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A Kids Guide to...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers look into their community's historical changes. In this community instructional activity, students see what draws  people to their community and research important buildings or national historic sites. They look at local...
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Ready, Set, Action

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate parts of speech by analyzing action words in sentences. In this verb usage lesson, students read sentences to each other and identify the action words and verbs used. Students participate in a speed challenge in...
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Painting - Science Integration - Ponds - Monet - Painting

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify Monet as an Impressionist artist. They create impressions of trees and bushes, paint with sponges, and mix tints and shades. They create impressions of flowers with q-tip dabbing and mixing tints and shades.
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Stowe's Reviewers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars read, evaluate and respond to both positive and negative reviews of Harriet Beecher Stow's, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Metamorphosis

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students select organic object and transform it to an inorganic object in five or six steps, and complete value rendered drawings.
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Architecture Beyond the Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th
Students learn about well-known international architects and how they influenced the United States.
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Seating Device Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and analyze different seating devices. Once research is completed, information is compiled into a research paper including examples, images, and descriptions of seating devices. Students use research to sketch and...
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Dwellings Around the Globe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore dwellings around the globe and conduct collaborative research on cliff dwellings, igloos, longhouses, and yurts. They then explore how different dwellings reflect environmental and cultural conditions, and they create a...
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Teaching the Bell Tetrahedral Kite

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils complete readings on kite making and kite flying. They analyze how the parts of a system interconnect and influence each other. Students identifies and uses color and form in a 3D artwork.
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Composing Your Own Song

For Students 7th - 12th
In this composing task worksheet, students read 2 pages of information regarding basic composition, backing rhythms, composing the melodies by ear and from the chord, and composing the chorus. Steps and tips for composing are listed in...
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Song Lesson Octopus's Garden

For Students 3rd
In this conditional phrases activity, 3rd graders list to the song, Octopus's Garden, and list the conditional phrases with would or its contracted form 'd in two columns. This is a full lesson plan.
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The Little Red Hen

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze a classic children's story by discussing it with their peers.  For this reading comprehension lesson, students read The Little Red Hen, and discuss ways the hen takes care of his responsibilities.  Students utilize Clip...
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Ode to the Earth: Magnetic Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore Earth Day by creating an arts and crafts project. In this nature appreciation lesson, students utilize nature related vocabulary terms on magnets and put them in different orders to create interesting poetry. Students...
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Da Vinci's Renaissance

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the Renaissance through an examination of the life and accomplishments of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Illustrate A Song

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers listen to various selections of music, discussing the interpretations of the song. They create a picture illustrating the feelings, mood, and message the music conveys.
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Cell Cycle Movie

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders draw on previous knowledge and create hand-held flip books that show a cell going through the motions of the cell cycle. They create a flip book, which illustrates the cell cycle.
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Painters as Musicians-CD Cover Design

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create CD cover art to project the image of the artist or what those artists might sing about.
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Landscape Book

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Improvise a Short Story through Jazz

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students evaluate jazz music and a jazz music performance. They collaborate and create an improvised group short story. They improvise a musical piece on found objects.
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Design Your Life

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use three different pieces of art and identify the power struggles that are being represented. In groups, they use the Internet to research the distribution of wealth throughout Canada during the Victorian time period. They...
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Landscapes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore landforms and landscapes. They demonstrate an appreciation for and examine how to recognize the attributes of landforms and landscapes. Students create a landscape and reflect on their painting.
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Thanksgiving Quilt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create individual "thankful" felt squares for use in a large classroom Thanksgiving quilt that can be put together using glue or hot glue. This great holiday lesson is based upon the book "Thanksgiving" by Miriam Nerlove.
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Cinquain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an original Cinquain (five-line poem) and choreograph movement to their poem, performing movement for class and video. This lesson addresses standards in the arts and requires a video recorder.
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Solo Dance Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conclude the semester with an individual movement study utilizing basic elements of dance and choreography previously covered in class. They will choose from three choreographic prompts presented a few days before giving them...

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