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Budgeting: You Can't Manage What You Don't Know
Students discuss budgets. In this mathematics lesson, students watch an episode of Biz Kid$ about budgeting, participate in a guided group discussion, and create a pamphlet to teach others how to budget their money. Extension activities...
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What Can I Afford?
Students explore the costs of various cell phone plans, and various types of banking accounts to determine which one would yield the highest returns if the money saved from the cell phones were placed in different accounts.
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Painting a Mural
Young scholars research create and design symbols to welcome students to their school. They present their idea to the class that includes a budget. The class work together to paint the mural.
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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals
Young scholars explore economics by creating a budget. In this financial goal setting lesson, students investigate their use of time by completing a worksheet. Young scholars identify financial goals they would like to achieve in the...
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Hypothetical Heights
Students participate in an interdisciplinary activity to discuss improvements that would make them want to return to a previously poor neighborhood. In this civics activity, students work in a budget to make a plan to better...
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The Sounds of Change
Learners recognize that music brings out feelings and emotions in people. In this music themes lesson, students explore the relationships between culture and music. Learners answer questions about favorite choices in music.
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Screen printing - Positive-Negative shape - Paper stencils
Students explore materials and experiment with stencil process. Students study positive verses negative shape. They experiment with color planning and learn what happens when colors overlap. They work with personal symbols and/or...
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Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs
Sixth graders identify and create Hex signs, based on unity, focal point, nature and a personal meaning,
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Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Signs
Sixth graders recreate Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs using pre-cut wood or cardboard, compass, acrylic or tempera paints, and paintbrushes in this 6th grade Art lesson. The lesson is an excellent idea for use in the Social Studies...
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The Tarpaulin Project
Students create an original expressive piece of art by manipulating tape on a tarpaulin. In this tarpaulin project lesson plan, students study Keith Haring and discuss how emotions and symbolic language can be expressed by art.
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Micrography Self-Portraits
Words. Words. Words. Class members create micrography self-portraits combining a high contrast portrait photo with words that express themselves. Complete directions for the project, student samples, along with links to professional...
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Aerial Photographs
In this geography learning exercise, high schoolers read an excerpt about aerial photographs and how they are taken. Then they identify shape, size, tone, shadows, and other hints that might be seen. Finally, students respond to 5 short...