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Values and Composition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine and analyze the values of gray and the composition in photographs by Ansel Adams. They discuss elements of art, draw shapes and lines, complete a tone rectangle, and create a still life drawing.
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Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
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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Maniac Magee

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read Mania Magee as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan presents some ideas to use after certain chapters in the book as a way of supplementing student learning and involvement in the story.
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COOPERATION BLOCKS

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students follow oral instructions in order to make a pattern with wooden blocks.
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Justin and the World's Best Biscuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read Mildred Pitts Walter's, Justin and the World's Best Biscuits and answer associated questions.
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Sand Island Story Mapping

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After reading Under the Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury, students use story mapping to create a visual representation of Hawaii. They include Pearl Harbor, Sand Island, and the Japanese relocation camp, where Tomikazu swims to visit...
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Introduction of Primary Sources

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to photographs and newspaper articles to be used as primary sources. Using a projecter, they are shown photographs of a famous person to prove they were real and not make believe. In groups, they use...
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Zooming In!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe an area of the schoolground, choosing a particular viewpoint or line of vision. At various times, students take photographs and videos of the observed area. Students write a news article based upon their observations.
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Introducing the Super 3 Research Model

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the fiction selection, Dolphins at Daybreak, and then the corresponding non-fiction books about dolphins and sharks. They use a specific research model to find information about dolphins and sharks from books and...
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The First Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the first Thanksgiving through the use of literature. Students discuss the pilgrims and where they came from as well as how the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims. Students create Pilgrim hats.
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All About Me Glyph

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this all about me worksheet, students practice following the instructions to filling in a glyph with a variety of colors to create an all about me glyph.
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Snowman Glyph

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this artistic worksheet, students follow the directions to the coloring of a snowman glyph and then show their pictures to their classmates.
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The Practical English Dictionary

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine and use in writing and conversation this 47 page dictionary of common words. This is a word list with no meanings arranged in alphabetical order.
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Compound Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word building worksheet, students review the definition for compound words. Students then complete 3 activities for compound words.
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The Metric System and Significant Figures

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars compare and contrast the English and Metric system. In this chemistry lesson, students demonstrate how to convert English to metric and vise versa. They solve problems following the rules of significant figures.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Richard Wright, a black boy living in the Jim Crow South, travels north in hopes of escaping the violence and prejudice that rules his childhood. Selected (8) reading passages (grades7-12) to pair with "Black Boy" by Richard Wright....
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Reading Group guides.com: Black Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a reading group lesson plan for the book "Black Boy" by Richard Wright. Students and teachers will benefit from the informational discussion questions listed.
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California Newsreel Teacher's Guide: Black Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever read any of Richard Wright's work? This site offers an extensive crosscurricular Teacher's Guide that includes questions for research and writing.
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University of Pennsylvania

"Black Boys and Native Sons" Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This critical essay first appeared in DISSENT in 1963. It looks at the work of Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison.
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Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: The American Novel Since 1945

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, from a university-level course in American novels published after World War II, With coverage of Black Boy, Wise Blood, Lolita, On the Road, Franny and Zooey, and...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: 'The Scottsboro Boys" Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
This site fully explores the infamous trials of the Scottsboro Boys from 1931 through 1937. Content includes a chronology, letters and accounts, detailed overviews of the individual trials, and an image library.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Sonny Boy Williamson

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Sonny Boy Williamson, an American blues vocalist and the first influential harmonica virtuoso, a self-taught player who developed several technical innovations on his instrument.
Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Forten, James (1766 1842)

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article about James Forten, a free black man, who fought in the Revolutionary War, and later became a supporter of abolition and suffrage.
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Web Gallery of Art: Monk With a Black Boy

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Monk with a Black Boy", created by Paolo Veronese in 1558 (Fresco, 200 x 90 cm).

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