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Aussie symbols

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners work in groups to identify, examine, collect, and present a range of symbols and logos used in Australia.
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What Would We Do Without Words-Lessons In Vocabulary Development

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Lessons that build vocabulary are essential for students to learn how communicate effectively, and connect to the world around them.
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Two Faces of Paul Gauguin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Paul Gauguin's self-portraits and letters to explore the individual who created them. They consider how first-person art forms aid the process of self-discovery and produce a symbolic self-portrait
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Ad Creation from Admongo.gov

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore consumerism by completing a worksheet. In this advertisement lesson, students discuss the relationship between the media and consumerism while analyzing advertisements from the Internet, magazines and T.V. Students...
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Old Style in High Style

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how fashion has mirrored the attitudes and lifestyles of people in different cultures throughout history and create fashion magazines reflecting their findings.
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Selling Spelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in activities to practice their spelling words. They create advertisements to accompany their spelling words. They present their ads to the class and take a practice test. Their goal is to have everyone with a...
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Facing the Day

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students utilize magazines to find pictures that display emotional states/moods. Each student creates symbol cards using magazine pictures to help indicate how they are feeling on a given day. Individuals are instructed by the teacher...
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Ad Awareness from Admongo.gov

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore mass media by completing worksheets in class. In this consumerism lesson plan, students discuss the meaning behind advertisements and how they are used in television, the Internet and print. Students analyze a group of...
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What's the News?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate current events. In this current events activity, students identify current events from newspaper articles and place them on a timeline.
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How Can We Line Up?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss diversity. In this culture lesson plan, students talk about stereotypes and respecting other cultures, genders, and backgrounds. They come up with suggestions on how to line up in a way other than "boy/girl".
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Tolerance Through My Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore multiculturalism. In this visual arts lesson, students consider how visual arts may provide service opportunities and create artistic pieces inspired by service.
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Value Venture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine how the value of an item may be different for different people and investigate how perceived value helps determine the price of items in the marketplace. They list what they consider to be the most valuable...
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"Shapes" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create dances by manipulating shapes with their bodies.
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THE LION AND THE MOUSE

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to a story about different types of animals and explore how they all need each other, just like people do.
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Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the structure of ecosystems. In this ecology lesson plan, students listen to a lecture on relationships among organisms and biomes. Students use the information to create ecosystem organization pyramids.
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Gender Bias in Language

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study the issues between male and females.  In this current events instructional activity, 12th graders read an article and answer questions.  Students watch a video and write an essay. 
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Small Wonders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate some of the 'mysteries' of the animal, marine and insect worlds, and create student books explaining their findings to younger students.
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The Media and You

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the main purposes of media. Using various advertisements, they identify the method used by the advertisers in each example. They use these methods to create and sell their own product to the class. They use the...
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Forest Appreciation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners gain appreciation for the value of the forest. In this forest instructional activity, students discuss the benefits of forests and their products. They play a kinesthetic game about the consumers of the forest.  
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Cooking Terms - Level II

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students complete cooking terms with partners at their tables with the help of a foods classroom text.
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Shoes: Practical vs. Fashionable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars compare and contrast the difference between practical applications of apparel and the use of fashion as a status symbol, with a focus on shoes. Working in groups, they complete a Venn diagram comparing practical fashion to...
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Model Construction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, learners explore shapes and forms in architecture. Students understand that the function of architecture influences its form as well as construst a simple architectural model. As an assessment, have learners with a...
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Roles of the President

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a document which explains the roles and responsibilities of the President of the United States. In groups, they tour the George Bush Presidential Museum and participate in a Presidential scavenger hunt. Once back in the...
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Art Ideas for Your Adopted Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students honor an adopted tree with artwork. In this adopted tree lesson, students find a tree in their neighborhood. They follow the tree throughout the year, keep notes, draw sketches, take photos and rubbings. They make artwork...