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Stampin' Around Chicago

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the United States Postal Service and choose an artifact from one decade. In this art lesson, students research how the artifact chosen relates to Chicago and the United States. Students create their own postage stamp...
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The Art of Construction

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the architecture. in this architecture lesson, students examine buildings from the point of view of the architect or builder. They draw their own building and have a classmate build it. 
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Tracking Your Favorite Web Sites

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders track the hit count on their favorite web sites.  In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders record the number of hits on their favorite web site for twenty days.  Students explore the data to determine if the relation...
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Treasures of Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ancient Egypt by learning about the after life, observing and discussing pictures of mummies, making jewelry, and more. In this Ancient Egypt lesson plan, students complete these activities in class and at a museum.
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Giraffe Comprehension using Eric Carle as the Feature Author

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate reading comprehension by drawing a picture and writing a sentence about giraffes. In this early reading comprehension lesson, students listen to a read aloud and watch a video about giraffes before drawing a giraffe...
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Idioms Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover idioms. In this idioms instructional activity, 6th graders evaluate idioms and discover their meaning. Students read Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein and create unique idioms. Assessment rubric is provided.
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Carnival of the Animals Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners listen to Carnival of the Animals and recognize that a certain instrument represents a certain animal. In this animals and music lesson plan, students will make a book showing which musical instruments represent which animals.
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Haring Art Work

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study Keith Haring and his paintings, and then create their own pastel haring posters. For this haring people lesson plan, students also write their opinions of Keith Haring and his work.
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GET'N JIGGY WITH THE JITTERBUG

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the history of the jitterbug dance through an interactive group project. The goal of the lesson is to get them to execute the dance steps independently with little outside help from the teacher. The steps are...
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Golden Door Book

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use the Golden Door as a theme to search for historical and aesthetic content. They create a paper collage containing relevant images, text and expressions.
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Intermediate Matching - Educational Buildings

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this educational building worksheet, students draw a line from the names of educational buildings to the corresponding definitions. There are 7 terms and definitions to match up.
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Art Inspired by Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a sketch on a single literary passage and compare their work.
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The Three Perfections

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the various styles, form, beauty, and grace of Chinese calligraphy by examining works of art from different eras in China's history. This lesson plan includes two possible enrichment activities.
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Networking at Early James Fort

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500. They research and analyze images of pottery excavated at Jamestown, and create a poster that presents information about world trade...
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Shaping Ideas: Symbolism in Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a class critique of the symbolic sculptures they created. They critique the work of their peers by responding to questions about the symbolic content and applying criteria for sculpture.
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The Role of Japanese Women through Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the role of women in Japan through Art and create collages using learned knowledge that depict the role of women in America today in this exciting Art or Social Studies lesson.
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From Book To The Big Screen

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a six-panel byobu (Japanese visual storytelling) based upon the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" in this lesson suitable for an early High School Language Arts or Social Studies classroom.
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Moving Pictures

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review various pieces of artwork to determine the location and weather of the location portrayed. Using a Harris painting, they identify the sources of power and discuss solutions for using modern technology to solve any issues....
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Dango

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners discuss lines, shapes, patterns, and colors used in Jun Kaneko's piece Untitled (Dango). In groups, they help make a paper Mache replica and demonstrate their understanding of lines, shapes patterns, and colors by painting their...
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The Story of Red and Blue- ART

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine works in Keith Haring's Red and Blue art series and emulate his style in a piece of their own work.
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Lesson 1: The Image of Maine in Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study excerpts from Sinclair Lewis, "Babbitt" for its accuracy and socio-economic point of view. They rewrite a portion of "Babbit" using the point of view of a Maine guide.
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Lesson 2: Maine's Merchant Marines

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students simulate the quarters aboard a ship. They write a letter to Joanna Colcord or Alice Drinkwater that shows an understanding of the experience of being aboard ship, and asks further historical questions about the experience.
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Discovering Photographic Form and Content through Contextual Study

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discover different ways of viewing photos and to develop an understanding of the differences among photos through contextual research.
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MONTAGE

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create montages using photographs or pictures. They wil use the montages to perceive and describe visual elements such as line, shape, and space.