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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 5th - 6th
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the 20 words from the word box and the clues to help complete the crossword puzzle about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Never Been to Spain, A Lesson on the Present Perfect Tense

For Students 4th - 7th
In this song lesson worksheet, students learn about the song Never Been to Spainby Hoyt Axton. They learn about the song's background and the grammar and vocabulary in the song. Students answer 5 questions about that song.
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What Goes Around, Comes Around!: Art from the Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the relationship between an artist and their community. In this serial reciprocity lesson, students listen to a story called Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt and discuss how the community helped Vincent van...
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Historical Fashions - Interdisciplinary Experience, Art & Social Studies

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research styles, construction, fabrics, colors, and cost of Colonial era clothing. They create a life-sized model of themselves wearing Colonial period clothing and write a report about the clothes they designed.
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Our Land: League Philanthropy Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the folk singer Woody Guthrie's song 'This Land is Your Land' to learn about the responsibility of every person to take care of each other and the land. In this land preservation lesson, students sing the song, learn...
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Christmas in Great Britain

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate the Christmas customs of Great Britain. For this holiday lesson, students construct pomander balls and sing English Christmas carols.
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Harvesting the River Lesson Plan: Taking an Oral History

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students practice researching history through oral traditions.  In this U.S. History lesson, students examine an online exhibit titled Harvesting the River, in which students interview someone from the story.  Students utilize Internet...
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Zora Hurston Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore American culture by reading classic literature in class. In this African-American history lesson, students read the story Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree while identifying the work and contributions of the real life...
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Grandfather's Journey

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore world cultures by reading a children's story in class. In this Japanese heritage lesson, 3rd graders read the book Grandfather's Journey and identify the characters, setting and plot that takes place. Students...
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George Gershwin

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the life and accomplishments of George Gershwin. They listen to Latin rhythms and practice the rhythmic parts. Students identify Latin instruments George Gershwin added to the orchestra. After practice, they perform a...
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African Popular Music

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars explore popular music of West Africa. In this musicians lesson, students complete listening tasks that challenge them to analyze the music of Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, and Baaba Maal.
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Life Skills - Advertising Tricks - Learning About Food Advertisements

For Students 5th - 8th
In this advertising instructional activity, students learn about food advertisements, including jingles, images, products, animation and more. They then complete the 3 activities in which they create their own product, spokes-character...
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Local Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class.  In this storytelling instructional activity, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a...
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Movie Cloze

For Students 5th - 7th
For this movie worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with movie vocabulary. Students fill in the blanks for 24 sentences about movies.
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Abolition and the Underground Railroad in Essex County

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the end of slavery and the hidden paths slaves used to travel.  For this U.S. history lesson, 5th graders examine the travel routes slaves used in Essex County known as the Underground Railroad.  Students write...
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All Along the Watchtower Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower."
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An Adaptation of Microbe Hunters

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students dramatize a two act play in which scene one depicts the story of Lazzaro Spallanzani and the second act deal with Louis Pasteur and his refutation of spontaneous generation.
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Still I Rise: Maya Angelou

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the poem, Still I rise, by Maya Angelou. They examine how language, poetic devices, and format contribute to the poet's message. They identify poetic devices used in the poem.
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Art as Storyteller

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how paintings tell stories. They read biographies about artists, analyze paintings, research and write the art history of a painting, write a creative story based on the painting, and create a painting in the artist's...
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Romare Bearden Collage

For Teachers 7th
The students study collage as it is used in works of art. They create a collage based on a masterpiece. They critique student art work and research the work of Romare Bearden.
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NOVA scienceNOW-Profile: Brothers Chudnovsky: Moving Images

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine digital images of the Unicorn tapestry. They discover why the Chodnovsky brothers had a difficult time piecing together digital scans of three-by-three-foot sections of ancient tapestry.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study the life and music of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They practice listening for the downbeat of a musical selection. They participate in a physical exercise where they march around in a circle and clap to the...
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"West Side Story"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music history learning exercise, students discover the musical "West Side Story" by first reading a summary of the plot. Students answer 5 questions about the story line. Students then read and analyze the lyrics to "America" and...
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General Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this general knowledge activity, students attempt to answer 30 trivia questions on subjects ranging from art, geography, films, books and popular culture. The directions say to listen and answer. It is unclear how this is to be used;...

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