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Observing Motion

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore movement and motion. In this motion instructional activity, 1st graders how objects can move as well as how the Earth is in constant motion and the force of gravity. Students complete a coloring sheet.
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A Balloon Dance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify three different levels of movement and sensation of buoyancy, respond spontaneously in movement to the stimuli of imagery and feelings, and formulate his or her own unique sequence of movements based on personal...
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Hostages

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils create interpretive drawings and movements based upon the emotion in the poem.
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Dancing With Props

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use move a prop by moving their bodies. They are encouraged to focus on balance, a variety of body movements, and making the prop central to their movements.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners utilize their observational skills. They explore body movements and facial clues of their partner and imitate them. Students practice and perform in front of the class. They write a story with a mirror as a major feature.
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THE EARTH FROM ABOVE

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners comprehend the geographic themes of location, movement, and human-environment interaction. They identify ways in which individuals depend upon each other within their community. Students identify examples of linkages and the...
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Children's March Teacher's Guide, Activity 6

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students see the role that different genders played in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. They explain how popular culture influences them.
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Cartoon Challenge

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice locomotor movements and space awareness while reinforcing knowledge of living and non-living things learned from the classroom.
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Dance with Me

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a simple dance that illustrates the changes in rhythm in a song. They identify the form of the song. Ask volunteers to show movement or steps that could be used for each section
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Time Is of the Essence

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the evolution of the Civil Rights Movement from slavery to the present day. They make a timeline using the major events.
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The Early Suffragists

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research early suffragists in an effort to find the most influential leader of the movement. They give presentations and the class chooses a winner. They write letters to the postmaster suggesting they be placed on a stamp.
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"Know How" to Line Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils identify and define several movements physically acted out. They participate in a freeze activity in which they line up performing different movements. For example, they line up (1) if they are doing a strength exercise, (2) if...
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Movement and Safety

For Students 1st
In this safety worksheet, 1st graders examine 6 pictures of items that can be stopped. They decide if it is usually safe to stop each item and write whether it is safe or unsafe on the line below the picture. They look at items such as a...
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Moving In Unison

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice moving in general space successfully (i.e., not bumping into each other and moving to empty space). Teachers may add many different locomotor movements, or increase participants for an extra challenge.
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Letter Dance

For Teachers All
Students listen to a piece of classical music and identify the letter that their first name begins with. They use their bodies and movement to make the letter shapes and set the movements to the music.
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Sustained Resistance

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research events that led up to the Civil Rights movement using primary source documents that show attitudes about lynching.
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Free African-Americans in Delaware

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work in groups of two and review the Abolitionist Movement. They observe the manumission/city directory and discover what it is and why it is so important. They read the manumission aloud and discuss why they were freeing their...
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Animal Actions

For Teachers 1st
First graders act out a story. In this animal actions lesson, 1st graders listen as a story is being read and performs movements to represent the animals described. 
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Scrambled Eggs and Dead Bugs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice movement by pretending be scrambled eggs, and dead bugs. They dance, skip, gallop, walk etc . . . when music plays, and stop when it does not.
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Musical Freeze Improvisions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils are introduced to the process of creating story from movement through improvisation and invention. When the music is playing, they move. When the music stops, the students freeze. A discussion on the role that music plays in the...
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Lesson Plan on Migration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders diagram written and oral directions of a Native American, European Viking, Right Whale or Humpback Whale migration route, the student diagram all directions only in the sequence given, with arrows indicating direction of...
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Return South Migration Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the reasons so many immigrants returned to the South following the Civil Rights Movement. They examine how the former slaves influenced the cultural life in the Northern cities.
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Pirate PE Field Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in movement activities while completing "pirate" stations. They rotate through the activities every 6-7 minutes. They complete activities such as "Walk the Plank, Gone Fishin', Cannon Blast, and Swab the Deck."
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Dance - Kindergarten Body Awareness and Space

For Teachers K
Students practice locomotor and axial movements. In this body awareness lesson, students discover freeze movement, axial movements, and locomotor movements. Students practice the movements as they maintain personal space.

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