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Dr. Seuss: Horton Hears a Who?
Second graders listen to Horton Hears a Who? and complete a study of word cooperation. They group the words into families to see chunking.
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"Small Boy and Girl With Jumper," by Akio Takamori
Students examine and analyze the sculpture, "Small Boy and Girl With Jumper," by Akio Takamori. They answer discussion questions, discuss how immigrants make a contribution to their new country, and design and create clay symbols.
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Japanese Family Crests
Students create an artistic crest that represents either themselves, their group of friends, or their their family.
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Korean Comfort Women
Students examine the use of women as slaves by the Japanese military during World War II. Using the internet, they research the purpose of Korean comfort women and identify how the women have dealt with the exploitation. They share...
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Family Law Opinion Poll
Students discuss their feelings related to family rights and the law. Using the internet, they research information to back up their opinions and examine counter-arguments. They take a survey to identify their feelings more in depth to...
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Brainstorming Solutions
Students discuss common problems and interests with their classmates as a vehicle for problem solving. After sharing their problems, students work in groups to brainstorm possible solutions to their problems. This instructional...
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The Importance of Water
Students explore the importance of water. They discuss why water is important and students design an experiment that evaluates the water quality and methods of improving water quality. Students perform testing and report their findings.
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Wetland Ecosystem Conservation
Students read articles about wetland ecosystem conservation in Florida and other countries. They summarize information found in the articles. Students reflect on the information in the articles and write their feelings.
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Forecast Fever
Ninth graders investigate what high-tech tools are used to gather weather data and make weather forecasts. They view a video and a PowerPoint presentation, and conduct research on a cloud chart website. Students make local weather...
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Keep Your Lamps
Students practice their singing using the correct posture. Using music, they practice reading it and using the correct rhythm. They are introduced to a Oratorio and stretching exercises to use before beginning a song. They share their...
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Festival Hosanna
High schoolers sing and perform the song "Festival Hosanna" by Carole Stephens in this Choral lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the National Standards for Music and singing proper Latin text in a group setting.
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My Love and I - 2
Students sing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this Music instructional activity for the High School SSA choir. The instructional activity is part of a unit that can be used to aid the performance and...
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My Love And I
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson plan for the SSA choir. This lesson plan can be accomplished in under an hour and includes warm-up ideas to begin the...
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My Love And I
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of lessons on this song.
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Hachimaki/Shibori Lesson Plan
Sixth graders are introduced to the technique of Arashi Shibori and its history. In groups, they discover how to perform this process and examine how to do hachimaki. To end the activity, they make their own hachimaki to wear and share...
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Mystery Polymers
Middle schoolers examine how some natural substances are polymers. In this polymer lesson students complete a lab and give examples of a physical change.
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Feelings about Current Events
Students explore feelings about negative events. In this health and social studies instructional activity, students discuss and write about personal feelings about events that have had an impact on their life, such as hurricanes,...