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Candles in the Dark

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze and apply their personal responses through poetry and film to a challenging and disturbing event-the Holocaust. They use a digital video camera to film each student reading their poem.
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It's a Long Way!

For Students 9th - 12th
High school pupils sharpen Internet research skills with this online lesson. It asks 10 questions about the band AC/DC.
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Expressions of Anti-Racism through Painting: The Puerto Rican Community from West Side Story to Connecticut

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners create a graffiti wall using their own name or personal symbol. They examine their own understanding of the film as a source of inspiration and listen to the music from the soundtrack as an effective motivation. They make...
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Aaliyah's Lyrics

For Students 4th - 6th
Focusing on the lyrics of Aaliyah's music, learners can practice research skills to answer the questions in this resource. This 10-question quiz could be a great way to have learners use the Internet to find answers.
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Freak the Mighty - Rodman Philbrick

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and examine the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. A variety of assignments involving this novel is offered for the students to complete with higher order thinking skills.
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Adding Sound to a Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read a short story about the rain forest. They listen to a recording of rain forest sounds and break into several smaller groups to create a soundtrack to the rainforest story.
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Lesson 3 - Songs for Soldiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers reflect on their own musical preferences, and how those preferences may be incorporated into self-expression.
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Pollution is Not a Solution

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the environment by completing science worksheets in class. In this water conservation lesson, students identify ways water is used in our society and how we abuse the privilege. Students discuss methods to reduce water...
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Volcano!

For Teachers K
Students develop problem solving techniques through movement. They coming to PE class, are told that a giant volcano has erupted and there is hot lava everywhere. They need to get to island (tumbling mat or mats) on other side of playing...
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The Giver: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Guide your class through the imagery of Lois Lowry's The Giver with a peaceful meditative experience. After you create a serene environment in your class, read through a provided script in which kids sift through their favorite...
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Storyline Drum Circle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students perform story songs. For this rhythmic motives lesson, students practice melodies, variations, and accompaniments as they read Peter Seeger's Abiyoyo and create compositions to present it as a story-song.
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Create a Video Poem

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Collaborate to create a visual version of a poem using video. Before class, choose a poem to pick apart. Read it aloud and then analyze it in detail as a class. Assign a line or short section to each student to expand upon using a...
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Now, Unto Thy Bones, Goodnight.

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students read Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to learn about epitaphs. In this Shakespeare lesson plan, students read sections from the play and piece together Shakespeare's epitaph using index cards. Students create a 4 line...
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All Access Spotlight: U2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to songs from the group U2 to examine civil rights issues.
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The Sound and Feel of the 1920s

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders comprehend the 1920's. They analyze examples of art from 1920's to build an comprehension of the times. They are asked if art reflect or transcend the time in which it was created? Students discuss the common element...
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Digital Storytelling: At-Risk Students Find Their Voices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use digital cameras and software to create a digital story which consists of a series of digital images paired with a narrarated soundtrack. They focus on relevant images and a presecribed sequence of steps to provide a vignette...
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The White Witch vs. Aslan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play a game for fitness, skills and exercise. They practice chasing and fleeing, dodging skills, running and freezing in place to the score of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Dribbling With Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students improve ball control and dribbling skills.
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Traditions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the vocabulary of philanthropy and the tradition in their community of altruism. In this philanthropy lesson, students discuss traditions and philanthropy. They create a class dictionary of philanthropy terms and...
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All Access Spotlight: U2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explain the growth and development of a musical group and their work through discussion and analysis of two representative songs by U2 from their first and last albums.
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Only If by Enya

For Students 6th - 9th
In this song lesson instructional activity, students learn about the song Only If by Enya. They learn about the song background, as well as the grammar and vocabulary of the song.
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Pathogen Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students play a game of tag to explain pathogens in their bodies.
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Pocahontas (Matoaka)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how Pocahontas contributed to the people of Jamestown. They relate her actions to the core democratic values. They also infer about the effect of her actions.
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Beyoncé Knowles

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Beyonce Knowles worksheet, learners read about the life of the performer, them complete a variety of related comprehension activities. Answers are included.