Looking at three of Sylvia Plath's poems, young scholars will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes. [PDF]

Students learn the basics - title, name, and date - for crediting creative work. They discuss the importance of citing work, as well as recognizing that they should give themselves proper credit so that others can attribute their work...

Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...

A Creative Twist to The Tragedy of Macbeth is a project that gives students an opportunity to express their understanding of Macbeth through their artistic ability. The activity appeals to the learning style of all students by allowing...

Looking at three of Robert Browning's poems, students will be encouraged to think critically and create compositions that explore complex themes.[PDF]

In this lesson, young scholars interpret a poem called 'The Little Blue Engine' by adding music, movement, visual art, and drama. After performing their creation, they will discuss any mathematical and/or scientific connections that have...

Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.

Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.

In this lesson, students will use adjectives to describe artwork and to develop descriptive language in creating interesting and unique stories.

In this lesson plan, students will create a friendly letter taking on the persona and voice of a persuasive animal.

This unit introduces students to some of the building blocks of how computers work without using a computer at all. The lessons keep students actively involved in communication, problem solving, creativity, and thinking skills in...

The purpose of this task is to give young scholars a chance to work creatively with three of the four fundamental arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). It is well suited for helping students develop fluency...

n this task students use different representations to analyze the relationship between two quantities and to solve a real world problem. The situation presented provides a good opportunity to make connections between the information...

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, students will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

This Word document offers pages of activity ideas for fostering vocabulary development, comprehension, critical thinking and creative expression based on "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting students' understanding of themselves through self-expression, critical thinking skills, and creative writing and thinking skills...

This role-playing lesson enhances learners' creativity and develops critical thinking skills. Small groups of students conduct Internet research on the skills necessary to survive when marooned on a Pacific island. Groups present their...

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, learners will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

Using Ansel Adams photographs for inspiration, young scholars will explore creative writing, directing, and acting.

Help students recognize and cultivate creative and critical thinking using various activities that connect math and music!

In this lesson, 3rd graders will look at the print, "Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali and talk about what they observe, including the importance of foreground, middle ground, and background in a painting. Students will then...

In a writing workshop activity, students determine the specific dietary, habitat, and reproductive strategies of an organism through research and observation.

This is a great math writing assignment. First, students learn about the patterns and shapes of polynomial equations and their inverses by making their bodies imitate mathematical concepts, using popular disco & 80's dance moves....

In Dr. Seuss' first published children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Marco, inspired by the passing of a horse and wagon, imagines a series of increasingly incredible sights on his way home from school. This...