"This looks like an owl!" Kids get a chance to create all sorts of things by arranging various shapes, painting them, and gluing them together. A great way to encourage creativity and spontaneity.

Public art, especially monuments and memorials, are designed to celebrate and honor those who have made significant contributions to a community or even an entire nation. Here's a lesson plan that asks scholars to consider who is...

Take a longer look at a formative time in history with a lesson that explores the causes of the American Civil War. After viewing a series of images and explanations for various forces at play, middle schoolers choose the images that...

Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL lesson.

"The Masque of the Red Death" provides readers with an opportunity to research and plan a presentation about a topic related to Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story. 

Archetypes help readers connect literature to the world around them. A lesson plan uses elements of pop culture to teach about archetypal traits of common characters  and discuss issues of perception and other literary devices. At...

Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...

Personal narratives are powerful things. Whether told from the first-person or third-person point of view, whether in the form of an essay, a short story, novel, or video, whether fiction or fact, they capture readers and give them...

Students recognize and compare symbols and their meanings on a mummy case with those in students' everyday lives.

Students design their own symbols based on their experiences and feelings using Keith Haring's method of bold, direct lines.

Students watch a video and slides to view Keith Haring's work of 3 dimensional forms based on 2 dimensional imagery. For this 3 dimensional forms lesson plan, students analyze symbols and discuss lines, sound, movement, and emotions.

Young scholars examine photographs that make social statements. They examine content, symbolism, and their personal reactions to works of art that make expressive statements about social issues.

Students explore symbols of their individual identities and write college admissions essays about the meaning of the symbols. They evaluate the unique and common identities of their classmates through participation in a Step Into the...

Learners explore the concept of symbolism through reading The Metamorphosis by Kafka. In this literature lesson, students discuss the using of symbolism in Kafka's The Metamorphosis and create a composition that details a symbol of...

Students identify connections between various cultures and the symbolism used in them. Individually, they reflect on their own culture, beliefs and values and identify the symbolisms they use to show them. They discuss how their clothes...

Seventh graders identify a political cartoon and analyze a pre-Revolutionary War political cartoon. In this political cartoon lesson, 7th graders discuss cartoons and the historical beginnings of American politics using a PowerPoint...

Young scholars analyze the Minerva mosaic. In this Library of Congress lesson, students conduct primary source analysis of the mosaic as they interpret the symbolism and mythology featured in the mosaic.

Learners explore traditional African culture, symbols and symbol making and printing, and create class adinkra cloth.

Learners explore flags. In this social studies civics lesson students listen to Flags of the Metis by Calvin Racette. Learners identify examples of symbols used in the 21st century. Students research information about flags, design an...

Learners explore U.S. geography by completing a coloring activity in class. In this Texas history lesson, students utilize the web to locate Texas on a map of the U.S. Learners view a PowerPoint presentation which showcases the state...

Students write letters of the alphabet and explore how decorated letters can be used to convey stories or symbolic ideas. In this decorating alphabet lesson, students create an “illuminated” alphabet in which each letter conveys concepts...

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...

Students make a hat that symbolizes special things about them after they explore hats from around the world and see those created by Sonya Clark.

Learners discover the meaning of patriotism through literature, songs, and poetry. They also identify patriotic symbols and activities such as the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Star Spangled Banner, the bald eagle, and monuments.