Long before Benjamin Franklin advocated for standing together against the British, Aesop warned about the dangers of a group divided in his fable "The Four Oxen and the Lion." An audio retelling of the story describes a quarreling herd of oxen that meets its untimely end once separated from each other.

Concepts

aesop's fables, active reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Apply the moral of the fable to a history lesson or discussion about peer relationships
• Compare/contrast the fable with another from the set

Classroom Considerations

• Lists Flesh-Kincaid score of 6.1
• Audio duration is 0:48
• Click on the resource heading to find additional fables from the collection

Pros

• Hyperlinks title of the resource to background knowledge and other fables
• Includes a printable text version of the fable

Cons

• Does not include any activities

Common Core

RL.5.10 RL.6.10 RL.7.10 RL.8.10