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Fast or Slow?
Vestibular stimulation is an action or activity relating to balance and motion. To find out what kind of vestibular stimulation your learners with multiple disabilities enjoy best, follow these simple suggestions. You engage the child in...
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The 12 Dramatic Elements
Plays are meant to be seen and so are these 12 elements that give plays the dramatic effect. Introduce young actors to these key terms and their explanations
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Pastimes
Students define and discuss personal pastimes, listen to the story Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, discuss owling as rural pastime, demonstrate comprehension by writing responses to story, and discuss how climate and geography often determine...
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Israel
The class creates and performs a movement performance of the creation story found in the Jewish tradition. This lesson begins with the research of Israeli culture and culminates in a performance of the narrated creation story....
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
Dramatic activities promote enjoyment of literature, increase reading comprehension, and help develop oral expression. It is important for children to engage in activities which help to develop their creative potential. Drama allows...
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An American President in American Art
Learners discuss the life and death of both Elaine De Kooning and the president she painted, John Kennedy. They learn how Kooning chose to describe President Kennedy through abstract expressionism and why her choice of color and...
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Creating Character
Pupils engage in a lesson that is about searching the attributes of characterization. They practice some of the basic moves involved in acting out a certain character while focusing upon basic skits like "the freeze". The exercise...
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Extemporaneous Speeches
High schoolers perform the six steps of writing an extemporaneous speech including, choosing a topic, researching, writing, practicing delivering and processing.
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Rhythm and Art: Painting
Students make connections between music and visual art. In this integrated arts instructional activity, students design paintings that challenge them to examine the relationship between art elements and principles.
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Discourse
Explore the different types of discourse and language with your lecture students in this presentation, which explores "sweet language," "stuffy language," and "poetic language," among others. Helpful for English, Sociology, Semantics, or...
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Peer and Self-evaluation in Spoken Tests: Tools and Methods
Learners, in groups, each take a different role and are to either ask or answer questions. They explore how to effectively evaluate themselves and others.
Perkins School for the Blind
Rough or Soft?
When a child has some vision they need to be encouraged to use it in a positive and stimulating way. To better understand which types of tactile reinforcers your learner likes best; you'll rub different textured objects on...
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Challenge to Communicate
Students use Lewis and Clark's journals to identify the forms of non-verbal communication they used. They discover the problems they faced on their journey and how they overcame them. They practice using the non-verbal language of the...
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Learning Empathy Through Art
Students create poems based on the Haiku form and research about WWII. Class discussion and classroom readings of student work finish this lesson. Emphasis is placed on Standards in the Arts.
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ASSESSING LISTENING THROUGH THE CLASSICS
Students demonstrate listening behaviors. They assume appropriate listening position, minimize/avoid behaviors that interfere with listening, and attend to speaker. They distinguish between real and make believe and cite 2 or more...
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Theatre Lesson Plan- Tableau (part 2)
Students explore tableaux. In this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum lesson, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From Farm to You"...
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Communication
Young scholars identify the different modes of communication They come up with different ideas and list the ideas on the board. They discuss the definition of communication as a means of conveying an idea or message. They convey the same...
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HIV/AIDS and Development
In this global issues worksheet, students conduct research on the the status of AIDS/HIV treatment in the world and respond to 4 short answer questions related to the topic.
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Effective Speaking in a Debate
Students examine and discuss the concept of stage fright. They demonstrate positive debate techniques, constructively critique other speakers, and implement debate techniques for a practice debate.
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Family Communication Style
Eighth graders explore the different ways that families communicate with each other. After a lecture/demo, 8th graders generate a list of relationships that might benefit from practice in the art of conversation and communication.
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Storytelling and Drawing
Young scholars orally retell the Yosemite Miwok legends and design accompanying artistic depictions. They discover the various storytelling elements, such as plot and theme.
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Physical Education Pictionary
Students are introduced to a variety of physical education games and activities. In groups, they participate in the different games identifying the equipment and defining new vocabulary. To end the instructional activity, they play a...
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What Really Happened?
Sixth graders recreate scenes from the theories about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. In this history and theatre activity, 6th graders review the story of Earhart using a flip chart. Students work on one act plays to depict one of...
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Theatre Lesson Plan - Pantomime
Second graders study heroes, inventors, and explorers and role-play as one of the people. In this theatre and history lesson, 2nd graders review the people and their accomplishments using a Promethean flipchart. Students then act out one...