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Birds: The Best Beak
Students examine the correlation between a bird beak shape
and the uses of the beak.
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An Excursion to Cities of Mysterious Pasts
Students use the encyclopedia sources on the computer or in the library to research the historic sites and history of Mexico City. They make notes of what they find to be the most interesting for their visit. They make a large map of...
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Deborah Sampson
Fifth graders describe the major accomplishments of Deborah Sampson and her importance in American history. They list in chronological order the evets that took place in Deborah Sampson's life. They demonstrae their ability to...
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Quilting: The Story of the Underground Railroad
Pupils explore quilting. They read and discuss the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. They research African American quilting traditions on the Internet and name three common qualities in quilts. They create a quilt block using...
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Visual Elements in the Giant Kites of Guatemala: Shape, Rhythm, and Color
Students view pictures of and discuss geometric shapes included in kites from Guatemala. They discuss the repetition of shapes and how that creates a motif. Students draw three concentric arches across their paper. They create a design...
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Tallahassee Project
Sixth graders gather information from technological sources such as TV, radio, and Internet as well as from newspapers and maps and produce a final printed report. They use the data to create a spreadsheet and read a Florida state...
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Visual Art: Romare Bearden
Students examine the art of Romare Bearden, focusing on a stained-glass window designed for a New York City elevated railway station. they visit the site and discuss the art after viewing it from various perspectives. Based on their...
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Stuffed Newspaper Butterfly
Students examine the parts of a butterfly. They use newspaper to build a replica of a butterfly. Students stuff the butterfly and paint it. They display the finished product.
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What Makes Good Long Undies?
Young scholars examine a variety of different types of fabrics and discuss what characteristics would make a good pair of long underwear for a journey to Antarctica. They investigate the properties of various fabrics and determine how...
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Birds of Wisconsin
First graders explore the job done by ornithologists. They role play identifying the characteristics that make a bird a bird. They discuss what makes each bird species unique. Students are introduced to Wisconsin's most common and rare...
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Seeing Ancient Worlds
Students view the images from the Nature Images Photo Gallery and identify various elements of nature. They then group the elements into categories and discuss what these images tell about the worlds of ancient Native Americans.
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A Level Notes
In this music instructional activity, students identify and define musical vocabulary terms from the Neo-Renaissance period of time. They research about Palestrina and the Mass. Students also identify what is meant by the term 'Leitmotif.'
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Gamelan Music-- Bela Bartok
In this music worksheet, students investigate gamelan music of Bali and in particular a piece by Bela Bartok. Students read about the history and unique instrumentation and answer 8 questions. Note: It appears that students need access...
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Growth and Decay
In this math worksheet, students compute the annual rate of appreciation or depreciation in a set of 7 problems. Each problem involves a given amount of money (or value) and indicates the percent of appreciation or depreciation.
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Homophone Practice
Fourth graders practice their spelling skills by completing a spelling homophone activity. In this homophone instructional activity, 4th graders discuss easily-confused word spellings. Students write sentences using homophones. Students...
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Line Boogie
Young scholars complete an activity to improve their spatial awareness and loco-motor skills. In this spatial and loco-motor skills lesson, students pass a beanbag down the line of young scholars.
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Children of the Earth and Sky
Fourth graders explore the culture and traditions of Native Americans. After reading "Children of the Earth and Sky," students discuss the lives of Native American children in relation to their own. They create replicas of Hopi...
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Weather Poems
In this weather worksheet, students use the pictures illustrated to help them unscramble each word to learn a few weather sayings. Then they identify the ways in which meteorologist tracked weather before technology.
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Maine
In this Maine reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Navajo Weaving
Intergrating dance into your social studies lesson on the Navajo culture will give your students a glimpse into another way of life. They will use their knowledge of loom weaving, Native Americans, and creative dance to express these...
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Dick Blick Art Materials: Paper Weaving [Pdf]
This lesson plan gives students a chance to try weaving with paper and features illustrated instructions, extension ideas, and objectives.
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Humbolt State University: Navaho (Navajo) Weaving
The history and style of Navaho weaving (blankets and rugs) is discussed in this richly illustrated, scholarly essay. With information about characteristic patterns used, color emphasis, and other aesthetic qualities.
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Multicultural Literature for Children: Abuela's Weave
This lesson plan is perfect in an ESL classroom. "Abuela's Weave" is the story of a young girl from Guatemala and the beautiful tapestry she creates. Includes prereading questions, vocabulary, and activities to integrate into other...
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Artisans in Focus: The Art of Weaving
This site from Artisans in Focus contains wonderful information on the art of weaving. The site is outlined in link form for easy navigation and it contains information on subjects such as: preparing the yarn, dying the yarn, natural...
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