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A Visit From The Jolly Postman
Learners learn about the postal system and how mail is delivered. In this mail delivery lesson, students read The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters and discuss the people and places the jolly postman would visit in their town. ...
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Somewhere Under the Rainbow--The Romantic Period in British Literature
Students create 2-3 poems, a children's story, or a two or three dimensional piece of art. In this Romantic Period lesson, students discuss the historical background of the Romantic Period and relevant literary terms. Students analyze...
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Expository --Writing
For this writing worksheet, students investigate the writing process, especially in expository articles. Students examine a piece written for a children's magazine about dinosaurs. Students read about the steps taken to generate it:...
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Backyard Rocks
You don't have to travel far to learn about rocks, just step outside, pick up a stone, and begin investigating. After taking a class walk around the school grounds collecting rocks, young scientists practice their skills of observation...
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Use Google Maps to Teach Math
Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this upper-elementary math lesson on measuring time and distance. Using Google Maps, students first measure and compare the distance and time it takes to travel between different...
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Stories That Really Add Up
Students, in groups, develop math lessons for younger students that each stems from a popular student story. Group members individually develop lessons for other subject areas based on their group's story, creating interdisciplinary units.
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Children's Books
Students explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Students write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross curriculum activities...
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Images of Children in Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Students look carefully at two photographs by Dorothea Lange for elements of art and narrative content. They use descriptive language when speaking and writing about Lange's photographs of studenT lives.
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Touring the Museum
Second graders create a living sculpture using their peers. Working with a partner, they manipulate their partner's arms and legs to create a living statue. They create a story to go along with their sculpture, explaining what the...
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Marbled Butterfly
Students construct butterflies from friendly plastic for a Holocaust Museum in Houston. In this visual art lesson, students honor children of the Holocaust by making butterflies.
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Digging for Knowledge
Young scholars explore coal mining in Great Britain. In this mining instructional activity, students visit selected museums and learning centers online and in person to study mining processes, the history of mining, and mining disasters.
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Learning About Life as a Slave
Students explore the history of slavery. In this slavery instructional activity, students take a closer look at slavery in the Americas and the abolitionist movement as they visit the suggested museums and their websites.
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You Don't Know What You've Got Until It's Found
Students consider what can be learned through the study of artifacts, focusing on those of ancient Egypt. They research famous ancient Egyptian sites to prepare for the development of proposals for exhibits in a fictional museum.
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Out and About: Minibeasts
Students get up close and personal with invertebrates. In this mini-beasts lesson, students may visit the Natural History Museum, the Bramley Frith Education Centre, the Edinburgh Butterfly and Insect World online or in-person to...
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Teddy Bears
First graders discuss the difference between old toys and new toys. In this toys lesson plan, 1st graders bring their teddy bears to school and determine which is oldest and which is newest. They then discuss how a curator at a museum...
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Secrets and Spies
Students explore the lives of spies. In this secret government agencies lesson, students visit the Imperial War Museum and the Essex Secret Bunker online or in person to discover details about Britain's spies and secret bunker.
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Japanese Carp Kites
Pupils listen to the story A Carp for Kimiko and discuss its theme/instructional activity. Then they identify and are introduced to the Japanese holiday, Children's Day, formerly known as Boy's Day. Students also design and create their...
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Harding Black: Taking It To Another Level
Students complete a variety of activities related to the pottery of Harding Black and the uses of clay in San Antonio, Texas. They watch a video about the life of Harding Black, conduct a clay percolation experiment, compare and...
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Art
In this artistic knowledge worksheet, students examine and discuss the concept of art. Students take a quiz to see how much they know about art history, and discuss questions pertaining to the rights that museums have regarding famous...
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Science TV: Making it Real
Students explore the ways science is presented in a children's television show. Students conduct internet research, and then create and design a skit that highlights the problem-solving process.
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Swords, Arrows, and Eggs
Pupils enjoy hands-on learning experiences. In this current events lesson, students may visit the Lulworth Castle, Roald Dahl Museum, Glasgow Science Centre, Salts Mill, or the Sherwood Forest online or in-person to discover details of...
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Trips as Cheap as Chips
Students take part in summer activities. In this field trip opportunities lesson plan, students may visit California Country Park, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Manchester Art Gallery, the Princess Diana Memorial Playground, or...
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PULSE: A STOMP Odyssey (6-8)
Students examine how non-profit organizations support the arts. In this non-profit lesson, students learn how foundations provide funding that supports arts in a community which contributes to the common good. They watch the movie...
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The Water Cycle
When homeschooling parents and children tackle the water cycle, the results can be a fascinating exploration of our environment.
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