Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

Find two dozen lesson plans developed by California teachers that use pieces from the Getty's collection as source material for interdisciplinary approaches to arts and language arts learning.

How do fables and myths explain the unknown and preserve cultures? What makes a good story? How do plays comment on societal issues? Grab a pencil and prepare to create original poems, experience the Civil War through letters, and parse...

Annenberg Media offers over 50 workshops and courses for teachers which can be used for graduate credit (through Colorado State University), for Continuing Education Units (CEUs), or for enrichment. The courses cover subjects in The...

This multi-media visual and language arts lesson plan offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4 which include...

How do metaphors help us better understand the world? What makes a good metaphor? Explore these questions in this video with writers like Langston Hughes and Carl Sandburg, who have mastered the art of bringing a scene or emotion to...

Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the 8 parts of speech straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson, including a...

Site for teachers who are seeking to integrate art and printmaking with language, communication and social studies. It is based on Chicano and Mexican use of the print to make social statements.

This interactive Language Arts skill-building site provides links to interactive activities that focus on finding the main idea of a reading selection. Online lessons, games and quizzes challenges students understanding of main idea.

Students will explore nineteenth-century life in the White Mountains of New Hampshire through a tale of a family who lived there by analyzing a painting by Thomas Cole and reading a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This language arts lesson applies hands-on materials to help students apply the sensory details need for writing. It also incorporates writing skills for comparing and contrasting. In addition, students will utilize Thinkfinity...

This tutorial will show you how to get started making a card game in Director using the Lingo programming language. You will also get some experience with objects, behaviors, and other Director basics by downloading the free source code...

Come discover Madagascar--its geography, animals, music and language. Test your current knowledge and learn new things too.

A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "City Hosts 42nd Art Fair" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills. Students...

Explore in detail two examples of the carving and painting style of the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast: an ocean-going canoe and a bentwood box, which was used for storage. Read about materials that Native craftspeople used and...

This look at art in the 21st century focuses on artist Jenny Holzer. Her combination of language, poetry, and projection creates unique installations.

This lesson incorporates the art of improvisation with writing a collaborative short story. Students will learn the relationships music has with other disciplines outside of the arts.

With Vuillard's painting of a park in Paris as a backdrop, students will explore the social concepts of parks both in this painting and their own life.

This site has nine great lesson plans involving the use of a digital camera in a language arts class. There are suggested activities for students in every grade level.

Poetry and animation collide in this ironic wartime tale exploding with flowers.

If you have a hardback book you don't want anymore this is a creative idea to recycle it. Use it as a secret storage place or a spring board for some art ideas.

This collection of storytelling activities-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be expanded by educators into language arts lesson plans to support...

Lesson plan that uses quilts as narrative art to tell stories through pictures. Quilts can also be used to learn about historical or cultural events.

A quiz on the life of Picasso. This is a great tool for assessment or review and an even greater way in incorporate technology in the artroom. One of the correct answers did not translate very well from the original French version. Proof...