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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Reading With Cups, and More! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will explore how music and language arts naturally overlap to promote literacy as they cultivate their creative and critical thinking.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Reading With Cups, and More! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, students will explore how music and language arts naturally overlap to promote literacy as they cultivate their creative and critical thinking.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Creepy Caterpillars to Beautiful Butterflies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore the life cycle of a butterfly using a website and observations of caterpillar metamorphosis. This lesson plan will incorporate science, mathematics, language arts, and art.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Nuts" About Peanuts! (Reading)

For Teachers K - 1st
The lesson will be implemented as part of a unit about plants. The students will learn about the growth cycle of a peanut and use a Five-Step Sequence Think-sheet to sequence the steps. They will also make predictions and complete...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From Knotty to Calculating

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners will work within their math and English language arts classes to research the development of mathematical tools and their applications. A research paper will be produced for and graded by the English language...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dancing Machines [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson, 4th graders explore simple machines through movement and create imaginative new machines through choreographic sequences and collaboration.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Dance With Heating, Cooling, and Insulation [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd
In this lesson, 3rd graders use movement and dance composition to aid their comprehension of heating, cooling, and insulation.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Character Choreography [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, portraits provide inspiration for learners to create character descriptions. Then, basic dance techniques are used to express the traits, motivations, and feelings of the characters as students work collaboratively to...
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University of Arizona

Pulse: Fertilizers, Pesticides and Human Health

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross-curricular unit to explore how human health is impacted by pesticides and fertilizers. The lesson comes out of the Chicano movement which studies the health of migrant workers due to agricultural practices. The unit was developed...
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Eastern Illinois Univ.: Childhood Lost: Child Labor During Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit on child labor during the Industrial Revolution. The focus is on using primary resources to learn about this issue and this time in American history. Includes many images and documents. The unit is cross-curricular with activities...
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University of Arizona

Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
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Other

Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Poor Pat Must Immigrate

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Cross-curricular plan for lessons on the immigration of the Irish to America in the 1800s. Source material includes ballads of the immigrant experience, letters, scrapbook pages and notices to the 'Catholic Herald' seeking information...
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Ed Gate: Gateway to the Summer Games

For Students 3rd - 8th
EdGate offers a comprehensive overview of the Summer Olympics of 2004. Content includes detailed information about Athens, featured sports, and Olympic facts. Cross-curricular Olympic-themed lessons plans are also available.
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Tour Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Colossi of Memnon with nice images. The history is very interesting and could lead to cross-curricular lessons with art and music!
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff" Dr. Seuss Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features cross-curricular activities for fifteen of Dr. Seuss' books.
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Other

The Virtual Vine: Be My Valentine Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here you will find a cross-curricular Valentine's Day unit! The unit includes a booklist, project ideas, and Valentine's Day songs.
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The Virtual Vine: Apple Pickin' Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a fun cross-curricular unit on Johnny Appleseed! Provides lots of ideas for integrating apples into the classroom -- from math exercises to recipes. Lots of links to other resources too.
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California State University

Basket Making

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This fibers project goes cross-curricular to focus on Native American coil baskets. Techniques could be challenging. However, when completed, your students will feel so rewarded with a beautiful handmade craft.
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Math Stories: Harry Potter Theme

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you like to read books but hate doing your math homework? Check out this site to find out how to integrate math skills into your novel. Cross-curricular activity sheet.
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M.u.s.i.c.'s Song Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
This data base of over 2,800 songs can be searched and used to enhance lessons in all subject areas. Listings feature the historical, political, literary and social references that make songs relevant to many disciplines.
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Other

National Gallery, London: Take One Picture Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here are some wonderful examples of how to use art to teach science. Lesson plans are not included but there is a brief explanation of the project for each visual example.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: The Art of Anatomy [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
In this instructional activity, 5th graders learn about value and draw a 7-tone value scale. They then observe and draw an area of a skeleton model on a 6x6-inch square, incorporating line, shape, and value. They color the negative space...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Problem Solving With Movement [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, student groups are assigned word problems. They are tasked with solving their problems using dance and then choreographing answers to their problems. These are performed for the class and the associations made by the...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Problem Solving With Movement [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, student groups are assigned word problems that require order of operations to be solved. They solve their problems using math and then choreograph an answer to their problems that incorporates the order of...