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Gotta Be Me

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils create model societies. In this social identity activity, students conduct research so that they can plan and present model societies to their classmates. The societies must include information regarding how their society will...
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Mosaics of Cyprus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create digital mosaics. In this visual arts activity, students discover the attributes and history of mosaics in a teacher-led discussion. Students use an educational program to make their own digital mosaics.
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Making Rose Petal Beads

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners make homemade beads from flower petals while exploring Native American history, culture, and art.
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A House Divided: Photography in the Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils study Civil War photography and write captions for each picture based on context. In this Civil War photography lesson, students match photographs with their original captions. Pupils read included short biographies of the...
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Haiku

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the Japanese literature, music and art. Pupils discuss the culture of Japan. While listening to Japanese music, they write and illustrate a Haiku. Students are given the opportunity to create origami.
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Little Hands Help the Homeless

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners explore, analyze and study the concept of the homeless. They cover a wide range of classroom, community and career activities that define, develop, encourage, support and defend the homeless as well as what we can do as...
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Acting with Integrity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the meaning of integrity. In this language arts lesson, students work in small groups to read scenarios and discuss how integrity applies to all scenarios. Middle schoolers discuss what the benefits of having...
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Create a Resist Painting

For Teachers K - 8th
Students examine the development of resist dye techniques in Japan, Indonesia, and West Africa. They discuss textile decorations and patterns, view examples of batik and dye resist art, and create an original resist painting.
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Comparing the Oneota of Wisconsin to the Aztecs of Mexico

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the Oneota Indians of Wisconsin. They compare and contrast them to another group of natives in the Americas around the same time. They conduct intelligent discussion of the Oneotas that gives evidence to support statements.
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Chinese Shadow Puppet Play

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what Chinese...
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Creating Life Maps (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create a personal life timeline to better explain how a historical timeline is effective in studying history. They also write a poem about themselves.
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The Poetry Of Chinoiserie

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine works of art that incorporate Asian export objects, and then respond to them using Japanese haiku poems. discuss the subject and meaning in a work of art. They explain the basic ideas behind Japanese haiku poetry.
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Citizenship

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students reflect on characteristics of good citizens, examine democratic symbolism, create an award and choose an individual to receive the award as part of this lesson on citizenship. Lesson ties together social studies, language arts,...
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Panorama of the European Union

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the European Union. For this European Union lesson, 6th graders go on a scavenger hunt in groups to find missing pieces to a worksheet. Students use their scavenger hunt to develop descriptions of the European Union...
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If These Walls Could Talk

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Enlightenment and Neoclassical art.  In this visual arts instructional activity, students compare and contrast images of architecture from both styles. Students create visual art designs that feature the ideals of...
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Circle of Caring

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students study the works of well-known philanthropists and write an acrostic poem using the word CARING.
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A Decision of Integrity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study a man's life. In this values lesson, students read about Frederik De Klerk and answer discussion questions. Students discuss his values, especially integrity, and how they made a difference.
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Community of Trusted Learners

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners brainstorm the characteristics of trusted learners. In this social skills lesson, students brainstorm what a 'community of trusted learners' would look like. Learners create a continuum of distrustful to trustful individuals...
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Woodblocks And Their Japanese History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create replicas of Japanese woodblock prints using their own art as the basis for design in this excellent cross-curricular Art project applicable to Language Arts, Social Studies, or Art classrooms.
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Sculpting a Modern Hero

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the sculpture of the Greek hero Herakles. In this visual arts lesson, students choose a modern hero and create a sculpture that features the hero’s identity and attributes.
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Greek Golden Age

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the Greek Golden Age. In this ancient Greece lesson, 6th graders explore a virtual Greek theater and complete reading, writing, and drawing activities in classroom learning stations.
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Jump Ship to Freedom

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in a variety of activities in order to complete a layered unit in Social Studies. The class completes a literature study for the book Jump Ship To Freedom. The activities are graded and built into a portfolio.
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Botticelli

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners practice their studying methods by playing a team game in class.  In this research lesson, students participate in a game of Botticelli using their textbooks to find answers in this quiz activity.  Learners compete...
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Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders recreate Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs using pre-cut wood or cardboard, compass, acrylic or tempera paints, and paintbrushes in this 6th grade Art lesson. The lesson is an excellent idea for use in the Social Studies...

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