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- 1st - 6th
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Students research the tradition of using personal seals from ancient to contemporary times in China. They become familiar with several Chinese characters and reproduce a facsimile of a personal seal or chop and use it to mark their work. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students create short stories and make stick puppets to act it out. After editing their stories, they glue used CDs or DVDs to popsicle sticks and decorate them as the story characters. Finally, students present their puppet shows to classmates. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students investigate the concepts that are related to the Silk Road trading route. They conduct guided research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to use a shoebox and draw a map of the Silk Road upon it. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students participate in a lesson that is focused upon the concept of a snake. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used to create the context for class discussion while students create their own model snakes. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the history of Native American jewelry of the southwest. Focusing on silver and turquoise jewelry, they use modeling clay and tin foil colored with washable paint to simulate the stones. Finally, students use thick string to complete their bracelets. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students recognize the sequence and pattern of seasonal changes in temperate climates. They associate familiar symbols with each season and use these symbols to create medallions that communicate their knowledge about the four seasons. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students read and discuss "Claire and the Friendly Snakes" by Lindsey Tate. They use their imaginations to design and create unique serpent masks. Students practice the skills of observation, comparison, and contrasting. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students discuss the conditions needed for snowflakes to fall. Individually, they follow directions to make their own snowflakes out of construction paper. To end the lesson, they decorate their snowflakes with glitter and hang throughout the classroom. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students identify spiral shapes found in nature and throughout history. They use this ancient pot-building technique to form a contemporary, unique coil pot. Students embellish their creation with decorative techniques and materials. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students work cooperatively to create a unique visual arts presentation. They write a detailed description of their own visual art using the art elements and principles of visual organization as a basis for their comments. Full Review »

