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Choral Speaking: The Frog On The Log

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recite the poem, The Frog on the Log, paying particular attention to precise diction, pacing, projection, inflection, volume and rhythm.
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Foam Trees/Ornaments

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create foam ornaments and/or miniature trees using fun foam, glue, buttons, rick rack or pasta, and gold string in this early-elementary school Art lesson. Suggested adaptations for younger and older students are provided.
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Toilet Paper Tube Snowman

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils create "toilet paper tube" snowmen using toilet paper rolls, paints, pipecleaners, construtcion paper, wiggly eyes, and markers in this winter-time activity. The instructional activity is intended for the early elementary classroom.
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Puppets and Tolerance

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study tolerance in a puppet activity. In this tolerance lesson, students watch a puppet performance to learn about tolerance, diversity, and understanding.
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Rice Wreaths

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art lesson ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The lesson can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step directions for siccessful...
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ZIP: A One-Act Play

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review amendments of the Constitution relating to due process. They discuss the Constitution in the case of Eberhard "Zip" Fuhr. They research the provisions of the WWII Alien Enemy Control Program. They determine how national...
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First Aid

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in first aid demonstrations. In this first aid lesson plan, the students answer questions and participate in demonstrations focusing on common household first aid conditions. The teacher poses first aid...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students examine Japanese culture. In this multicultural instructional activity, students taste rice crackers and create Japanese fans from paper and paint.
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Animal Actions

For Teachers 1st
First graders act out a story. In this animal actions lesson, 1st graders listen as a story is being read and performs movements to represent the animals described. 
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Dramatic Pause

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students view live theatre. In this play productions lesson, students visit selected venues online or in person to see up to 41 plays in the United Kingdom.
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PEBBLE PICTURES

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners paint pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies, or birds. They glue to a background.
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Beautiful Numbers

For Teachers K - 6th
Students focus on the shape of numbers.
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Class Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students prepare and conduct memorial service commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.
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Incorporating Japanese Music into the Music Classroom

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experience the music and arts of Japan as they explore the language and culture of the country in this lesson. A variety of musical elements from the culture are demonstrated.
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Understanding A Culture Through Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore Japanese folk tales and create a performance that tells one of the Japanese folk stories.
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Card Boxes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers build gift boxes using recycled christmas cards, ribbon, glue, and hole punchers in this Holiday Art lesson for the middle level classroom. Six christmas cards are needed for every box and the lesson can be modified for...
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Take One

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review strategies used to read unkown words. They listen as the teacher reads sentences using a variety of reading fluencies and expressions. They read assigned parts of the play, "Peddler Polly and the Story Stealer" by Aaron...
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Touring the Museum

For Teachers 2nd
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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The Seasonal Round and The Cycle of Life

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders recognize moments of importance in people's lives and asks them to find meaning in the stages of their own and other's lives. They are taught that all cultures have rites of passage for similar stages in the cycle of life.
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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)

For Students 8th - 10th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay response to one of the passages. 
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Study Guide for the 2009 Richard Gray Visual Arts Lecturer: Jules Feiffer

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the cartoons of Jules Feiffer and the art genre to then create their own comic book-style spread. For this cartoon art lesson, students read about the work of Feiffer and identify the techniques of the art. Students...
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Children's Theatre: Creative Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
A playwright's website that explores various aspects of children's theatre. Includes definitions, lesson plans, books and plenty of ideas.
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Frontiers: Drama in a Teenage Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
The lives of teenagers are different from the lives of children. This period of life - adolescence - is a time of both social and biological change. Social lives become more complex during adolescence, and the teenage years are when we...
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Applit: Resources for Appalachia Literature

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.