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Fairy Tale Variations
Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and song....
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Victory in Europe, 1944-1945
Students examine the overall strategy pursued by the Allies in the final moths of World War II in Europe by examining military documents and consulting an interactive map of the European theater.
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Go Eco! Ecosystems
How is a movie theater like a desert biome? Compare systems to ecosystems with a set of activities that focuses on accessing multiple intelligences and building upon knowledge. As learners discuss the ways elements of an ecosystem depend...
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Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945
Students examine the military campaigns of the Pacific theater, tracing the path of the Allied offensives. The lesson plan presents what the Allies were trying to accomplish and why.
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President Abraham Lincoln Word Jumble
In this online interactive Abraham Lincoln worksheet, students examine 20 Lincoln-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters to match the terms in the word bank. This worksheet may also be...
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Interactive Art: Let's Make It Happen
Pupils examine art by Christopher Janney. They discuss what the art is showing and what it means to them. They create their own piece of interactive art.
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Creating and Using a Checklist of Performance Techniques to Critique and Find the "Message" in Mass Media Performances
Students analyze and critique theater events by evaluating and constructing meanings from improvised and scripted scenes and from theater, film, television, and electronic media productions.
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Arranging Chairs (Arrays)
The creation of arrays is the focus of this mathematics lesson. Pupils consider a situation for a theater stage performance: different amounts of people are coming to the show, and they must arrange the seats in rows of equal numbers. A...
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Sondheim: Voice of Cultural Change
Young scholars explore Stephen Sondheim's contributions to musical theatre in the context of the dramatic cultural shift that occurred in American life in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
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Lesson 3 - Lighting Design
The final lesson in a series on theatre design spotlights how lighting is incorporated into a production. After watching videos that focus on lighting fixtures and their positioning, individuals create a basic design plan for a scene,...
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West Side Shifts
Combine math, language arts, music, and dance with an activity focused on "America" from West Side Story. After listening to the song, learners compare the film to Romeo and Juliet, analyze the song's meter, design choreography, plan...
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Portrait of a Place, Portrait of a Family
Learners act out stories based on lives of famous people from Harlem. In this memoirs activity, students compare the life of the people in Harlem in 1930 to the people of today. Learners explore how "home" is different for different...
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Coffee Houses
In this online/interactive recognizing vocabulary usage learning exercise, students use the words and phrases bank to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students write 10 answers.
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The Science of Shadow Puppets
Students explore the art of shadow puppetry. In this performing arts lesson, students study the functions of lighting in the puppet theater as they examine the transmission, absorption, and reflection of light. As a culminating activity,...
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Light and Our World
In this science learning exercise, students solve a variety of curriculum related puzzles. They also practice basic mental math skills using four operations. The concept of light and color are explored and how it interacts with different...
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Idiom Quizzes- Leg/Foot
In this interactive word meanings worksheet, students explore idiomatic expressions. Students choose the correct expression to complete each of the eleven sentences.
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Position Prepositions 2
In this recognizing the prepositions of places online/interactive worksheet, students click on the pop up menu to choose the correct position preposition to complete the sentences. Students choose 13 answers.
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A High-Interest Novel Helps Struggling Readers Confront Bullying in Schools
Bully, bullied, or bystander? Paul Langan's The Bully is the anchor text in a unit that examines bullying and violence. After a close reading of the text, readers imagine themselves as the characters and consider how they would react in...
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Greek Golden Age
Sixth graders study the Greek Golden Age. In this ancient Greece lesson, 6th graders explore a virtual Greek theater and complete reading, writing, and drawing activities in classroom learning stations.
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"Will Be Doing" or "Will Have Done"
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions regarding expressions "will be doing" and "will have done." Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.
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It's Time: Expressions With "Time"
In this sentences learning exercise, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz. Students complete the sentence with an expression containing the word "time".
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Location Prepositions 2
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of prepositions.
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 13
In this archaeology for kids quiz 13 learning exercise, students interactively answer 5 multiple choice questions about ancient / old things as part of an online magazine.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 6
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to compete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Students ...