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National Basketball Association

Nba: :Legends Profile: Earvin "Magic" Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the NBA, offers a thorough summary of the life and career of basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, with links to other resource information and career statistics.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Magic Carpet Ride [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, a reader's theater script for A Magic Carpet Ride is provided. Two character roles are needed in this activity.
Activity
Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "The Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Chicken" [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Helen Lester's early childhood book, The Wizard, the Fairy and the Magic Chicken, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Themes: Magic and Supernatural

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection of resources will help to understand the significance of magical characters and events in Shakespeare's works. Enchantment and the occult fascinated the Elizabethans. It includes videos,...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Magic Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological list of artists associated with the Magic Realism movement, with links to famous works and biographies.
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: The Tempest: Magic

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity encourages students to explore Shakespeare's presentation of Prospero and his arts in the light of attitudes to magic in the Elizabethan and early Jacobean period. Included are discussion questions, primary sources, links...
Article
Other

Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces Colombian author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and explains his use of "magical realism."
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Unicorns, Dragons, and Other Magical Creatures

For Teachers K - 1st
This online lesson plan deals with children's natural interest in imaginary play, fantasy, and make-believe by tying it into discovering and understanding different cultures from around the world.
Interactive
CPALMS

Cpalms: The Magical Library

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this tutorial, students will take a virtual trip to a library and learn how to identify the genre, author, and illustrator of a book. After listening to short segments from a magical wizard, students will identify books that are story...
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Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Other Side of the Magic Shop

For Teachers 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl named Bella who worked at a magic shop and answer questions in comprehension, setting, characterization, main idea, inference, transitions, and more. A link to a...
Article
Other

Mostly Fiction: Latin American Writers and Magic

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The writer of this site tells about her experience with reading literature written in the "magical realism" style. It is a personal response to literature, rather than a scholarly analysis, but it is well-written and knowledgable. Many...
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Multiplying Magic Squares

For Students 6th - 8th
The math concept of "Magic Squares" is explored here with basic terminology and examples to begin with. Once students have mastered these, the more challenging idea of how to multiply magic squares is introduced. Review materials are...
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TES Global

Tes: Midsummer Night's Dream: Magic Flower Task

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students design an advertisement for a magic flower like Oberon does in A Midsummer Night's Dream. They begin by answering questions as to product name, what it does, how it works, the...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Other Side of the Magic Shop

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about girl named Bella who works at a magic shop. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TES Global

Tes: The Tempest: Magic Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of magic photos from the Royal Shakespeare Company's various productions of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which could be useful in comparing different interpretations and sparking...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Secrets of Mozart's "Magic Flute"

For Students 9th - 10th
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Die Zauberflote" ("The Magic Flute") is widely regarded as one of the most influential operas in history. And while it may seem like a childish fairytale at first glance, it's actually full of subversive...
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Other

Luther College: Magic and the Common People of Early Modern Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the role that superstition and a belief in magic played in people's lives in early modern Europe.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Magic of Vedic Math

For Students 9th - 10th
There is more than one way to reach a correct answer in mathematics. Vedic math, an ancient Indian method, sidesteps traditional computations in a manner that provides a shortcut, while being fun to use and to learn. Gaurav Tekriwal...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Visiting the Magic Kingdom!

For Teachers 6th Standards
Have you ever wondered what the magic kingdom would look like on a coordinate grid?
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Magic, Illusion, and the Supernatural

For Students 9th - 10th
Mischievous fairies, monstrous apparitions, and scheming witches: examine how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers played with the magical and supernatural.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Magical Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A seven-slide presentation explaining and identifying the characteristics of the fictional genre of magical realism. Examples are provided.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Magical Realism

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen-part learning module with links to images, slides, videos, texts, and websites on the literary technique of magical realism.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Adventurous Magic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This writing activity is inspired by Bruce Coville's Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, and learners will be asked to write about an original magical object that they have discovered in the "Elives' Magic Supplies," just as Jeremy does in...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Magical Animal Encounter

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This writing lesson plan is fashioned after Harry Potter's encounter with a communicative boa constrictor at the zoo. Inspired by Rowling's original idea, students will be asked to create a three-part story about an original magical...

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