Read the summary of the world famous tale Jack and the Beanstalk. Then watch the segment and see what happened before the story told. In small groups, present a summary of the segment and come up with a new and completely different ending for the tale.
Jack is a young, poor boy living with his widowed mother and
a cow as
their only source of income. When the cow stops giving milk, Jack's mother
tells him to take it to the market to be sold. On the way, Jack meets an old
man who offers magic beans in exchange
for the cow, and Jack makes the trade. When he arrives home without any money,
his mother becomes angry, throws the beans on the ground, and sends Jack to bed
without dinner.
During the night, the magic beans cause a gigantic beanstalk to
grow. The next morning, Jack climbs the beanstalk to a land high in the sky. He
finds an enormous castle and sneaks in. Soon after, the castle's owner, a giant,
returns home. He senses that Jack is nearby.
