Download Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tales
(Psychological Disorders)
You are going to rewrite a common fairy tale giving the main character(s) your disorder.
1) Choose a fairy tale you are familiar with (refer to the list provided). Two teams may not
use the same story (first come, first serve).
2) Using your book and any other research of the disorder, rewrite the story as it would be if
the main character had that disorder.
3) Stories should NOT name the disorder, but should describe it within the story.
4) Type the finished story and include all team member names on the top of the page.
5) Be prepared to discuss your character(s) and their disorder.
6) You might like to include some visuals, either technologically based or not. Many of you
are wonderful artists. The pictures DO NOT have to be animated. Still shots are fine.
7) The ONLY ACTING you will be required to do is simply applying an appropriate
“voice” to the character who is speaking out at the time.
8) You DO NOT have to memorize your Fractured Fairy Tale. Reading it aloud to the class
is all I expect.
Students will read the fairy tales to the class. Using the knowledge gained from the text, students
will be asked to diagnose what disorder the characters in the fairy tale have.
Disorder List (organized by category and subcategories), students choose three of the
subcategories. It might be a good idea to choose each disorder from a different category.
1. Psychotic Disorder – difficulty recognizing reality
a. Schizophrenia
2. Mood Disorders – disturbances of emotions
a. Depression
b. Bipolar
3. Anxiety Disorder – unexplained feelings of apprehensions and tenseness
a. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
b. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
c. Panic
4. Dissociative Disorder – person’s sense of self separates from the individual’s memories,
thoughts or feelings
a. Dissociative Identity Disorder
b. Dissociate amnesia
c. Dissociate fugue
5. Somatoform Disorder – physical problems occur for psychological reasons.
a. Hypochondriasis
b. Conversion Disorder
6. Personality Disorder – unpleasant and peculiar personality patterns
a. Antisocial Personality Disorder (psychopath / sociopath)
b. Borderline Personality Disorder
Rapunzel
Chicken Little
Snow White
Peter Pan
Gingerbread Man
Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast
Princess and the Pea
The Frog Prince
Tom Thumb
Thumbelina
Goldilocks
The Lion and the Mouse
The Fox and the Grapes
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Sick Lion
Rumplestilskin
Cinderella
Three Little Pigs
Little Mermaid
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
Ugly Duckling
Swan Princess
Little Red Riding Hood
The Boy who Cried Wolf
The Emperors New Clothes
King Midas
Stinky Cheese Man
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Lion in Love
The Miser and His Gold
Country Mouse/City Mouse
43 Popular Fairy Tales
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Hansel and Gretal
Jack the Giant Killer
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltzkin
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and Rose Red
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Gingerbread Man
The Little Match-Girl
The Magic Carpet
The Nightingle
The Princess and the Pea
The Six Swans
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Three Bears
The Tinderbox
The Ugly Duckling
Thumbelina
Twelve Dancing Princesses
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Chicken Little
Dick Whittington and His Cat
Jack and the Beanstalk
Puss in Boots
Red Riding Hood
Sindbad the Sailor
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Brave Little Tailor
The Frog Prince
The Golden Goose
The Little Mermaid
The Musicians of Bremen
The Pied Piper of Hamelin--Peppers
The Shoemaker and the Elves
The Snow Queen
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Three Little Pigs
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Tom Thumb
http://www-ma.beth.k12.pa.us/jhoke/jhwebquest/ftales.htm
The above link provides about 15 common fairy tales in written form.
Seniors will present on Senior Exam Day. Juniors will present one week later during the regular
exam week schedule.
Have fun with this! Make yourselves laugh! You CAN learn and have fun!