Teachers and parents can use this Nutcracker lesson plan and visual history to teach the story and history of the Nutcracker Ballet. It includes listening to music, dance movement, a craft, and sharing thoughts about the music.

Lesson plan
http://www.funlessonplans.com/awinter/nutcrack.pdf

Visual history
http://www.balletminnesota.org/Nuthtml/NutFirst.html

http://www.nycballet.com/nycb/content/teachers.aspx?id=4868

http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2347/

http://www.nutcrackerballet.net/html/nutcracker_story.html

http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/balletsynopses/a/thenutcracker.htm