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Modern Mondrian

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the art of Mondrian and research is done using a variety of resources. Students create a template background and then cut strips and design them for the picture. Then the strips are...
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Composing Music

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students compose music with musical instruments, and write the proper notation for the songs they have created.
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Peek-a-boo Bags

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils create peek-a-boo bags.
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Band Beats

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students discuss find out about the four types of musical instruments. They identify several instruments of each type. Students listen to a simple rhythmic music. They follow along with its notation. Students identify treble and bass...
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Buffalo-Hide Parfleche

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research historic and contemporary information about the cultures of Native American Plains Indians such as Sioux or Blackfoot. They investigate patterns used on parfleches or rawhide. They choose a pattern to duplicate. They...
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Fruitful Bounty

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the holiday of Thanksgiving and they work in small groups to find out what kinds of foods are grown and harvested during that time of the year. The information is used to create the...
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Go Team!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discuss their favorite sports team, their challenges and the team players. They create and design pennants and banners n their school's colors. Students write messages on the banner. They may organize a school pep rally.
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Golden Coat of Arms

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research Medieval times and the significance of a coats of arms, knights, and their shields. Using construction paper, poster board, and paint, they create their own family crest and write an explanation of their crest. Students...
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Golden Sunburst

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with King Louis XiV and conduct research using a variety of different resources. They create drawings of the sun with the instructions that are part of the lesson plan. The lesson contains...
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High And Dry

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore the similarities and differences between desert environments and their local environment. After examining desert scened painted by Georgia O'Keeffe, they discuss the elements of their desert landscapes. Students use...
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Luscious Layered Landscapes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the artwork of Ted Harrison with the focus upon his paintings of natural vistas and outdoor scenes. They conduct research of the ecosystems of Canada with an emphasis upon the Yukon. The research serves as context...
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Magical Courtly Structure

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the creation of a model that is focused upon the theme of an imaginary world. They work in groups to create a magical and courtly structure using modeling clay. Then students talk about...
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Maple Leaf Silhouettes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners investigate the images used for the Canadian Flag and focus upon the maple leaf. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students collect maple leaves and then trace them onto paper as prints. Then they color them to...
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Oodles Of Pumpkins

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the holiday of Halloween and focus upon the creation and origin of jack-o'-lanterns. They look through various resources and then observations are made of how pumpkins are grown. Then students create drawings with...
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Painted Desert Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of deserts and erosion. They conduct research using a variety of resources and focus upon finding images of the Painted Desert in Arizona. They create drawings that are imitations taken from the images.
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Picture-Perfect Portraits

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Children research the paintings of Italian artist Raphael and compare them to the works of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. They engage in close observations of one person while they prepare to paint a portrait. They create original,...
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Prowling Polar Bear

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students show their support for preserving threatened and endangered species by creating and sculpting a replica of a polar bear. They discuss the agreement that the United States, Canada, Denmark, Norway and the Soviet Union signed in...
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Simply Salad Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of healthy fruits and vegetables. They conduct an information search to list the health benefits of eating vegetables. Students use the information in order to create drawings based around the theme of...
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Stripes With Gravity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine Morris Louis's painting "Burning Stain." They then paint a similar picture using Crayola Washable Paint. They place a spoonful of each color and "drip" their paint down their paper. They repeat this until they have created...
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Texture Tiles

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners explore teh use of texture. After compiling a list of descriptive words for various textures, students use modeling clay and tools to create a tile to demonstrate one of the textures from their list.
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Winter Moves

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discuss the effects of downhill motion on the body, and discern how the human eye perceives motion by studying Edward Muybridge's photography. They observe seasonal changes and identify elements related to the winter months in...
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Blank Story Board

For Students 1st - 6th
While this resource doesn't look like much at first glance, it has the potential to become anything your class can dream up. It is a blank story board template which you can print and use for a wide variety of lessons. Tip: Have learners...
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Make a Peace Windstock

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this making a peace wind stock worksheet, young scholars explore and experiment on how to design and create a peace wind stock to symbolize their feelings about peace.
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Lesson Plan 12: Writing With All Your Senses

For Teachers 4th - 11th
What does an ice cream sundae sound like? Challenge young writers to move beyond visual descriptions and craft details that appeal to all five senses. The examples provided by the script in this resource show pupils how to create rich...