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Who Am I? Exploring Identity
Students create an artistic representation of their identities. In this identity lesson, students discover the different facets that make up their own identities. Students work in small groups to find a favorite image and provide an...
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Parts of Speech: Active Verbs
Students use White Fang to help them study active verbs. In this grammar lesson, students define active verbs and find examples in the the novel White Fang. Students then use ProQuest to research a place they'd like to visit. Students...
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Stories Behind Pacific Northwest First Nations' Images
Learners investigate Canadian culture by examining mascots of the 2010 Olympics. In this Canadian history lesson plan, students read a Vancouver Olympics guide to identify three Canadian mascots and their importance to the First...
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Tenochtitlan Needs a Drink
Learners engineer a way to provide drinking water using Aztec technology. For this engineering a way to provide drinking water using Aztec technology lesson, students find a way to deliver fresh water to a city surrounded by salt...
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Technicolors
Learners use a variety of computer games and programs to reinforce colors. In this colors lesson plan, students create scenes, view degrees of colors, see colors dance to music, and more.
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All About Castles
Fifth graders use the CD- Rom, "Castles" by Edmark to view animated versions of medieval castles. They research a given website to find information about castles in order to complete a worksheet and create a PowerPoint presentation..
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VH1 AIDS: A Pop Culture History Lesson 2
Students examine messages in popular music, and observe the musical elements of the Rhythm and Blues and Rap genres.
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Georgia O'Keefe Inspired Flowers
Students examine artwork by Georgia O'Keefe. They create their own abstracted flower. They use multimedia applications to manipulate and filter the colors.
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Writing Lyrics
Students examine the themes and structure of a bluegrass song and identify the common themes in bluegrass music. They practice songwriting by rewriting the lyrics of "Oh! Susanna" as a bluegrass tune.
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Formal Letter Writing
Students explore the appropriate language and format associated with a formal letter. They practice writing a formal letter concerning an environmental health issue. Students identify the strengths/weaknesses of a formal letter through...
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Mirror Image
Second graders create and act out mirror images of their partners and the movements they make. They focus on spatial awareness skills associated with this activity, including exercising in large and small movements. Students observe...
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Rondo with B-A-G
Students explore music notes. For this music lesson, students sing the song "Hot Cross Buns" and practice playing it on melody bells to find the letter and rhythm notation. They create a new phrase to the rhythm of this song.
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Thanksgiving Turkey Napkin Holder
Studens create turkey napkin holders. They discuss how Thanksgiving originated and why we celebrate this holiday. They create their napkin holders using craft sticks, glue guns, construction paper, feathers, and glitter.
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Global Harmony
Students listen to world music samples and try to identify the countries of origin; students work in small groups to design an online "world music caf??."
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Elements Video
Students watch a video on the elements of design. During the video, they take notes and complete a worksheet on the material. To end the lesson, they review their answers to the worksheet and view examples of each element of design in a...
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Music and Movement
Students demonstrate how to instruct a Pre-K class in singing and creative movement. Once they are grouped according to several nursery rhymes, they practice singing the songs and coordinating appropriate movements with the rhythm. The...
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The Clothes Line: Print making
Students understand the value of the work of artists and apply their knowledge to their own work. For this print making lesson, students experiment with materials to create fabric prints.
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Songs of Fela Kuti – Nigeria
High schoolers explore the music of Fela Kuti. In this music lesson, students listen to the fusion protest music of Fela Kuti of Nigeria. High schoolers reflect on Kuti's music and message.
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Project H.O.P.E. (Highlighting Opportunities for Potential Employment)
Students explore career paths by creating a job scrapbook. In this employment lesson, students discuss what types of skills employers look for in the job market. Students decide on a career they would like to explore by...
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A Question of Style: Exploring the Nature of Shakespeare's Comedy
Young scholars present scenes from As You Like It and critique presentations of their peers. For this As You Like It lesson, students stage the opening scene, experimenting with different approaches to find the tone and style they...
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Oral Language
Students explore rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students discuss rhyming words, brainstorm words that end with 'at,' read poems with rhyming words and create their own rhyming books.
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Decoding Haring's Symbols
Students mix colors and complete a yarn painting by using yarn to paint. In this painting lesson plan, students base this painting off of the lines and paint strokes of Keith Haring.
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The Process of Sequencing - A Picture Card Game
Students play a picture card game where they have to sequence the pictures in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students can do this for any subject.