3rd-to-5th-grade students enjoy stories for learning, using knowledge they gain and primary sources they find to build stories of their own.
As Godfather Drosselmeier tries to help Marie feel better, he begins to tell her the story of Princess Pirlipat.
As Drosselmeier concludes his story, Marie begins to wonder if the Nutcracker is actually her Godfather's nephew.
Once again the Nutcracker comes to life, this time eliminating the threat of the Mouse King by ending the seven-headed monster's life.
Robert E. Sticker created an oil painting interpreting the “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” an adrenalin-producing event which occurred after whal...
Marie, known as Clara in some versions of "The Nutcracker," contemplates the presents she'd received on Christmas Eve. In this chapter, of E.T.A. Hoff...