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- 11th
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Students explore the history of the Seminole tribe in South Florida. Students, provided with a written history of the Seminoles, retell various aspects of their history in the form of a myth. Seminole myths are presented orally to the class. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students create a sonnet based on teh style of Francesco Petrarch. They research the life of Petrarch and identify the importance of his works and their influence on the Renaissance. After reading several sonnets, students create their on in the Petrarchian style. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the major characteristics of a constellation. They research a constellation and explain the importance of the myth that goes along with their constellation in a report. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Studenets are told that Peter Paul Rubens was born on June 28, 1577, in Siegen, Germany. They create their own allegorical painting, think of a favorite story. Students write a summary of one scene in that story, using Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils. They describe both the characters and setting in detail so they can clearly visualize them. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research historic and contemporary information about the cultures of Native American Plains Indians such as Sioux or Blackfoot. They investigate patterns used on parfleches or rawhide. They choose a pattern to duplicate. They decorate a parfleche and create a wallet. Full Review »
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- 1st - 6th
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Students research the history of the rainstick and learn how it was originally made. They comprehend the use of the rainstick in various cultures. Students create a replica rainstick and decorate it in authentic Native American designs. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students gather pictures of animals, fish, birds, and insects, and sort them by category: land, sea, and air creatures. They choose two of these categories and imaginatively combine part of animals (such as horns, tentacles, fins, floppy ears, claws, wings) from each to create an imaginary Compound Species. Full Review »
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- 1st - 12th
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Students use their artistic skills to create a unique report cover that reflects the report's content. They combine their art and a written report to design an interesting and original presentation. The erasing technique presented can be used to create interesting and unique book covers, file folders, CD covers, letterhead, and other items. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students investigate the concept of African and Asian elephants. They conduct research while comparing and contrasting the two different types of elephants. The lesson plan has some background information for the teacher to use. Students then draw an illustration of the elephants. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students research the varied causes of hunger and the effects malnutrition can have on people's bodies and minds. They brainstorm concrete steps they can take to help erase hunger and malnutrition. Students draw one or more ways that they can work with others to help solve the problem of hunger. Full Review »

