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Truth Or Consequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine historical works of art and analyze how these paintings could be used for personal, cultural, and/or political purposes. This exploratory lesson on art ideology includes two handouts/worksheets for student use and...
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Signs of Spring Door Hanging

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create their own original design for a spring door decoration. As a class, they follow specific instructions to make the decorate the door piece. They also practice using art supplies and materials correctly and complete a...
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Lewis and Clark: Equipping the Expedition

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars examine the preparations made by Lewis and Clark before leaving on their expedition. They make predictions about what they believe the two explorers took and organize the list into a venn diagram. They compare their...
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Read a Map

For Students 5th
In this word problem worksheet, 5th graders use a coordinate grid as a map to answer 6 problems. They work with ordered pairs, locate quadrants, and apply the information to find items in the zoo.
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Landscape Picture Map: Making a Map Grid

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a map grid system. In this map instructional activity, students discuss how mapmakers use a grid system to make giving directions easier. Students learn how the grid system works and create a grid system on their...
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A Pressing Project

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a collection of pressed plants. In this plant lesson, students use newspaper, plywood, and a rubberband to press plants they previously collected.
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Irregular Word Fluency, Bam!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Build word fluency! With this word recognition instructional activity, first and second graders play a game to practice saying irregular words with automaticity. They play in small groups using a set of word cards provided by their...
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Rumpelstiltskin

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Classic fairy tales are great! They have memorable characters, present interesting story lines, and lend themselves to art projects. Grab a copy of "Rumpelstiltskin" and get ready to participate in several early literacy activities. The...
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Division Word Problems: Split The Bill

For Students 4th - 5th
In this division worksheet, students solve a total of 7 problems. All problems ask students to "split a bill" between a number of people. Answers are included on page 2.
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Writing Concisely: Deleting or Replacing Unnecessary Information

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Are you actually feeling really tired of reading wordy, redundant, long, lengthy sentences practically all the time over and over again? Introduce writers to this handout and exercise to teach to tighten up their prose! Provides two ways...
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"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,"— Or Is It?

For Teachers K - 8th
Tips for helping students who experienced poverty or family strife over the holidays.
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Picture Frame Craft

For Teachers K
Use craft sticks to make a picture frame for parents. A great activity that can be themed for many occasions.
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Ideas for Making Class Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
I like to make enough class books throughout the year so that at the end of the school year, each child gets one book to keep. Here are a few easy ones. For every field trip we take, we make a class book.
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Create a Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Pupils create their own holidays, describing them in booklet form. They develop the holiday's name, symbol, colors, food, and historical significance.
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Greek Mythology in Art

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders recognize the specific mythological characters and their significance to Greek citizens, create representations of some gods and goddesses, and explore mythology as an attempt by earlier civilizations to explain natural...
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Fufu??: Cooking West African

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the traditonal food of West Africa.
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California Native American Basket Weaving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders consider the role that baskets play in the traditional lives of Native Americans in California. Students investigate types of baskets and their various uses and then weave their own baskets.
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Survival: The Human Body in Extreme Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a list of signs the human body gives during threatening weather conditions. They investigate the causes and conditions of dehydration, overheating, and hypothermia.
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Greeting Card Boxes: Recycled Art

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Greeting cards can be cute or pretty, and they end up in the trash. Turn your old greeting cards into a functional box. Learners fold, cut, and tape old cards to create small boxes that are perfect for holding paperclips, erasers, or...
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Mantle Motions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars define vocabulary words associated with lithospheric plate motions. They create and write down a motion to act out each vocabulary word, and participate in a game of demonstrating the actions associated with each word.
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Halloween Alternatives from UNICEF

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a service learning project that benefits UNICEF. They reflect on the project once it is completed. They also read information on the organization itself.
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Portraits as Keys to History: Nathaniel Hurd, portraiture, identity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view portraits of Nathanial Hurd. They complete a worksheet and identify differences between the portraits. This lesson plan finishes with a visit to the "About Face" exhibit in the Memorial Art Gallery.
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Artists in Colonial America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers visit the Memorial Art Gallery's exhibit, "About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith." They complete a worksheet based on the career of John SIngleton Copley as a colonial American artist. They experience the...
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Colonial Silver and Tea

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine silver pieces from colonial Boston in order to determine the social context of these objects. They compare signs of social status in colonial Boston with those of today by looking at the associated visuals.

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