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15 Seconds of Fame

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write an autobiographical essay. In this writing lesson students read a narrative, Panic in Paris, and review the elements of a narrative as a class discussion. Well-known stories are used as examples for writing their own...
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1968 – A Generation in Revolt

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders compare and contrast the revolts that took place around the world in 1968. In this global studies lesson, 10th graders research the youth revolts that took place in Paris, Prague, and Chicago in 1968 and create posters and...
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Fossils

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss the work of a paleontologist and examine several fossils and books on paleontology. They use clay and Plaster of Paris to create a cast of an object and compare this activity to the formation of fossils in nature.
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Science: Making Trace Fossils

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore types of fossils and discover how sediment affects fossil preservation. They focus their study on trace fossils and create their own using sediment, water, and a small organism such as a snail or lizard. Students use...
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Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the meaning of equivalent fractions, find equivalent fractions, and explain why the fractions are equal. They share their ideas about equivalent fractions. Students answer the question: "What makes equivalent...
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Carve a Free-Form Sculpture

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars construct a free-from sculpture. In this sculpting lesson, students use plaster of paris, a malt cup, and finishing tools to create a sculpture. Young scholars share their finished art pieces.
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Making Fossils

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the differences between cast and mold fossils. They discuss geological time and how many fossils are millions of years old, then create a cast fossil using clay and a shell, and a mold fossil using a shell and...
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Fossils

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a fossil using an impression made with a shell pressed into clay and filled with plaster of Paris and a mold made out of dough and impressed with a shell. They also will receive a paragraph which contains four...
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Earth's History

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate how fossils are formed. They analyze a photo of the Grand Canyon, and create a fossil cast and mold using plaster of paris and shells.
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Changing Rocks

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars shake a box containing Plaster of Paris "rocks", gravel, and sand, to measure the effects of erosion. They work individually during this exercise. This task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations,...
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Visite Virtuelle du Louvre

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a virtual tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris. Using the internet, they identify the items they expect to see and the ones they actually see. They discuss the different types of artwork that can be found there as well.
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Dateline: Troy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners read an abridged version of The Odyssey andl write a composition comparing Odysseus or the Iliad with Odysseus of The Odyssey. Students write a speech that King Priam would make in the attempt to persuade his son, Paris, to...
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President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders evaluate President Woodrow Wilson's principle of self-determination and its effects today. In groups, they research how the Great Powers dealt with Korea at the Paris Peace Conference and compare their perspectives with...
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Four Days in Paris

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research a travel destination. They set up a four day itinerary and use iWork's Pages program to create an illustrated travel journal detailing their experiences. Students share their journals with classmates.
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A Fair Peace?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read the Treaty of Versailles and examine it from different points of view. They evaluate the fairness of the treaty from the perspective of the different countries involved.
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he History and Aesthetics of African Jewelry

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners study the jewelry from various groups from Africa. They identify and discuss the region Equatoria and the Yoruba and people from Benin and review the jewelry from this region. They make and pour a plaster of paris mold and...
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Symmetry in Shapes and Everyday Objects

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover lines of symmetry for shapes and everyday objects. In this lines of symmetry lesson, 5th graders use a butterfly outline to find lines of symmetry. Students analyze everyday objects for symmetry and use...
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The Solid South Switcharoo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine primary sources. In this lesson plan on political parties, students view historic documents, speeches, and photos to trace the rise and fall of particular political parties. Students will be looking at the success of...
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Feelin; a Groove

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compare and contrast two versions of April in Paris. They discuss the songs in terms of the grooves each one captures and identify the instruments responsible for creating them.
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Rise of the Modern City

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars analyze art that depicts the modern city and the effects the modern world had on artists. In this art analysis lesson, students view examples of modern city art and answer questions for each example. Young scholars...
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Mud Fossils

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create their own fossils in an activity using plaster of paris and a variety of objects which can be fossils, e.g. chicken bones, twigs, shells, etc. After making their fossils, they allow them to dry and discuss time and its...
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LESSON PLANS (print version) pdf What is a Fossil?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students can better explain how mould and cast fossils occur when they make their own cast fossils using plaster of Paris and objects such as shells, bone or even their own hand or footprint.
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Nuts And Bolts Paperweight

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners create plaster of paris paper weights using an assortment of nuts, bolts, nails, and screws in this three-day Art project for Kindergarten through 8th grade. The lesson could be modified using any items in place of the nuts,...
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Weathering Rocks

For Teachers 3rd
Here is a geology lesson that is sure to get your charges excited. It's all about the process of weathering of rocks. Learners study natural events that can cause rocks to break apart. Some of these events are: ice wedging, plant...

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