clipart for use in your
classroom.
Feel free to rearrange or add a slide or take one
or more out. That's the neat thing about PowerPoints.
In our
classroom, we use a couple at a time to introduce that day's
lesson, but of course, it's up to you.
Written by Lin & Don Donn,
illustrated by Phillip Martin, Published by Good Year Books