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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students are able to create their own collages using some of the same kinds of images and materials Bearden used. They put to use some of the Bearden techniques they observed in the reproduction/slide lecture and explore to spontaneously add their own painted and graphite images to create their own unique artwork. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students read the short story The Lesson. They research the socio-economic and cultural context of the story and author. They examine the author's point of view. They analyze the first person narration in the story. They rewrite two paragraphs of the story from a different point of view. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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During the second semester, students study early Romanticism and transcendentalism, the Civil War and move right into the early twentieth century. Because of our block scheduling and the reluctance of many of my students to read extensively on their own, we rarely have enough time to cover poetry in depth, or to explore the role of oppression in the American creative experience. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study the architectural design of Pennzoil Place, home of the Arthur Anderson accounting firm, famous for its connection to the bankrupt Enron Corporation. They examine the design elements and research the history of the building. They uncover how the design came to be and how it impacted corporate headquarter design. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students clap simple rhythms and echo patterns with rhythm sticks. They recognize familiar songs from their rhythms and movement for different note values. They increase rhythmic awareness and enjoyment of music. They research their favorite type of music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students observe the PBS film, "New Orleans," to explore such topics as race relations, cultural history, and urbanization. After examining n interactive map displaying the city at various dates in its history, students role-play as visitors to the city and write letters to family members in their preselected states or countries. The lesson, which also covers such topics as civics, history, and geography of the city, conclues with a student discussion Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students focus on the differnt "windows" of art-a narrative approach, aesthetic approach, foundational approach, and hands on approach through a visit to the Palmer Museum of Art. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response activities are included for each lesson as well as extension and customization options. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are exposed to two different works of poetry in order to complete a task of comparing and contrasting them. They analyze the poem and identify the juxtaposition. The analysis is compiled by them to make a class report of it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the concept of perceptiveness and discover how this aspect of emotional intelligence can serve us well in life. Students interact with peers in a confident and self-aware manner. Students make choices and defend them to others. Students self-mediate situations of conflict. Full Review »
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