For Educators
A Curriculum Students Actually Want to Show Up For.
A 24-week, Common Core aligned course for grades 6-8 that uses the Disney films students already love as the hook into literary analysis.
What You’re Getting
Curriculum Overview
Once Upon a Source’s curriculum takes the same idea behind the book — pairing a Disney film with its original source story — and turns it into a full year’s worth of middle school literary analysis. Students already know the movies. That familiarity becomes the on-ramp into close reading, critical thinking, and genuine reading motivation.
Each week builds a skill: comparing texts, identifying theme, analyzing character and plot, and making evidence-based arguments — all anchored in stories students want to talk about.
24
Weeks
60
Minutes / Class
6–8
Grade Levels
CCSS
Aligned
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License Options
Two ways to bring the curriculum into your school — one for a single classroom, one for a full institution.
| What’s Included | Classroom $44.99 / yr |
Organization $179.99 / yr |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher’s Curriculum Guide | Included | Included |
| All 6 Student Workbook volumes | Included | Included |
| Reproduction rights | 1 teacher, 1 classroom | Institution-wide |
| Number of classrooms | 1 | Unlimited |
| Best for | Individual teachers | Schools & districts |
Try It First
Free Sample Download
Get one full chapter handout from the curriculum, free — see the format, the discussion questions, and the writing prompts before you commit to a license.
Meets the Requirements
Standards Alignment
The full standards alignment is documented in the Teacher’s Curriculum Guide. At a glance, the course is built around these Common Core ELA strands:
RL.6-8.1— Cite textual evidence to support analysis of source texts and their film adaptations.RL.6-8.2— Determine theme and summarize both the source story and the film version.RL.6-8.3— Analyze how character, setting, and plot change from page to screen.RL.7.7— Compare a written story to its filmed or staged version, analyzing techniques unique to each medium.W.6-8.1 / W.6-8.2— Write arguments and informative pieces using evidence from both texts.SL.6-8.1— Engage in collaborative discussion and debate about each chapter’s comparison.
Complete grade-by-grade alignment is included in the Teacher’s Curriculum Guide with every license.
For Schools & Districts
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From the Classroom
What Teachers Are Saying
“My students who never finish a reading assignment finished this one — and asked for the next chapter.”
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“The comparison format made theme and character analysis click in a way worksheets never did.”
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