Cross-Curricular Connections

This folktale explains how the rattlesnake was given both its poison and its loud tail. Click on the link below to learn interesting facts about various species of snake.

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/snakes.html

The author of “How the Snake Got Poison”, ZoraNeale Hurston, was a famous African America writer. She wrote many stories and books. Click on the link below to here an actor read from other works by ZoraNeale Hurston.

http://www.zoranealehurston.com/