Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

by Dallas Children’s Theatre

Grades 1-6

Your students will love this Caldecott Award-winning Cinderella tale with traditional African song and based on the book by John Steptoe. A great king desires a wife and Mufaro’s two very different daughters are asked to go before him. Share their journey and celebrate goodness and generosity!

California Content Standards easily applied in your classroom:

3.EN.3.2: Comprehend basic plots of classic fairy tales, myths, folktales, legends, and fables from around the world.
5.EN.3.3: Contrast the actions, motives (e.g., loyalty, selfishness, conscientiousness), and appearances of characters in a work of fiction and discuss the importance of the contrasts to the plot or theme.

LESSON PLAN IDEA: Using a map, students investigate the number of countries in Africa and the continent’s basic landscape. How does the continent compare to our continent?

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Event Information

Wednesday, February 22 at 9:30am (sold out) & 11:30am (show added)
60 minutes

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