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- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students brainstorm a list of characteristics of adolescence. They use selected websites and draw a parallel between the characteristics of adolescence and the characterisitcs of Romanticism, as seen in visual art and literature. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students experience poems in a variety of media, such as art, performance, and journal responses. Above all, this lesson is designed to enhance the student's enjoyment of the rich language of poetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study American transcendentalism through readings of Emerson and Thoreau. They make cognitive connections to the similarities to Buddhism in these writings. The connection of the literary movement is explained in the art of the time also. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students view paintings to determine the identity of the United States in a specific time period. As a class, they listen to their teacher give the title of the painting and they write a prediction about what the painting might be. In groups, they state what they believe to be the story of the painting and who it was made for. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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students research a number of inventors and then produce a card game of the people and their work. The information researched will then be used to create a time line for the class to view. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students reflect upon how Transcendentalism focuses on individualism. From their belief that God was within every person to their steadfast belief that every man should make decisions based on personal moral values, individualism was stressed in their lives. Thoreau and Emerson wrote extensively on what it means to be an individual, what it means to conform, and how difficult nonconformity is. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students work in small groups in order to find environmental quotes. The quotes are passed around and they decide which one is liked the most. Then students read the quote out loud to the class and explain the reasons for picking the quote. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students create their own landscapes based on the topography of their region after studying the artwork of Cincinnati-based artist William Sonntag and other "Hudson River School" artists. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students analyze the effects of territorial expansion and the admssion of new states to the Union. They describe how the growth of nationalism and sectionalism were reflected in art, literature, and language. Students assess the competing forces of expansionism, nationalism and sectionalsim. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students study the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller. In groups students explore Transcendental thought and analyze its moral and political tenants. As a class, they create and support a community service project. Full Review »
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