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Postcards to Rembrandt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students "read" a work of art and infer meaning by analyzing its elements of art and principles of design. They practice creative writing by composing a postcard to an imaginary person.
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Desert Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Life Story of an Artifact

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write about an artifact that they are studying. In this artifacts lesson plan, students analyze details of the artifact and answer short answer questions about it.
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Nevada Postcard Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars, as a class, design a postcard of their school or city with a specific picture and blurb on the back. They work in groups to design a postcard of Nevada. They follow specific directions for their postcards and then their...
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Presenting Your Case

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write letter from historical figure's point of view using proper letter writing conventions, write about two props/artifacts that are representative of their subject's life, and use Internet resources to gather images to use in...
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Wish You Were Here

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students work in small groups to research information about planets in the solar system. They create picture postcards from space, drawing images they imagine they would see while traveling to a planet. They then write personal messages...
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Geography: Caribbean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research and view a video on the geography of the Caribbean. In this Caribbean geography lesson, students go on an imaginary trip to the Caribbean and write postcards and letters telling of their trip. Students will include...
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Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery March, 1965

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze primary sources to investigate the Civil Rights Movement. In this Civil Rights lesson, students explore the passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965 and how photojournalism impacted the passage of the legislation....
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Tall Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the characteristics of tall tales and how exaggerations are used. They create a character that is larger than life, they brainstorm attributes for their character, before writing a Tall Tale. They plan out their...
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A Visit to Mexico City: An Introduction to World Communities

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a variety of activities as they take an imaginary trip to Mexico City, complete with passports, maps, and Spanish dictionaries. They write postcards to send home and create items to sell at the market. The unit...
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Yodeling in the Swiss Alps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become familiar with the country of Switzerland, its geography and yodeling music.  For this Switzerland lesson, students recognize that Swiss cheese is a producct of Switzerland and write about the process of making it.  ...
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Art as Therapy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how they connect with artwork on an emotional level through writing and the creation of an original piece of art.
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PowerPoint Postcards

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the internet to research three facts about a country, state or habitat of their choice. Using this information, they create slides in PowerPoint to connect the information. They share their slides with the class and...
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USA Quilt and Cookbook Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students share information about themselves and their surrounding area through postcards, quilt squares, and recipes. Students use a digital camera to take pictures of their community and create postcards using desktop publishing. They...
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South American Gauchos

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the culture and background of the South American Pampas and Gauchos. Through reading and discussion activities, 4th graders gather information about the Gauchos. To conclude the lesson, students create a postcard...
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Dream Streets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Propaganda and Its Effects on WWI

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about propaganda. In this WWI lesson, students define the term propaganda. Working in groups, they are given a packet of postcards and posters used during WWI. They answer questions about their uses and write a summary on...
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Railroad Advertising: Let's Go for a Ride!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine advertising from early to mid twentieth century.  In this advertising techniques activity, students assess the different ways advertisers "sold" the concept of railroad travel.  Students examine a variety of...
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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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Stories Of Seasons

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story "Henry and Mudge Under The Yellow Moon," and write their own story based on a season. In this writing lesson plan, kindergarteners are assisted in "writing" their story by an older student or the teacher....
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Responding To Rembrandt's Work Through Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars write poetry in response to Rembrandt's landscapes and portraits. They create accompanying illustrations based on interpretations of Rembrandt's work and present them along with the poems in book format.
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Virtual Tour of John F. Kennedy Library

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a virtual tour of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. In this Kennedy presidency activity, students access the library via the Internet and take notes on the experience. Students write essays using the information...
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Giants Of The Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a paper sculpture based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. In this paper sculpture lesson plan, students read the story The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola. They then make a sculpture...
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Mathematics in Art?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view prints of M.C. Escher's work. They look at examples of geometric figures and polygons and discuss places they have seen them. Students create their own tessellations. They write a report about the process they used in...

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