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Integrating Japanese Folk Tales into the Classroom Using Japanese Kamishibai

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study Japanese folk tales focusing on the traditional values and key elements. They compare the Japanese values with their own. They discuss Japanese art before designing a set of kamishibai on which they write a summary of a...
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Lesson Plan for Granny Will Your Dog Bite and Other Mountain Rhymes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice choral reading of poetry.  In this creative literature instructional activity, 6th graders incorporate elements of performing arts into their choral readings of various poems.  They discuss musical...
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Artists Giving Back

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students define serial reciprocity through art and make a classroom goal for the giving back. In this serial reciprocity lesson, students read Camille and the Sunflowers and discuss why the arts are important in communities. Students...
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International Dance Day: Reading and Activities for ELD

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief passage about International Dance Day, April 29, is accompanied by an array of language activities based in sound ELD practice: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group...
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Ancient Music Recreated in Scotland

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read, analyze and critique a newspaper article about ancient musical tunes that have been found in a church in Scotland. They assess key vocabulary terms found within the article and compose lyrics for a song after answering a...
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Arts have Emotional Impact

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore how various artists use color, line and composition to create a mood. In comparison, students explore various elements of specific art forms that affect the viewer's emotions in dance, theater music and the visual...
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GET READY FOR FCAT WITH MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students integrate writing skills with music. They select three to four topics to write about and print out on decorative paper.
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Creating an Original Opera

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the lyrical and dramatic structure of opera through Internet sources and audio examples, cooperatively discuss elements of opera stories vs. their own lives and create one-act opera based on their own life experiences.
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My Hero Learning Circle

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Learners participate in a collaboration activity. For this My Hero Project lesson, students discover what a hero is to someone halfway around the world and themselves. Over the 16-week session, circles, made up of between 6-9 classes...
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The Mission of Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students comprehend the various aspects of the Lewis and Clark expediton. They complete an idea web. Students work in small groups. They recall some important aspects of the Lewis and Clark expedition by performing the Corps of...
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Adjective or Adverb Exercise 2

For Students 4th - 8th
For this adjective or adverb worksheet, students are given 12 sentences and must correct the errors in adjective and adverb usage.
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Write a Song About American History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the historic background of the song, The Battle of New Orleans. Working in pairs, students research other historic events and write their own songs based on them.
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Adjective or Adverb? Exercise 1

For Students 6th - 9th
In this adjective and adverb usage worksheet, students are given sentences that each contain two fill in the blanks. Students must choose the correct answer from the adjective and adverb choices supplied.
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Musical Vocabulary Links

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students use well known songs to help them learn new vocabulary and apply meaning to the words. They make associations to the songs in order repeat and memorize new words. They use the Star Spangled Banner as an example in this lesson.
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Adele

For Students 4th - 6th
Learners will love completing this quiz about the singer Adele. This 10-question resource could be a great way to help your class practice research skills. They could use the Internet to find the answers to the questions.
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Amon Amarth

For Students 4th - 6th
Have your learners practice Internet research using this resource. They answer 10 questions related to the band Amon Amarth.
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Keith Anderson

For Students 4th - 6th
Review researching skills using this resource. Learners can use the Internet and other resources to find the answers to this series of questions about the musician Keith Anderson.
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Aiden

For Students 4th - 6th
You may not have heard of a band called Aiden, but this quick quiz might be just the thing to help your learners hone their research skills. Your class can use the Internet and other resources to find the answers to the set of questions.
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Alcatrazz

For Students 4th - 6th
Use this resource as a way to practice important skills. Learners can use this 10-question quiz to promote Internet researching skills. This could be used as a center activity.
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AC/DC - Rock On!

For Students 4th - 6th
In this day and age, the answer to most questions can be found using a click of a button. Learners can practice their research skills using an online quiz focusing on the band AC/DC. They can use the Internet to answer questions about...
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AntMusic

For Students 4th - 6th
Have your learners find out more about a band from the 80's with this resource. They answer questions relating to Adam Ant, a popular musician at this time. This is a great way to have your class practice research skills.
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Whitman and Lincoln

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students determine if Lincoln and Whitman ever met and write a dialogue between the two men. In this Whitman and Lincoln lesson, students read Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and connect it to the events of Lincoln's presidency....
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What I Want to be When I Grow Up

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover different careers in music. In this career exploration instructional activity, 6th graders explore four different categories of music careers: music education, music performance, music business and music therapy....
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Boosting Rap's Rep

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the negative image that some have of rap and hip-hop music through discussion and reading an opinion piece from The New York Times. They create CD cover artwork reflecting these messages.