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Considering Media And Meanings

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars study reproductions of prints or murals. They interpret artworks supporting their conclusions with evidence in work and from contextual information. They focus especially on significance of artist's choice of mural or...
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Unlocking Soliloquies and Unleashing "the Dogs of War"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What is a soliloquy, and who is Julius Caesar? Explore soliloquies with this lesson that gets your kids up and moving! Learners line up, facing each other. Then they read the soliloquy (one side reads one line, and the other side reads...
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What would Monet do with a digital Camera?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Pupils take ditigal pictures of any subject. Using Photoshop Elements, students organize and save their pictures. They edit the pictures using a Paint Dabs filter. Pupils discuss their photographs and how photography influenced the...
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Guess Who's Coming to Our Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use their research skills to determine the famous person given in clues. Using a character recently dicussed in their classroom, they discuss how they would create a costume for them. They write sentences to be used as dialogue...
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Archaeology and Erosion

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study how erosion affects archaeology sites. In this investigative lesson, 6th graders construct a model of a pyramid using sugar cubes. They will investigate in groups how water, wind, and sunlight affects their model...
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Composer/Musician Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research a musician or composer of their choice and present their research through a written paper and free choice activity. This lesson can be done over the course of five to six classes with some homework. The paper...
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Language and Literacy Support through Photography

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars experience creating realia with digital photos to increase their vocabularies. They practice creating meaningful digital photo books that the students can take home and read with their families. Each student interacts with...
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1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using Walt Whitman's Song of Myself and Hart Crane's The Bridge as models, class groups first craft their own epic poems for 1900 and, using primary sources, create a multi-media presentation that captures the sights and sounds of life...
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Telling Time Timeline

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Use the Internet and library resources to compose a telling time timeline -- a visual history of time. Students will develop research skills and gain perspective about telling time by discovering the history of clocks and time.
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Gender Roles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore psychology by answering gender study questions. In this sexuality lesson, students discuss the stereotypes often referred to men and woman and what the truth is about their characteristics and abilities. Students...
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Ben Franklin's Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions.  In this biography lesson, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today.  Students create a commercial in an attempt...
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Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine literary arts. For this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Students create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...
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Lady Sings the Blues

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore women and music in the 20th century. In this music lesson, students study the relationship between literature and music through The Color Purple and music by Ethel Waters, MA Rainey, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella...
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Making the Connection With Quilts

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson which integrates the study of the Underground Railroad in Indiana with a Language Arts unit on quilts. They write a book report on one of the quilt books read in class and design a quilt block for the...
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Big, Medium, or Small

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make a math book. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students develop language, observation, and math skills as they explore the sizes of objects and use cameras to take pictures for their own math booklet based on...
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Set a Poem to Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the role of rhythm and meter in poetry. In this integrated arts lesson, students discuss the attributes of poetry and use their music skills to set picture book poetry to music by creating "singable" poems.
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Discovering Dickens

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students restate facts and details in text to inform and organize ideas and have a choice of four activities to enhance learning,
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Getting to Know Us

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover pictures are worth a thousand smiles. In this early childhood language arts lesson, students use their growing powers of observation and language skills to get to know their classmates.
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Cracking Cassius

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the argument between Cassius and Brutus to define the importance of friendship and study a Shakespearean play. In this Julius Caesar analysis instructional activity, students list qualities of a best friend and read...
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Sports Safety Pamphlets

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create pamphlets highlighting safety guidelines for specific sports. They define the word pamphlet, study safety guidelines for several sports, and create pamphlets highlighting safety guidelines for several sports.
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The Story of an Old Piano

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read excerpts from The Story of an Old Piano. They choose a personal object and write paragraphs from the object's point of view. Their stories can be bound for the class library.
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You've Got Rhythm

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study the rhythm value of a half note, quarter note, whole note, and eighth note. They stamp a rhythm pattern and create a clay animation which demonstrates note value.
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Bob Dylan: No Direction Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students hold panel discussions on selected topics about the 1960s and their impact on modern-day events. As visual reinforcement, they watch the film about Bob Dylan and research the music of the period as well as his musical...
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Suspension Bridge Drawing Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students study the basic artistic styles of suspension bridges. They follow step-by-step instructions to draw a suspension bridge. Students discover volcabulary related to the architecture of bridges. They examine websites of bridges.

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