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Why Are Your "Good Dishes" Called China?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students link monopoly as a result of geography and technology. They recognize technology as a determinant of economic success. Students recognize cultural diffusion based upon societal wants and needs. They compare and contrast methods...
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Gifts From China To The West

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify Chinese inventions that are widely used today and explore how these inventions influenced social development in the West in this Social Studies lesson using cooperative learning techniques.
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Porcelain And Trade Economics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the concepts of importing and exporting through the study of Asian luxury goods, in particular porcelain. This lesson plan includes resource links to primay source images.
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Haniwa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use non-fired clay and posterboards to create and display examples of Haniwa and kofun in this exciting lesson for the Social Studies, Humanities, Asian Studies, or Art classroom.
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Containers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effect of different container materials on heat transfer; draws a conclusion about the best insulator; and applies concept to a new, seemingly quite different problem.
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American Indian Art

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover and gain an understanding of American Indian art creating three beads out of clay, showing texture on at least one bead to make a balanced bracelet. They then explain either orally or in writing what kinds of...
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Time For A Change: Illustrated Plates

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create illustrated plastic plate designs depicting a physical, chemical, or biological change of some kind after investigating the artwork of porcelain artist Kataro Shirayamadani.
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Community Service Through Art: Empty Bowls

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders become more aware of the worldwide poverty issues. Through reading books, they can get a feeling for what the daily life of a person who lives in poverty is like. The research skills studied can be used in different subjects.
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Not Just For A Baby's Bottom

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the presence of talc in the geologic record. The different characteristics of talc is covered. The instructional activity includes background information for the teacher.
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Buying Without Money

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students describe life in the Virginia colony. They explain how money, barter, and credit were used. Students simulate trading items among classmates. Students compare/contrast credit and trade.
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Conversing with an Object

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze museum artifacts and create conversations between these inanimate objects using prior historical knowledge. In this museum artifact lesson plan, students create theoretical dialogue between historical artifacts in order...
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Surface Features

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils identify surface features and orally express visual perception of unusually shaped objects. Students do this in groups for this lesson.

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