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What is Framing?
Middle schoolers practice framing issues. In this writing skills lesson, students participate in a classroom activity that requires them to look at specific topical issues by framing them. Middle schoolers then create collages on current...
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Dracula - Essay Questions
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about Bram Stoker's Dracula. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Grammar Lessons Don't Have to be Boring
Grammar lessons can be exciting and informative.
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Multimedia in the Language Arts Classroom
Multimedia lesson plans are a way for students to explore language arts in a creative way.
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Harriet The Spy
Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...
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Design Your Own Cereal Box
Young scholars explore the ways in which media messages work and the ways in which consumers are targeted.
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Dream Bag
Students discover the functions of different types of bags. In this product design activity, students discuss they types of bags that people use and then create their own bags for their own purposes.
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Construction Paper Straight Lines
Students actively identify types of line in the environment. They accurately demonstrate an understanding of how straight lines can be used in art. They learn a little about how artist get ideas and practice their skills in gluing.
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Cut Paper Masks
Students examine different types of masks from various cultures. Using the masks, they identify the use of design elements in them. They create their own paper mask using the elements and share them with the class. After viewing a...
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Narrative Cartoons
Young scholars compare and contrast the traditional superhero cartoon with a narrative cartoon. Students research water resources and usage in Africa and create original narrative cartoons showcasing their findings.
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Prairie Activity: Prairie Quilt
Pupils investigate prairie life in the 19th century. They research quilts and prairie images online, take a photo of an object related to prairie life, transfer the image onto fabric, and create a class quilt.
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Posing for Rembrandt
Learners consider the elements of costuming and posing in Rembrandt's work. They collect various costumes and experiment with poses in the theme of the painting "Night Watch". Students take photographs of poses and write accompanying...
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What Makes A Face A Face?
Students discuss what enables us to read a face: features, expressions, standards of beauty, age and gender. They discuss what enables us to read motion: repetition, sequence, changes in form and scene.
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Showing Depth
Fourth graders examine and demonstrate how to create a middle ground, background, and foreground on a picture or work of art. They identify middle ground, background, and foreground on Michael Sowa's works of art, then create their own...
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Clay Sculpture: Relationships
Students explore art history by conducting an in-class activity. In this sculpting lesson, students examine previously created art sculptures in a textbook. Students utilize clay, sculpting tools and grey paper to create their own...
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WATTS UP?
Second graders research the Internet as they classify different forms of energy, investigate electrical energy and how to conserve energy.
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The Noble Savage - The Social Contract Rights and Freedoms of Modern Humanity
Young scholars, in groups, research various philosophers and the historical context of their work. They discuss the necessity and interaction of laws, regulations and human freedoms and consider the importance of the Canadian government...
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Look to your Dreams
Students explore the life and Surrealist art of Salvador Dalí identify and discuss imaginative, impossible or unexpected elements in Surrealist artworks.
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Who am I? Bookmaking
Students explore the process of bookmaking that has its origins from many different international cultures. The multicultural symbolism represented by the medium is utilized by students to expres their identity.
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Selavi
Students read the novel "Selavi". They relate the story to their own experiences. They also make predictions as they read the story. They research a specific aspect of Haiti once they have finished reading.
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El Education: One Earth Step Gently: 23 Ways You Can Help Our Planet
Students create a class book for peers and younger students to learn ways to help the earth. Each suggestion is explained with only the most essential information and illustrated using a paper collage technique.
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Ro Gallery: Benny Andrews (1930 )
A lengthy profile of artist Benny Andrews lists his career achievements and contains a discussion of his styles and techniques used in painting.
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Arts Now Learning: The Art of Anatomy [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space and add collage...