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Durga's Victory: Envisioning Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read a selection about the Hindu deity, Durga. They analyze an image of her and discuss what it means to be "powerful."
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Demon Masks

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, using a story for inspiration, create their own demon mask. They are to use lots of color, texture and imagination.
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Reading Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare and contrast different works of Asian sculptural forms and use visual clues to analyze those works. Evaluation for this lesson is done on the second class day with each student creating a drawing of an American sculpture.
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Chinese And Japanese Tomb Cultures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine burial customs in ancient China and Japan comparing those customs to burial traditions from other cultures. This lesson leads to group creative projects of mock "tombs".
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Belief Systems of the Silk Roads

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review, compare, and contrast belief systems of the Silk Roads. They analyze primary texts of sacred and philosophical writings. Finally, students recognize the rich diversity of belief systems along the Silk Roads.
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Discussion Questions about Human Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the different types of heros in American history.
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Managing the Teaching-Learning Process

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders begin to recognize how 2,400 year-old dramas are applicable to their lives after reading OEDIPUS THE KING, AGAMEMNON, ANTIGONE, MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, and FROGS.
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Mexican Masks

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the Mexican mask-making tradition and create maks that tell stories. They desribe how art tells stories and examine early Mexican culture in California.
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Japanese Family Crests

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils create an artistic crest that represents either themselves, their group of friends, or their their family.
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Irises

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students create realistic and impressionistic drawings of irises in an attempt to better understand the importance of the iris in Japanese culture and art. Lesson extensions are provided for this one day lesson.
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Yin And Yang

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the symbols of change, Heaven and Earth, as expressed in Chinese art and literature in this High School lesson. Evaluation is accomplished through a short, small-group research project.
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Dragons In Chinese Folktales And Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate and discuss the use of the dragon in Chinese folktales and art in this middle school lesson plan introducing Chinese art and culture. Lesson extensions are included for additional activities.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Japanese Folktales for Children

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study Japanese folkart traditions and culture through storytelling, class discussions, and a creative project. The project involves students creating drawings of a pre-selected folktale and putting them together in a class book.
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The Role of Dragons in Chinese Culture

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss the concept of symbolism in China and America and create their own "dragon boats" for evaluation and display. This Art lesson can be easily integrated into an elementary unit on China.
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Frame Animation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the idea that an object might never have a "fixed" existence and may be a thing existing always in flux by creating a frame-based animation of something that transforms from one shape into another. They create...
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Human Rights

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore the importance of laws and the need to speak up against wrong doing and how to bring change in society and in the law. They discuss the needs and concerns of others. Students explore the concept of bias and prejudice. They...
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Diwali

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in the retelling of a story. After reading the story Diwali, students working in groups retell the significant events in the story through role play. In addition, they discuss the significance of the Hindu...
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Fighting Back

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify different methods of resistance used by Jews during the Holocaust and classify them as either passive or active forms of resistance. They create a role play of a husband and wife on whether they should hide a...
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Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the concepts related to the extinction of birds while conduct research using the internet and a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a class presentation or set the context for class...
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills- Abstract Nouns 2

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students recall that an abstract noun is a noun that does not have a physical form. Students write a matching abstract noun for a list of twenty adjectives.
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Simulation: Connecting Osiris

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students identify Ancient Egypt as the origin of the idea that moral worth as the key to eternal life. In this Ancient Egypt lesson plan, students discuss immorality or eternal life. Students then work the Osiris puzzle and discuss the...
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The Probability that God Exists

For Students 9th - 12th
In this probability worksheet, students are presented with how a scientist calculated the chance that God exists. References to scientists, mathematicians, and books are made.

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