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Types of Furniture
Students identify illustrations of furniture types. They discuss the different types such as sofas, chairs, beds, etc. and styles of furniture and complete a furniture project. They create their own line of furniture with details to...
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Furniture Defined
Students dissect and evaluate traditional definitions of furniture styles. In this furniture characteristics instructional activity, student learn to classify different styles and types of furniture. Students create furniture sketches.
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The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up
Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...
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Types of Furniture
In this interactive word identification worksheet, students view illustrations of 14 types of furniture and select the proper name for each type of furniture from the drop-down menu.
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Types of Furniture
Pupils discuss the different types and styles of furniture and complete a furniture project. They create their own line of furniture with details to match each piece. They explain that there are many different types of furniture, such...
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Furniture Styles
Students are shown a PowerPoint presentation on the various types of furniture styles. In groups, they guess when they believe the type of furniture orginated and why it is important to know this type of information. To end the...
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Are Beds Made of Balsa Wood?
Here is an interesting resource which describes different kinds of wood and their uses. There is a table with six different types of furniture wood listed, and the number of worm holes found in each one. Based on the information in the...
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Furniture Construction and Selection
Students examine the different type of construction for a variety of furniture pieces. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they discuss how to select the appropriate furniture for various floor plans. To end the lesson, they...
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Furniture at Blakesley Hall
In this Blakesley Hall activity, students read about the furniture at Blakesley Hall in Yardley. This is all furniture from the 1600s and drawing are included with the descriptions.
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Furniture 2
For this online interactive English skills worksheet, students answer 9 fill in the blank questions that require them to match the pieces of furniture pictured to their names. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Is That Measurement Stuff For Real, Life?
Fifth and sixth graders engage in a series of activities which show them the importance of using different types of measurement strategies. One of the primary goals of the lesson is to show learners that measurement is helpful in many...
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Storage Hunt
Students create visual examples of each type of storage that should be found incorporated throughout the home. They also visually identify the difference between built-in storage and furniture storage. Students then create two collages...
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Housing Project
Find everything you need for a two-week home construction simulation project for your high school economics class. They come up with the plans for a custom home including the cost per square foot, interest rate, mortgage term, down...
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Looking at Decorative Arts Lesson 1: The Function of Furniture
Students identify different types of decorative arts objects and their functions. They investigate the difference between aesthetic uses and functional uses.
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It can be a hazard!
Every child should know about the dangers of hazardous household materials. They draw a line between the types of material and the best precaution to stay safe when using that material. They can complete a secondary activity which has...
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Beef and Beef By-Products
Pupils examine the various types of beef and the many uses of its by-products. They increase their knowledge by playing a game of "beef bingo."They discuss what parts of beef animals are their by-products.
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Whole Cloth Quilt Design
Students examine how decorative motifs are adapted to other types of objects by craftsmen and artists. They examine photos on the Illinois State Museum website, discuss design elements, adapt a motif to a line drawing, and transfer a...
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Thirstin's Groundwater Movement Activity
Students examine how ground water flows through different materials. In groups, they identify the different types of rocks in various aquifers. To end the lesson, they pretend to be water as others pretend to be rocks and try to make...
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Trees
In these language arts worksheets, students will analyze the poem "Trees" by Sara Coleridge. Students will then read about and color nine different types of trees.
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Plastics by the Numbers
Students investigate plastic resins and their uses. In this plastics lesson plan, students describe major plastic resins and what they are used for, they compare and contrast the properties of plastic resins and they list products that...
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Designing the Toy Planet Store
Sixth graders create a grid of their fictitious store. In this measurement lesson, 6th graders use a computer to measure out the floor of their store and create furniture, doorways, windows, and more. This lesson includes directions for...
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Worksheet 6 Vocabulary Review: Possessives
In this synonyms worksheet, students read ten sentences and analyze the word in bold type. From three choices, students select the word that means the same as the word in bold.
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Teaching Inference with Trash and Mystery Objects
Students practice solving mysteries and using inference skills by digging through trash. In this problem solving lesson, students investigate groups of garbage to determine what type of person the garbage belonged to. Students create a...
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Cross-Cultural Connections
Students investigate many of the relationships that contribute to the look and design of decorative arts objects.