Students create digital self-portraits for use in a collage.  In this technology lesson plan, students create an original work of art in which they identify a variety of images that reflect their personality.  Students complete...

Students use  digital camera to document the needs for daily living. In this life skills and visual arts instructional activity, students create class books that include photographs of everyday objects that they use in their...

Student examine the theme of man versus nature in art. For this man versus nature lesson, students examine various pieces of art and discuss the theme as it is depicted. They discuss whether the themes shown in the artwork are relevant...

Students read the story Ancient Ones about a forest that is connected to all the life around it. In this reading lesson plan, students also create a tall folding book about the forest.

Learners investigate the lives of pets by videotaping them.  In this animal life lesson, students videotape a cat and other pets using school cameras in a computer lab.  Learners review the footage from the cat and other...

Students read a book about understanding differences.  In this getting to know you instructional activity, students sit in a circle, roll a ball to each other and tell one thing about themselves when they get the ball. ...

Learners use KidPix computer program to learn Dolch sight words. In this technology and language lesson, students type their Dolch sight words into KidPix to create a quasi-sentence.

Young scholars analyze two of Dorothea Lange's portraits and create their own portraits of classmates. In this portrait analysis lesson, students define portrait and discuss two images of Lange's. Young scholars interview a classmate and...

Students examine the use of persuasive arguments to varying audiences. They define persuasion, read and discuss an article on whether P.E. should be optional, summarize the pros and cons of P.E., and write a letter or a speech.

Students select one photos and creates portraits of the photo in three different styles. After making the portraits, they describe the differences between them. They place their finished product on a triptych for viewing and practice...

Pupils use the methods of description, reflection, and formal analysis for a study of images. In this image analysis lesson, students work in teams to interpret and analyze an assigned work of art. Pupils write responses to the work of...

Young scholars analyze the needs for outdoor sculpture and create their own example. In this sculpture lesson, students discuss the sculptural and architectural elements of site-specific sculpture. Young scholars work in teams to...

Learners create sand art paintings based on those of the Navajo.

Young scholars write descriptively and creatively after looking carefully at a work of art.

Students examine a book of hours to compare it with a modern day planner. In this illuminated manuscripts lesson, students analyze a book of hours example from the 16th century. Students create their own modern day illuminated calendar.

Students examine artworks, research literature, create drawings, and make a 3-D model for a monument to a literary figure. In this literary portrait lesson plan, students discuss and analyze the sculpture Study of a Monument to Alexandre...

Students use strong verbs in their writing. In this verbs in writing lesson, students locate the verbs in their writing, then identify the verbs that are weak and make revisions.

Pupils read The Tipping Point and apply its arguments to the high school. In this textual analysis lesson, students research their school to categorize their classmates according to the text. Pupils develop an ad campaign for the...

High schoolers explain one artist's approach to the Impressionist's use of art elements and design principles. They create an Impressionistic painting that contains two figures.

Students explore visual arts by examining a diorama in class. In this geography lesson, students examine an island off the coast of New Zealand and identify the physical attributes of the land. Students answer study questions...

Students study the names of classroom objects, then examine their cards and read the information silently and very carefully.

Students synthesize the "textbook" definition of lyric poetry and discuss various forms (love lyric, complaint lyric, loss lyric, satiric lyric). They discover the relationship of poetry to musical selections.

Students answer questions from "Huckleberry Finn" in groups. They use the internet or other sources to help them in their answer. They share their responses with the class and discuss.

Students practice combining sentences. In this writing lesson plan, students view essays and discuss how it can be revised, using sentence combining. Students practice this skill in their own essays.