The Swiss Family Robinson Teacher Resources

Guide young readers through the classic novel The Swiss Family Robinson with this collection of activities and worksheets. From basic spelling and grammar practice, to reading comprehension skills, this resource will enhance...

What items would most people want to have with them if they were stranded on a desert island? Using the novel study for The Swiss Family Robinson, scholars attempt to answer the question from their own perspectives. They also explore...

Fifth graders read Swiss Family Robinson and respond to a survival scenario. In this focusing event lesson, 5th graders reflect on what they would do during a situation that required them to make a choice. Students share...

Students participate in a simulation of life on a deserted island. They work with their group to develop an island survival plan and summarize it in a journal. Students use a worksheet and challenge cards to earn points. They will be...

Pupils explore how things are designed, built and function. Students interpret the film The Swiss Family Robinson. Pupils discuss and analyze medieval technology and the amazing craftsmen and stoneworkers it took to build such structures.

Looking to introduce some text-based questions into your ELA lessons? Practice the kinds of skills the Common Core demands with the seven text-based questions and the essay prompt provided here. Designed to be a three-day lesson, day one...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One-Syllable by Mary Godolphin [1870], a novel about a shipwreck written in simple language.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johan David Wyss, a book of stories and poems for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a book of children's stories.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a book of children's fiction.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable by Isabella Fyvie Mayo (1884), an illustrated children's novel.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Swiss Family Robinson by Johan David Wyss, a fiction book for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (1888). This is a new translation from the original by Mrs. H.B. Paull; with original colored illustrations and...

A video of the book "Swiss Family Robinson", written by Walt Disney. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic literary works from famous authors. One book, originally published in German in 1812, is Johann David Wyss' Swiss Familiy Robinson. This English translation was book first published in 1814.

This site provides a link to the full text of the novel Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss