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Chinese Shadow Puppets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the art of Chinese shadow puppetry. They create puppets, develop and rehearse scripts and perform a show in front of the class.
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Children in the United States and Japan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students locate Japan on a map or globe and describe the relative location of Japan. They use the Internet to investigate cultural characteristics of children in the United States and in Japan. They use a Venn Diagram as an...
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Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils study various forms of poetry and the culture of Japan. They are introduced to a haiku- a traditional form of poetry and an art form in the Japanese culture. They write a haiku and create a student haiku booklet with the classes...
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Constitution Day

For Teachers K
Students discuss the need for rules in their community and classroom. Using this information, they identify the authority figures at their house, at school and in the community. They are read a book about following the rules and listen...
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Hoosier Artists

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the paintings of various Indiana artists. Using the internet, they relate the landscapes shown to the history of the state and how it affected Native Americans. Using the information they gathered, they write story...
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Write to Move

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write for their classmates in order to enjoy some physical fun. Students select a category in which they can create some locomotive skills to match the chosen category. Students write a paper explaining how to complete the...
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Seaweed Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read a book about seaweed. They create various types of seaweed by painting a variety of lines. Students utilize a variety of line techniques such as wavy lines, zigzag, and curly.
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"Know How" to Line Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and define several movements physically acted out. They participate in a freeze activity in which they line up performing different movements. For example, they line up (1) if they are doing a strength exercise, (2)...
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Christmas Fitness Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a fitness challenge over the holiday break. In this physical fitness lesson, students receive a worksheet to track their physical activity while they are away from school.
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Mystery Words - Part Two - School Terms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students increase their vocabularies with the mystery words activity. For this vocabulary lesson, students solve the mystery words using clues.
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The Segregated Pencil Sharpeners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore racism through pencil sharpeners.  In this civil rights instructional activity, students utilize a pencil sharpener with one of two colored pencils and explain how some people were not allowed to use certain items...
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Winter Animal Match

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play a game. In this matching lesson, students learn about animals and their winter homes.  Young scholars match cards of animals with the cards of winter homes.
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Box of Chocolate Adjectives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using descriptive words. In this adjectives lesson, students are given a piece of candy and write as many descriptive words as they can about the candy. Students make sure to use descriptions that include all five...
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A Day in the Life of a Leprechaun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate creative writing by reading Leprechaun stories. In this Irish culture lesson, students listen as their teacher describes what a leprechaun is and where the idea for the creature came from. Students write a fictional...
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It's All Poetry to Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore language arts by analyzing poetry styles. In this writing analysis lesson plan, 4th graders read several sample poems in class and identify similes, metaphors and other figurative language within them. Students...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Reading Music in Elementary School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A description on how to teach elementary music to children.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Musical Math Facts: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Combine mental math with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require pre-made math flashcards that can be easily created...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Musical Travels for Children

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A series of lesson plans geared toward elementary students. These lessons explore various musical cultures such as Germanic music, Korean songs, Ugandan music and Mexican music. You can use all of the lessons or simply choose which ones...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Social Dances for Upper Elementary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teach your young scholars some dance steps to help their coordination and cognitive abilities. Step patterns and music suggestions are included in this lesson plan from ARTSEDGE.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Sounds: Identifying Vibration, Pitch, and Volume

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this investigation, students will observe and experiment with how sounds are made. They will use various elementary music instruments as well as tuning forks, combs, rubber bands, books, bottles, etc. They will collect data on how...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vibrations of Sound

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson about sound waves of high and low sounds. Students learn through a website, activites with rope, rulers and rubber bands on cups, and with Audacity software. Lesson is written for early elementary music students but could also be...
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A to Z Teacher Stuff

A to Z Teacher Stuff: Introducation to Poetry (Activity)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This online lesson plan combines music & poetry in a rich and fun way! The lesson is geared towards middle school, but could be modified for elementary.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Teaching Character Traits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by the music "Free to Be. . . You and Me" by Marlo Thomas, this lesson, which will take several days, asks students to compose stories that teach character traits that will be shared with elementary school children. They will...

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