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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students select and read one or more Indian folktales or myths, then choose one folktale or legend and retell it to classmates. They also complete the Fact/Fiction Sheet on the folktale chosen for retelling. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students use music and rhythms to help them with their vocabulary. They use poetry and music to help them in their reading skills. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore ballet, music and movement through Tchaikovsky's, The Nutcracker Suite. They listen to music, read about ballet, analyze how muscles work, examine artwork by Edgar Degas, and create a still life. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they research the history of the blues and its early artists. To end the lesson, they write in their journals to reflect on the music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the various types of Caribbean music and rhythms. Using the internet, they research the music's history and the culture of the people of the Caribbean. They use a map of the caribbean to locate the West Indies and St. Lucia. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song from West Africa. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label the major biomes of the Earth and discover their characteristics. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students do research to discover the importance of water in the world and its effect upon our daily lives. They will also appreciate the beauty of water and how it is so adaptable within nature. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students examine what makes them special and unique and learn the special attributes of their classmates. They listen to the book "The First Music," and answer story comprehension questions. Students then create a life-size cut out of themselves. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine several pieces of nonfiction relating to African religion, slave religion and present-day evangelical denominations. They work in groups of six or seven to prepare a presentation on one of the following: a) African ecstatic worship; b) slave / Gullah ecstatic worship; c) contemporary Pentecostal evangelical worship. Full Review »
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