Children's Literature Activity Little Red Riding Hood

Directions: Click on the two audio links below and listen to the two different version of Little Red Riding Hood. Answer the following questions in complete sentences and be sure to research your answers. Don’t just guess, look up the answers using the literature criticism sources. Remember you can compare answers. You also can post questions to the blog to help find some these answers.

Little Red Riding Hood Story 1

Little Red Riding Hood Story 2

1. Compare and contrast the two different versions of the stories. Be sure to use specific examples from each story. You need to explain at least three differences and three similarities.


2. Which of the two tales is the original? What examples are contained in the stories that help support your answer? Why do think the story has changed? (Use the reference sources or the databases to support your answer.)


3. What are the morals or lessons of the stories, and do they stay the same or change, when comparing both versions of the story? If so how? If not why?


4. What are the endings of the each story, and why are they different? What does the huntsman symbolize in the second story? Why is this character male?


5. Research and find two other children’s tales that have been changed from its original version, and explain the changes and analyze why the changes were made.