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All About Me
Students explore self through the completion of a creative technology project. In this self-discovery lesson, students create a 25 frame movie about themselves. Students incorporate images from the web and audio files.
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...But What Does It Mean? Symbolism in Artwork
Students analyze the symbolism in the portrait The Artist in His Museum. In this symbolism lesson plan, students analyze the portrait and then create their own portrait containing symbolism.
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Crawford Grill: Opening the Doors of Opportunity
Analyze the role the Crawford Grill played in the history of Jazz music. Budding historians research interviews and video clips to learn about the Crawford Grill in Pennsylvania and black music history. The lesson culminates when...
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The Three Faces of William Penn
Pupils analyze art depicting William Penn. They analyze three different paintings discussing the symbolism, artistic elements, and depiction of Native Americans in each painting.
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Power Figure Songye, Zaire
Students create power figures. In this visual arts lesson, students design and build their own sculptures that replicate those made by the Songye in Zaire, Africa.
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The Mummy's Tomb: An Ideal Hope Chest Lesson Plan
Learners create replicas of Egyptian tombs. In this visual arts lesson, students study the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians regarding the afterlife. Learners design small mummy tombs using shoe bows, modelling clay, and embellishments.
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Biography of Robert Arneson
Students read and analyze the clay sculpture art of Robert Arneson and create their own clay sculpture. In this clay sculpture lesson, students create a three-dimensional relief sculpture of a face and experiment with creating emotional...
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Helen Frankenthaler Biography
Students examine the abstract art of Helen Frankenthaler. In this art analysis instructional activity, students complete a criticism of the aesthetics of the art, analyze the color use in the art, and research the history of abstract art.
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Fantasy Allegory of Air
Students analyze the painting Jan Brueghel and design their own book. In this art and book lesson, students discuss the elements of fantasy from the painting and create their own book. Students illustrate the book and create a painting...
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Lesson Plans for History: The Annunciation
Students analyze The Annunciation and complete related art activities. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art piece The Annunciation and create an altar piece. Students discuss the importance of a label and write one for...
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Reported Speech/First of All
In this reported speech learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences, rewrite questions, rewrite commands, and more using words like say or tell. Students complete 4 activities total.
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English Exercises: Infinitives and Gerunds
In this English exercises: infinitives and gerunds worksheet, 8th graders interactively complete 8 sentences using the correct form of the words given, with immediate online feedback.
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Correct Spelling of Animal Words
For this spelling worksheet, students study 8 animal words, then interactively choose the correct spelling for 16 animated pictures, then type each word next to the correct picture, with immediate online feedback.
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At School
For this school worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with prepositions based on the picture, find school subjects in a word search, unscramble school words, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Reading and Comprehension: UFOS
In this interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students read two short entries about UFOS. They match the text with the pictures that go with the story and write the letter in the box at the end of each. They enter their...
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Halloween
In this Halloween instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with words matching Halloween pictures and then label the pictures with the number of sentence it goes with. Students complete 2 activities.
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English for Law
In this law activity, students match words with definitions about the law and complete a crossword. Students complete 2 activities.
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ESL: Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice activity, students read examples of passive voice in various tenses, then rewrite verbs in sentences in their correct passive form.
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Grammar Rock Preposition
In this prepositions worksheet, students first view a YouTube video of a song about prepositions. Students fill in the missing words in the lyrics. This is an online interactive exercise.
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English Exercises: Song: The Eternal Flame
In this ESL worksheet, students first watch and listen to a YouTube clip of The Bangles performing "Eternal Flame." Students then complete 20 sentences by filling in missing words in the lyrics.
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Newspaper Passive Texts
In this passive texts worksheet, students read newspaper articles and put them into the passive form. Students put 4 articles into the passive form.
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Concerning the Principles of Morals Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 14 multiple choice questions about Hume's Concerning the Principles of Morals. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
National History Day
Helping Life and Aiding Death: Science, Technology, and Engineering at Work during World War I
Science, engineering, and United States history? Pupils research collections of artifacts from the Smithsonian to learn about historical scientific innovations. At the end of the lesson, they write an essay to discuss technology's...
National History Day
Heroes Who Made a Difference: Memorializing a Distinguished Service Cross Award Recipient
Ever wonder how to memorialize World War I heroes in the classroom? Activities in a high-quality social studies resource prompt middle schoolers to research Internet sources, complete a graphic organizer, and write an editorial feature...