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Drama: A Streetcar Named Desire
Twelfth graders examine all the descriptions of costumes, props, movement, lighting and music in the stage directions of A Streetcar Named Desire. They begin to imagine this drama as a production, not simply a script. Students perform...
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Pirate Etiquette
Students conduct research into the lives of pirates and create a personal skit based upon the research as inspiration. The use of imagination is a key component to the type of writing to be done during the class.
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Waterworld
Learners recognize poetry and the literary devices used to express the poem's meaning through poems about the sea. They use their imagination along with critical thinking skills in preparation for a creative writing assignment.
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Using Insects in the Classroom
Students identify and interpret the importance and diversity of the insect world. Students organize various insects into a classification system based on their characteristics. Students create tree or window ornaments utilizing their...
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Paper Bag Puppets
Pupils create "paper bag puppets" using basic art supplies, construction paper, and their imagination in this awesome early-elementary Art activity. The instructional activity includes a resource link and suggests teaching a short...
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What is a River?
Students study the various types of bodies of water: rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds. They observe models of each and then use clues to discuss how they are alike and different. They imagine they have found a new planet and draw a map...
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Whitman and Lincoln
Students determine if Lincoln and Whitman ever met and write a dialogue between the two men. In this Whitman and Lincoln lesson, students read Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and connect it to the events of Lincoln's presidency....
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Mayflower and Speedweel Trip To The New World
In this lesson, 4th graders explore the trip of the Mayflower. Students listen to the story about the Mayflower and the Speedweel. Students use the classroom to imagine the size of the ships by taping a portion of the actual size. ...
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Eensy Weensy Spider Lesson Plan
Students create their own versions of The Eensy-Weensy Spider. In this creative writing lesson plan, students read The Eensy-Weensy Spider and imagine what else the spider could do. Students then draw a picture depicting the spider...
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Build Your Own Bug
Students create a unique bug. In this activity about bugs, students use their imagination to develop a new kind of bug. Students use construction paper, scissors, glue, and crayons to make their bug. Students explore the different parts...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs
Students explore the concept of extinction. In this dinosaur lesson, students view a video and have a class discussion about the extinction of dinosaurs. They create a dinosaur egg and imagine what life would be like for a dinosaur.
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Peacemakers
Students study people who are peacemakers. In this peacemaker lesson plan, students examine and identify everyday peacemakers. They imagine what peace is in a visualization exercise and interview a community adult about peace and...
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Children at War
Students examine human rights by taking a closer look at children in combat. For this human rights lesson, students discuss the reasons that children have been used to fight wars throughout history and today. Students analyze the...
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Divided We Fall
Students examine the Bill of Rights. In this U.S. Constitution instructional activity, students write essays for perform plays that feature the importance of the first ten amendments. Students imagine the United States without 1 of the...
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The Old Folks Will Bless You and the Girls Kiss You
Fourth graders reflect on the Revolutionary War. In this Colonial America history lesson, 4th graders discuss various battles of the war, specifically the Battle of Cowpens. Students begin by watching a video chronicling...
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Marcus Garvey and the Rise of Black Nationalism
Students answer preview questions about different terms to describe African Americans. In this Black Nationalism lesson, students listen to background information on Marcus Garvey, then read an editorial by Garvey on the Return to...
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Touch-Drawings
Learners explore an object without seeing it then draw what s/he felt. In this touch-drawings lesson plan, students partner and place objects in a paper bag so the other person cannot see it. Then learners use their hands and...
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming. In this music lesson plan, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement. Students work with kangaroos and...
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Create Your Own Sporting Event
Learners use their imagination and language skills to create and describe their own sporting event. In this sporting event lesson, students brainstorm sports related vocabulary and identify their parts of speech. Learners categorize the...
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Mock Fly-Tying
Students make their own fly-fishing flies. In this aquatic macroinvertebrates lesson, students look at images of different species of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Students compare the similarities and differences among the...
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Pets are for Life
Students research the life spans of several animals and create bar graphs comparing this data. Students, as a class, discuss the long term commitment of owning a pet. Students imagine how their lives would be different if they had a pet...
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President's Day
First graders imagine that they are the President of the United States. In this history lesson plan the students think of three rules or laws that they would create if they were President. The students listen to a book about George...
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Stormy Weather
Fifth graders compare human and wildlife environments. In this stormy weather instructional activity, 5th graders imagine they are an animal or human during a storm. Students compose a story with comparisons and reasons for...
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Subject/Verb Agreement
Young scholars recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using...
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