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Exploring the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
A discussion of Martin Luther King Jr. can lead to an exploration of history, civil rights, and social justice.
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Stained Glass Window Designs
Students examine different stained glass windows and discuss the materials needed to create one. Individually, they use a pencil to create a design and use the appropriate colors for the parts of design that are glass. They share their...
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The Starry Night
Second graders fingerpaint their own interpretations of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night.
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Painting Made Easy
Students are introduced to painting. They choose a simple project, such as fish or butterfly. Students practice drawing this object until they can draw the picture large enough to fill a 12"x18" paper. They make relief outlines of the...
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Completing Sentences: Fill-In-The-Blanks
For this sentence completion worksheet, students choose the word from a set of 3 that correctly completes a sentence, 12 total. A reference web site is given for additional information.
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Haring Mural
Young scholars create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
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Painting Stones
For this painting worksheet, students follow the directions to paint a picture of stones with poster paint and sponges. There is no picture example; students read the directions.
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Titanic Quiz
In this Titanic quiz worksheet, students read through the questions about the Titanic disaster. Students then answer the 12 questions.
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A Midnight Stroll
Students create elusive drawings of a snowy midnight stroll using quick sketching techniques in crayon.
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AMACO Gloss Decorating Colors... "Majolica GDC's"
Students use different techniques to apply a decorating gloss. In this informative handout, students are introduced to various techniques for applying Gloss Decorating Colors for Bisque and Majolica.
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Paper Strip Penguin
First graders discuss the habitats and lifestyle of penguins. Using paper, they create a paper strip penguin making sure to incorporate symmetry for both sides of the penguin. They attach eyes, beak, arms and feet and share them with the...
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Sole People
Explore the African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create a "sole" painting.
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What's the opposite of school?
Third graders create a poem in which they compare and contrast opposites.
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St. James on Horseback
Sixth graders research and write on this sculpture of St. James and describe his importance to the Spanish soldiers who conquered Mexico. Students create their own estofado designs in an engraving process suitable for the classroom of...
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Verb Pattern Error Correction
In this proofreading and editing worksheet, students analyze 13 sentences, some that contain errors. Students determine if there are mistakes and correct those they see.
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Farm Animals ABC Book
Students read and examine various books and websites on farm animals and farm life, then create a class farm ABC book. Each student is responsible for one page in the book.
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History Hall of Fame
Students create an American History Hall of Fame for various cultures that have been forgotten in American History.
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Current Event/Public Outcry
Twelfth graders discuss the shooting of a police officer. They choose a writing form - essay or poem- and express their views about the event.
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That's Not What I Meant to Say
Students choose the undesirable word and replace it with its antonym. They decide what antonym they could use instead of the underlined word to make the sentence follow the I-Care rules.
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Who Am I? (Primary Grades)
Students identify their names, follow directions and use listening skills to learn their classmates names in a game format.
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The Power of Words Words That Reinforce Stereotypes
Students devise and discuss definitions for words that are promote stereotypes. They share the definitions and impressions in small groups.
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Instructors Lesson Plan for Impressionist Palette
Young scholars examine the goal of the Impressionist Landscape quilter to interpret nature with fabric rather than paint. Students discover how to blend hundreds of small squares in a luminous "fabric painting." There is no appliqué, no...
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Puzzle Quilts
Students watch a demonstration on how to create a puzzle quilt. Using different fabric combinations, they use each block design twice to create the illusion that each block is unique. They are to determine which blocks are the same in...
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Flying High in Our Imaginations
Learners visualize they are any bird they want to be and visually create their surroundings. They share the type of bird they were and the surroundings with their peers. They read a chapter of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and...