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Scavenger Hunt
Young theatre artists engage in a scavenger hunt to acquaint themselves with set design. The challenge is to search the site and match a separate maquette with each of the 24 clues.
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The William Tell Overture
In this music lesson, students explore sounds. Students read about William Tell, answer ten multiple choice questions about music, and color a flower.
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Lesson Plan for Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1938)
Students study the life and music of composer, Samuel Barber. In groups, representing trees, water, and stars they use interpretive dance to tell the story of the musical composition, 'Adagio for Strings, Op. 11' by Barber.
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Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms
This music appreciation worksheet on "Hungarian Dance #5" by Johannes Brahms provides information about the composer and the piece. It also includes a "listening map", a music maze, and word scramble.
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ELA - Literacy.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.1
Do your pupils know what a primary source is? How about a secondary source? Provide them with the information here about different types of documents and then test their knowledge with a brief quiz. The quiz is made up of two documents....
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Sentence Building
In this sentence building activity, students make a sentence using the word given. The activity offer eight words in order to practice sentence building.
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Total English Elementary: The Arts
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students consolidate key vocabulary from a unit of study as they classify terms by unscrambling words and identifying 6 films based on the categories listed.
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Overture to 'William Tell' by Gioacchino Rossini
Students create an awareness of how music creates a setting in a story or legend. They identify the instrumentation, dynamics and tempo used to create various settings for a musical story. They perform rhythmic patterns from listening...
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"Playful Pizzicat" from Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten
In this classical music worksheet, students listen to "Playful Pizzicato" by Benjamin Britten. Students read about the composer and complete 20 fun activities about the instruments, form, and history of this piece.
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Verbs: Present Tense
In this present tense verb worksheet, students read about occupation activities in sentences with bold print nouns. Students complete seven sentences inserting the verb that goes with the bolded noun in the first sentence.
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Nouns Used Correctly
In this grammar worksheet, students change any incorrect underlined words to their correct forms on the lines provided in twenty sentences. Students place a c in the blank if the underlined word or words are used correctly.
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ARTSEDGE: Creating Costumes
Young designers examine famous monarch portraits and costume books, create a design for the emperor, examine fabric samples and choose a type and color for their costume. They sketch the costume and present it in a class fashion show.
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Bedrich Smetana
High schoolers discuss the Genesee River and they describe the different things they might see on its shore. They are asked to name different activities people do around the river. Students related the Genesee to the Moldau, they are...
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Verb Forms Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate verb form in parentheses to complete twenty-five sentences grammatically correct.
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The Nutcracker by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
In this classical music appreciation instructional activity, students listen to a recording of The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky. Students read about the composer and the structure of the piece. Students answer 5 questions and complete...
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Lord of the Rings: Borrowed Mythology
Students complete a research project. In this mythology lesson plan, students identify the similarities between world mythology and The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Students complete character plot diagrams for each episode of the trilogy,...
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Art and Culture of Germany
Germany is a country with a rich and interesting history that can provide a wealth of teaching opportunities.
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Ballet and Dance Quiz
Ballet is the main focus of this short answer quiz, but a few questions cover dance in cinema and Scottish folk dance names. Trivia for dancers!
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Making a Case for Beginning Wigh Suprasegmental Features in Pronunciation
Students explore the ways in which voice quality and intonation can convey meaning.
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The Young One
Students explore the challenges faced by a woman in the male-dominated music business. They consider all information from a film or television production carefully, and come to personal conclusions based on all available evidence
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The Egyptian Cinderella
Students create a play of their own version of the Egyptian Cinderella. In this Egyptian Cinderella lesson plan, students work in teams to produce their own videotape version of the story.
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"Hornpipe" From Water Music by George Frideric Handel
In this classical music worksheet, students listen to a recording of "Hornpipe" from Water Music by George Frideric Handel. Students read about the composer and the form of the piece. Students complete 8 dot to dot or instrument...
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Flight of the Bumblebee (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
In this classics for kids worksheet, students explore classical music. Students read about Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the Flight of the Bumblebee, listen to music and pick out instruments they hear in the music.
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Verbs: Occupation Activities
In this verbs worksheet, 3rd graders practice their verb usage skills. Students complete seven sentences about occupations by placing a verb in the blank provided.