Twelfth graders explore historical events that created conflict between Dominican Republic and Haiti, examine how need for cheap source of labor has led to exploitation of Haitian workers, and discuss how topography of island of...

Tenth graders evaluate the contributions of female services pilots during World War II. They discuss the service of the women as well as the conditions they confronted. Students compare and contrast the treatment of male and female...

Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.

Young scholars explore light, shade and shadow.

Students create snow globes out of recycled coffee jars and other items.

Young scholars create and decorate paper mache maracas.

Students explore symmetry.  Students observe a variety of bug and plant drawings, then draw a bug jar. Students observe bugs from the top of the jar for a symmetrical view, and the side of the jar for an asymmetrical view. ...

Pupils create a sculpture with a theme using a balloon and flour and water paste.

Fifth graders use visual art as a form of communication as they create a codex book based on their knowledge of Mesoamericans.

Learners use coffee filters, pipe cleaners and markers to create butterflies.

Students draw Santa's face on white paper, add color construction paper for his hat, and use the beard section for a "countdown calender" until the end of the month in this creative December activity. Each day another cotton ball is...

Pupils explore and discuss name-calling, feelings and myths relating to homosexuality through labeling feelings and participating in a game.

Students create their own yarn painting using glue and scraps of yarn and wool.

Students create a fabric poncho to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They sample food and drink from Mexico and follow instructions to make the ponhco. They also discover the history of the holiday.

Students create patriotic books about the United States and some of its special symbols.

Students create masks using paper mache and a variety of '"found" objects.

Eighth graders define constellations and how they are used as reference points and identify stars and constellations in the nighttime sky. They construct their own planetarium star finder and identify the location of circumpolar, zodiac,...

Students create a totem pole in the vain of those made by tribes of British Columbia and Alaska.

Students explore the Aboriginal culture from Australia and create and play their own didgeridoo using recycled objects.

Students will use texture to create imaginary monsters and learn about the African American inventor Jan Earnst Matzeliger.

Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...

Students investigate methods of estimating through cooperative group activities, hands-on activities, the use of tables and graphs and an interactive video.

Students trace their hands onto white paper and cut them out. They create a holiday art piece by adding a "head" and a "body" and then decorating them to resemble an angel. (Their handprints become the wings.)

Student groups create slides on one of the cultures listed. They view videos that show United States families celebrating Christmas based on their native countries' traditions and a video which tells the story of La Bafana, the old woman...