Students investigate the different kinds of habitats for humans, animals, and things. They illustrate the interior and exterior views of their homes. Finally they create a map key and a block map of their school neighborhood.

Students brainstorm the idea of a community and make a list of the attributes that are common. They create an ideal community and discuss its qualities in small groups. Each group puts together a presentation of a community for the whole...

High schoolers examine sites located in Massachusetts that celebrate the history of African Americans. In groups, they read census reports and oral histories to gather more information about this group of people. They develop a...

Students use this outdoor sensory activity as a self-guided or as part of a facilitated programme. It encourages individual observation and exploration in the forest. Students can choose to work as an individual or work in pairs. They...

Students investigate the boarding school movement that was imposed on the American Indians from the late 1880's to the early 1900's. The assignment requires the use of primary and secondary resources to find historical information. Then...

Students participate in a virtual field trip to Lake Superior. In groups, they perform experiments in which test the level of toxins and bacteria in the water. They also watch video segments life in the lake and discuss their observations.

Students convey the concept that music expresses different moods. Using paint, students draw various artistic elements that convey the mood of a piece of music they hear in class. They complete an analysis of classical paintings and how...

Students communicate with Epals. They write letters with photo exchanges and create a website for presentations of 3,000 words or less and one photo. They tell their life stories and illustrate with photos in the target language. V

In this phonetic worksheet, students read a list of words from two sounds. The first list includes air, chair, and their. The second list includes tour, unusual, and pure.

Students understand that elements of art are important aspects of certain jobs. In this art/careers lesson plan, students discuss art related careers, listen to guest speakers with art related careers and do internet research art related...

Students explore how artists contribute to the public good. In this art and community lesson, students identify a community's needs and wants, identify how characters in a story meet their needs and wants, and identify ways that arts...

Students create their own painting with fly swatters. In this art lesson, students go outside and paint on the wall with the fly swatters.

This instructional activity will teach the students about how Mosaics are made and how they have been used in the past history and in modern times. Students will construct their own paper mosaics.

Alma contributes to her neighborhood in big ways! In creating a unique community mural, she reflects on her interests and her neighborhood. In this activity, students add to their school community by creating murals with bulletin board...

A fully illustrated examination of John Singer Sargent?s monumental mural cycle, "Triumph of Religion," with information on the history of the murals, their interpretation, and the steps the library is taking to conserve the work.

Painted during the Great Depression and funded under the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project these murals carry with them a history worth noting.

This is a personal website of a contemporary artist who uses trompe l'oeil in his mural paintings.

Since 2007, ArtWorks in Cincinnati, Ohio, has created more than 180 murals on walls in and around the city. With this site, you can take an armchair tour of the murals, which celebrate the history and culture of the area.

A non-profit organization in San Francisco, CA that promotes community through the painting of murals.

Read about this interesting program that promotes art in the city of Philadelphi through the painting of murals, art education in the schools, and eradication of graffiti.

An internet project that promotes global peace and harmony through mural art. Every student can become involved and express cooperation rather than violence; peace rather than war.

This resource features the Pan American Unity Mural located at the City College of San Francisco. Also known as Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and the South, the mural was created to promote diversity and show human...

Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and Jose Clemente Orozco-known as Los tres grandes-cultivated an artistic style that defined Mexican identity following the Revolution. They crafted epic murals on the walls of highly visible, public buildings...

This site provides information about the Harald Wagner collection of Teotihuacan murals, the largest and most important outside of Mexico. The mural fragments from the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan are remarkable for their quality...