Working the Waterfront - Tales of the Fisherman

New Bedford Fishing Boats

Yesterday I spent some time in New Bedford, Massachusetts at the annual Working Waterfront Festival. It is a two day event celebrating commercial fishing at the port that is currently the number one fishing port in the nation.

I offer you some resources in honor of the remarkable men and women who work long hours so we may enjoy fresh seafood on our table.

STORIES

The Fisherman and His Wife – Grimm
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm019.html
The Fisherman and the Bear – USA
http://tinyurl.com/5sa45e5

The Fisherman and the Merman – Scottish
http://tinyurl.com/6akeg5w
The Fisherman and the Piskies – England
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/efft/efft27.htm
The Fisherman of Shetland – Welsh
http://worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Welsh_folktale_23.html

The Fisherman’s Son – Slavic
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/sfs76.htm
The Lucky Fisherman – Nigeria
http://www.vshineworld.com/library/stories/4/115/the-lucky-fisherman
The Mermaid and the Poor Fisherman – Chile

http://www.humanity.org/voices/folklore/mermaid-and-poor-fisherman

The Selkie Bride – Scotland
http://www.weingartdesign.com/TMaS/Stories/tmas1-SelkieBride.html

The Story of the Fisherman – Arab
http://worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Arab_folktale_5.html

The Three Wondrous Fishes – Austria
http://oaks.nvg.org/ta5.html

Urashima Taro – Japan
http://www.totallytortoise.com/urashima-taro.html

BOOKS

Charting Nature - Books on Fishing : Children's Books Videos & DVDs
http://www.chartingnature.com/book-category.cfm?cat=3800 

 

CRAFTS

Fisherman Bear Paper Craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/dad/mpaperfisherbear.htm

Fisherman and Dog Fish Costume – Just in time for Halloween!
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/fisherman-dogfish-662494/

CURRICULUM

Discover Education – Lesson plans for K-5 based on The Fisherman and His Wife.
http://tinyurl.com/64a6wqw
The Fisherman – Lesson plans, activities and more.
http://tinyurl.com/65kpyrj

Fish and Under the Sea Lesson Plans – This page also offers songs, arts projects, games and more.
https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/6398-fish-and-under-the-sea-storytime-lesson-plan/view

READER’S THEATER

Urashima Taro - Japan
http://motoko.folktales.net/PDF/urashimaplay.pdf

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Looking for more stories and more related to the sea? These three links will lead you to previous blog posts with additional resources.

Trolling for Tales
http://tinyurl.com/6fj293h

Hot Fun in the City
http://tinyurl.com/6aq7apz

Mermaids – Sirens of the Sea – I know, mermaids are technically not fish but they do live in the sea! http://tinyurl.com/69gzfrb

Picture above courtesy of http://www1.umassd.edu/specialprograms/mawh/


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