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Phil Up on the Arts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Spupils examine the concept of community in their classroom and school. They list philanthropic acts they could perform without teacher permission. They also memorize and sing two songs with philanthropic themes.
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Heartfelt/Handmade Activities: Genre Painting

For Teachers K - 8th
Students examine genre painting. They explore the Illinois State Museum website, identify how genre paintings were composed, analyze the activities of an Illinois farm in the 1850s, and create a genre painting of current everyday...
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David's Day

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are given different paragraphs from a story called David's Day. They are to place their paragraph on a scalce from happy to sad. They are to identify behaviors which would make David feel better.
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The Gifts of Trees

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the various things trees give us. They read the book, "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, cook a food using a tree fruit, create notepads using unused paper, construct a picture frame with twigs, and write a poem.
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Walking the Five Themes - Your Community to Ours

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Learners in two classrooms share information about their communities in classrooms throughout the year. In groups, they identify the physical and human characteristics of each area and how they change through time. They also discover the...
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Clay for Fun: An Introduction to Clay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars experiment with clay to create sculptures. They research various animals and work with parts of animal names to create their own imaginary animal sculptures using clay.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-In The Small Small Pond

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read In The Small Small Pond by Denise Fleming. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of the pond ecosystem. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Where Do You Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study and compare rural, suburban, and urban communities. They play a board game, read books about communities, and complete several other activities regarding the different types of communities. Several extension and...
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Quilting the Past and Present

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars construct a quilt using symbols of the past and present. For this communities lesson, students interview an older adult and discuss the history of their community. Young scholars create a quilt.
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Art Is More Than Just a Pretty Picture

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners create unique art piece from litter. In this visual art lesson, students learn the importance of recycling and create a unique art piece. Learners construct collages.
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Nature Tribute

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore parts of nature. In this environmental instructional activity, students discuss how their actions can affect the environment and design a plan to clean up a specified area. Students practice good hygiene during the...
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Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students find the similarities of dinosaurs and the animals of today. In this dinosaurs lesson, students understand why dinosaurs have become extinct. Students research and create dinosaur dioramas and finger puppets.
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Christmas in Great Britain

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate the Christmas customs of Great Britain. In this holiday lesson, students construct pomander balls and sing English Christmas carols.
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Edible Landfill

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate landfills. In this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.
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We Have a Dream

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students work as partners to study Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this African American history lesson, students work with their cross-grade partner to study, understand, and memorize the speech. Students meet with...
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Wonderfully Wild Unit

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the ethics of 'fair' in regards to humans relationship with wildlife. In this wildlife study lesson, students read the story starters about wildlife and then discuss how to finish the story. Students finish the stories...
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Arthur's Thanksgiving

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate Thanksgiving by reading a children's book.  In this holiday lesson, students read Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown and create a turkey fact book after reading an electronic encyclopedia.  Young scholars...
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Pets as Good Neighbors

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate proper training techniques for pets by creating a list.  In this domesticated animal lesson, students identify traits of a good neighbor and relate those traits to a pet.  Students create lists of the admirable...
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Safe Pets, Safe Kids

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore the concept of pet safety. In this pet safety instructional activity, students discuss dangerous objects and settings for humans and pets. Learners find or draw pictures of these objects/settings and create a bulletin...
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Bag Buildings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars create building from paper bags. In this building lesson plan, students draw buildings on different size paper bags. They wear these bags on their heads or hands and tell the story of the building.
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My Community

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify how their school has changed. In this local community lesson, students listen to a brief history of their town and school and interview someone that graduated from their school. Students then create a map of their...
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The Jones Family Express

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Jones Family Express. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...
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What Makes My Community Special

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a symbol to represent their classroom community. In this community lesson plan, students discuss what their classroom community is like and create symbols in groups to present to the rest of the class.
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What Parts Are There to a Plant?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore botany by completing plant science worksheets. For this plant anatomy lesson, students examine real vegetables in class using magnifying glasses. Students identify the plants anatomy and complete worksheets discussing...

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