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Overcoming Obstacles

Being Responsible

For Teachers K - 2nd
A lesson all about responsibility details the importance of building trust. Scholars discuss and create posters about responsibility and explore strategies to become more responsible. Peers work collaboratively to craft a rainbow of...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplication and Division of Radicals: Totally Radical Dude's Height

For Students 8th - 10th
Watch as your learners reach even loftier heights of understanding. Individuals use a slider to estimate the height of a person whose height is given in radical form. Rationalizing the denominator comes in handy here.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Poetry of Liberation

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How do writers use words to protest injustice, challenge the status quo, and shape their own identities? Individuals watch and discuss a video, read author biographies, write poetry and journals, develop a slideshow, and complete a...
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Curated OER

You Have Egg On Your Face

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore and analyze how the human face is proportioned and explore ways artists use mathematics to make art. They demonstrate the basic face proportions by creating a reference sketch and illustrating visual clues to...
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Curated OER

Artistic Expression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze Frida Kahlo's paintings to determine how she used them for self-expression. They create a personal piece of art to express sentiments on a particular subject.
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Curated OER

All About My School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students construct a website with several links to pages they create. The site weaves logo titles, photos, animation, and textured backgrounds created and edited in PhotoShop into pages created using Dreamweaver software. The project...
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Curated OER

October: Respect for Self and Others

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners realize their worth and dignity as human beings and account for their strengths as well as display their weaknesses. They display good manners and politeness, showing the respect for others as they would wish for themselves....
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Perkins School for the Blind

Object Functions

For Teachers K - 6th
What does that thing do? For learners with low or no vision, understanding an object's function is a necessary skill. Here learners handle a number of objects and are asked to determine which object is for a specific task. They can feel...
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Curated OER

Systems of Equations and Inequalities

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
This is a comprehensive lesson on creating and solving equations and systems of equations and inequalities. Problems range from basic linear equations to more complex systems of equations and inequalities based on a real-world examples....
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Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program

“Just a Minute” Focus: Adapting Speech

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A little bit complicated, but a whole lot of fun. Show your class an episode of the British television game show Just a Minute. After an explanation of the rules (no repetition, hesitation, or deviation) groups develop topics, based on...
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Curated OER

Self-portrait In a Masterpiece: Computer Illustrations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a self-portrait using an artistic masterpiece as a guide. In this art appreciation lesson, students research famous artists online, electronically saving a particular portrait or masterpiece made by the artist....
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Curated OER

Decolonization and Self-Determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and discuss colonialism and self-determination. After reading the European's view on the topic, they analyze a map of imperialism in 1914. They watch excerpts of a video and take notes on various United Nations...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Tactile quilts that tell a story

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners with multiple disabilities need to engage in projects that push them to know their full potential. They need to be able to express themselves in a variety of ways, and this very thoughtful lesson does just that. They make a...
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan: A Bird's Tale

For Teachers K - 5th
Who wouldn't love to get a letter from a blue bird? Elementary art enthusiasts analyze the social and historical context of Ason Yellowhair's Navajo piece, Bird and Cornstalk Rug. They examine the construction and images on the rug...
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Curated OER

Me, My Digital Self, and Eye

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create digital self-portraits for use in a collage.  For this technology lesson, students create an original work of art in which they identify a variety of images that reflect their personality.  Students complete a...
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Curated OER

Lesson #23: Ceramic Self-Portrait as a Famous Artist

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students sculpt a bust out of clay using naturalistic features.  For this sculpture lesson, students use themselves or classmates as models to ensure correct form and proportion of a hollow bust.  This lesson includes pictures...
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Curated OER

Soft Sculpture Self-portraits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a soft sculpture bust of themselves using such as muslin. They color, stuff and sew the bust.
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Curated OER

Using Algebra

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore mathematics by completing equations in a math notebook. They will collaborate in small groups to complete different algebra problems and write their work down in a notebook, which they show their teacher. Then they...
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Curated OER

Male Image Building Utilizing the Writing Process

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Introduce your class to the techniques of proper writing. In groups, they brainstorm their ideas on family structures and discuss the importance of having a male figure in their lives. After listening to an African-American poem, they...
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Curated OER

Examining Women's Roles through Primary Sources and Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary resources. In this women's history activity, students examine the role of women prior to and following the suffrage movement. Students also read selected pieces of women's...
Activity
Teaching Tolerance

Artistic Expression Showcase

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
No one is too young to create a masterpiece. Elementary artists delve into the topic of social justice with original artwork. Scholars keep journals to reflect on their experiences before putting paintbrush to paper. Final artwork is...
Printables
Curriculum Corner

8th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters

For Teachers 8th Standards
Clarify the Common Core standards for your eighth grade mathematicians with this series of classroom displays. By rewriting each standard as an achievable "I can" statement, these posters give students clear goals to work toward...
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California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc

Poetic Devices

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...
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Ontario

Animation Programming—Computer Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Introduce high schoolers interested in animation programming to fundamental programming concepts so that they can plan and write simple programs.