Golden Goose Teacher Resources

A 15-minute audiobook features the Brothers Grimm tale "The Golden Goose." A young boy who often finds himself at the center of jokes discovers a golden goose that helps him to gain respect and a happy ending.

In this story worksheet, students read "The Golden Goose," then answer comprehension, discussion and extension questions and conduct simple research on gold. 

Aesop gives golden advice in a fable about greed. After listening to the audio version of "The Goose with the Golden Eggs," pupils practice writing new resolutions to the story.

Learners research and map the migratory patterns of the golden-winged warbler. They develop a strategy to protect this species and, in teams representing different countries, negotiate treaties with each other to protect the bird.

Fifth graders read several poems by famous poets and identify what about their style makes them unique. They then analyze and compare poetic style, use of forms and themes. Next, 5th graders investigate and collect different examples of...

Students thresh wheat. In this comprehension and comparison instructional activity, students read the Little Red Hen and retell the story based on the beginning, middle and end. Students get a wheat stem, predict the number of seeds in...

First graders explore the genre of fables. In this fables lesson, 1st graders use various reading strategies to raise comprehension skills. Students make prediction and complete a prediction journal. Students understand that fables have...

In this online idiom quiz worksheet, middle schoolers analyze the given idiom and read them within a sentence. Students select the correct meaning of the 10 exercises.

In this idioms quiz worksheet, students read the example idioms about death used in the sentences. Students select the best answer to complete the 10 online exercises.

In this social studies learning exercise, students examine and analyze each of the state's abbreviations, capitals, birds, flowers, animals and the dates when they became a state.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Johnny Nut and the Golden Goose by Charles Deulin, an illustrated children's novel translated from French to English by Andrew Lang (1887).

"The Golden Goose", published in 1928 by the MacMillan Company, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 25 page book is appropriate for early readers.

The translated texts of seven of Grimms' Fairy Tales, including "The Golden Goose," and "Sleeping Beauty." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual stories in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable...

A learning module that begins with "The Goose with the Golden Egg" by Aesop, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

Two retellings of Aesop's Fable "The Goose with the Golden Eggs." Both stories illustrate the same moral, "Greed often overreaches itself." The first is a traditional retelling of the original fable. The second is a modern retelling with...

The goose of Amun was found between the golden shrines. It was involved in funerary rites and connected with the birth of the sun. However, the complete symbolic meaning of the goose is not entirely understood.

Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.