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- 6th - 12th
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Students read and discuss 'Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Mixing Treasures by Duke Ellington and Edvard Grieg,' exploring how jazz transformed European music and the influence jazz has had on modern music. They write musical reviews. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students choose a modern biographical figure and research that person on the internet. They write a page summary of the person's life and collect images of their person to include in the report. They glue everything to tagboard to create a baseball card. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the scientists that have contributed to the modern day atomic theory. They conduct Internet research, develop a table, record data, and produce a webpage about their selected scientist. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine the uses of various modern materials. They discuss the development of new materials, and research case studies on new materials and their uses. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students identify historic and modern landmarks in their town. They take a town tour, complete a landmark identification chart, conduct research on local landmarks, and develop a landmark project. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a unit of lessons on communist China and modern Japan. They view an interactive slide lecture, identify products and ideas the Japanese have made, chart Asian immigration patterns to the U.S., and create a storybook. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students design a piece of modern art to determine the nature of modern art. They work in pairs with colored square of paper in their design. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create a portrait of a woman from our current era. They discuss what they would include in a portrait for our era in the U.S., list current trends and styles, and create a modern-day "Mona Lisa" portrait. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students conduct research on ancient coins. They identify the symbols used on coins and compare and contrast modern day coins to ancient money. Students examine myths, the evolution of coins and coin-related story problems in this unit. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students identify and interpret a variety of modern art styles, as well as the names of the artists and the titles of the paintings are purposely not given. Then they view the pieces of modern art and choose 4 paintings to analyze. Students also unlock the code to the paintings and make them personal to themselves by analyzing the piece of art they chose for the Interactive Art Activity. Full Review »
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