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Curated OER

Having Beary Much Fun with Core Knowledge

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in a teddy bear themed unit to improve their social and reading skills along with other core knowledge subjects. In this social and reading skills lesson, students complete 8 units of activities to learn about social...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Egyptian Scarab Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars investigate and create an Egyptian scarab. In this Egyptian art lesson plan, students analyze and discuss the Egyptian scarab. Young scholars use Sculpey clay to create their own scarabs.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plans for Genre Dance Around the Maypole

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars analyze the art of Pieter Brueghel and complete related art activities. In this art analysis lesson, students read a biography of Pieter Brueghel and complete a photo montage activity. Young scholars also complete an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!

For Students 6th - 8th
For this oxymoron worksheet, learners test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.
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Curated OER

Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor lesson, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Indonesia President Slams Cohabitation

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, learners read "Indonesia President Slams Cohabitation," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Human and Natural Made

For Teachers K
Students compare human and natural made objects. In this science lesson, students identify items that are made by humans and items that are natural.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Life Imitates Art: The Great Gatsby

For Students 9th - 10th
This media gallery from the American Masters film F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams explores how F. Scott Fitzgerald's work mirrored events in his life. Using video, discussion questions, organizers, and essays, students will take a...
Article
Other

Influence vs. Imitation

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting article debating the issue of whether influence and imitation can cause a young musician to lose their own creativity. The column is well written and provides some good insight.
Primary
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Poems: Imitation

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Edgar Allan Poe's brief poem, "Imitation," as it was printed in "Tamerlane and Other Poems," in 1827.
Primary
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Notes on Imitation and Forgery

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from the University of Michigan on various types of forgery in art from the Renaissance period to today. This site also covers website forgery and the internet.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: To Imitate Two Nature Writers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson each writer will compose and revise a "showing" description inpsired by an object or a place in nature. Long before drafting, students will discuss and compare the writing styles and techniques of published authors who...
Activity
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strengthen Sentence Variety and Sentence Combining: Practice 2

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, you are going to practice evaluating sentences, adding to sentences, and combining sentences. You are also going to do sentence imitation to boost your sentence savvy.
Handout
City University of New York

Cuny: General Characteristics of the Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Tweet It Is: Bird Songs in Classical Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you enjoy singing contests like American Idol? Well, male songbirds have their own version of a singing competition that has been going on for thousands of years, and classical musical composers have been taking notes. In this music...
Primary
Other

Poetics by Aristotle

For Students 9th - 10th
Well here it is, the basis for Art Imitating Nature! This site is all text translated by S. H. Butcher. 26 chapters on the subject. If you wondered about the origins of the concept, here it is.
Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Art Lesson: Should Art Be for Art's Sake?

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Young scholars review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental...
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Dancing With the Math Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great math writing assignment. First, students learn about the patterns and shapes of polynomial equations and their inverses by making their bodies imitate mathematical concepts, using popular disco & 80's dance moves....
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Other

Kintespace: The Art of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is an analysis of rhythm, imitation, style, tone, and technique of poetry. References to imagists and their works are also included
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Imitations

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressions were a common form of entertainment and a great source of comic material for many comedians. Explore this short site and see if you can identify the sounds.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Literary Parodies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan deals with imitation as a form of parody in dealing with a writer's unique style. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Imitating a Newspaper's Voice With a Funny and Original Idea

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this creative lesson, students will create a voice for a tabloid feature within a fairy-tale world.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Showing Creative Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading excerpts in which Buck solves a problem in Jack London's The Call of the Wild, students write their own three-paragraph animal stories imitating London's style and word choice. Teacher and student instructions are provided...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomimicry: Natural Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about biomimicry and how engineers often imitate nature in the design of innovative new products. They demonstrate their knowledge of biomimicry by practicing brainstorming and designing a new product based on what they...

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