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Imaginative Power - Exploring Superheroes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify super human powers and their uses found in comic and cartoon characters, identify use of visual elements such as line, shape, and color, and create drawings of an original super character with at least two extra...
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Nazareth College

Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to promote cooperation and positive conflict resolution. In cooperative groups, they create a comic strip or poster, play cooperative musical chairs, write a journal entry...
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Conventions: Hyperbole

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss hyperbole. For this language arts lesson, 5th graders understand that hyperbole enables writers to make a point by describing something in an overly dramatic way. Students create a list of objects that can be used...
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Learning the Component and Information Found in the Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work in a group to identify and reference the index, front page, metro page, state and local pages, as well as the sports, comics and classifieds in the newspaper 90% of the time during the game of "Identifying and...
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Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a rewritten version of the Declaration of Independence, create a set of pictures illustrating the Preamble of the Constitution and create a version of the Declaration of Independence in the form of a song, a poem,...
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Landmarks in Paris

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a map of France. They use computers to view an "in flight" movie about Paris. They research Paris using books and the internet. Students practice using the program "Comic Life." They import illustrations for each of...
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Causes of the American Revolution

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students answer the question of: How did England impose its political and economic control over the colonies? They create a comic strip depicting the event of the Boston Massacre. Students complete a Wordstoming activity to anticipate...
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Curated OER

Dazzling Dialogue

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students practice the proper use of Capital letters in quotes and how to use quotation marks.  In this dazzling dialogue lesson, students write a draft of a script using dialogue and capitalization.  Students complete dialogue for a...
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Pilkey Author Study

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and hear stories by the author, Dav Pilkey and research the list of books written by this author. They become illustrators to the novel "Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel," then they create a timeline of their lives...
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EngageNY

Planning for When to Include Dialogue: Showing Characters’ Thoughts and Feelings

For Teachers 4th Standards
Young writers examine dialogue conventions, including indentation, quotation marks, and expressing thoughts and feelings through a fictional text. By noticing where and when authors use dialogue, they decide how to incorporate dialogue...
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Spreading Gratitude Rocks

Generation​ of Respect

For Students K - 12th
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Learners find out what it means to them. Scholars write sentences, do a word sort, and list what makes them grateful. Additionally, pupils learn how to be more respectful by completing worksheets that would make Aretha...
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National Constitution Center

Separation of Powers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore how the Constitution provides for separation of power and limited government, as evidenced by the three branches of government. They participate in role-playing situations, group discussions, and complete worksheets to...
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Mask Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discuss "mime" before playing a game in which they make the body movement and gestures of a large animal while a classmate guesses what they are imitating. Next, they design and make masks of an animal face while studying the...
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Red Alert: The Noses Are Back

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students celebrate Red Nose Day. In this current events lesson, students access selected Web sites to discover facts about the history of Red Nose Day and to find activities to celebrate the day.
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Philanthropy and Native Americans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the philanthropic traditions of early Native American communities. They use graphic organizers to record information and share their ideas with classmates. They create three-panel comic strips depicting philanthropic...
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Lesson 2: Energetic Ideas

For Teachers K - 4th
Students review what they know about energy safety, identify potential safety hazards associated with use of electricity and natural gas, and recognize that scientific information can be communicated in various ways by creating comic...
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There's No Business Like Bank Business

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a role play where they see how a bank works and how interest is paid by having money in the bank. In this bank lesson plan, students operate a bank and learn about saving, accounts, deposits, withdrawals,...
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"Book Report Gallery" Bulletin Board

For Teachers K - 8th
Read all about it! A camera is all you need to create a fun bulletin board promoting books. Take pictures of readers holding their favorite books and position comic-book style talk bubbles over the pictures. Created with markers and...
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Road To Roota

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Did you know that there are comic books that can help learners discover economic concepts like supply and demand. The format of this instructional activity is highly engaging and enables them to discover how economics can be an exciting...
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Heritage: Famous People of the West

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the impact of Brigham Young and Jim Bridger on westward expansion. They conduct research, develop a class information chart, and create a cartoon strip depicting what happened when Jim Bridger and Brigham Young...
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Curated OER

Clowing Around: Ceramics

For Teachers K - 8th
Clowns are a big hit with kids! Explore a few circus related websites to get an idea of how clowns look and what they do. They then build sculpting skills by creating expressive clown faces out of clay. Web links, materials list, and...
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Curated OER

The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read several fairy tales of Russian origin. They brainstorm common elements of a fairy tale and identify those elements in several examples. They retell a favorite fairy tale through a skit, oral storytelling, a sketch, or a...
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Cartoons and Protest

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine political cartoons from 1774 through today, determine their meanings through analysis and discussion, and create their own political cartoons focusing on historical issues studied in class.
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Media Smarts

Advertising All Around Us

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Here is a set of advertising lessons, explore language, techniques, representation, and target audiences. Discuss the impact ads have on our daily lives. What do we see and how do they make us feel? Observe ads from around the world and...

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