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Cupid and Heart Valentine Decorations
Students investigate the origins of the Valentine's Day holiday and the history of Valentine symbols. Using a variety of craft materials, they sculpt and create replicas using Valentine's Day symbols to create Valentine cupids and...
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Valentine's Day
Student's research the history to Valentine's Day. They take an online quiz and then think about all the different meanings of love. Sharing of ideas is involved within this lesson. They ponder on how emotions can be expressed in...
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Valentine's Day
Students participate in a gardening activity to learn about the growth process and how to show care. In this garden care lesson, students discuss Valentine's Day poems for words of kindness. Students read a poem about a garden of love...
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Cast A Paper Valentine
Learners create and learn about the history of Valentine's Day cards, as well as use recyclable materials to design their own cards.
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Love is ... Business Studies
Students celebrate St. Valentine's Day. In this holiday lesson, students discover details about Lupercalia, St. Valentine, and modern traditions of the holiday.
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Sweetheart Jewelry
Students use the Internet to research the history of Valentine's Day. They learn how valentines changed over time and individually design and create their own valentine messages. To end the lesson, they make their own jewelry out of...
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The Language of Love
Students explore the images and idioms related to love in their own culture. They examine new rituals recently created in Japan by reading and discussing "Osaka Journal:Japanese Date Clubs Take the Muss Out of Mating."
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Victorian Celebrations
Fifth graders investigate the Victorian era by participating in Victorian style activities. In this World History lesson, 5th graders read about the traditions and customs of men and woman from the Victorian era and how the industrial...
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Consumerism and Holidays
Students explore the free enterprise system and the role that buying and selling of holiday goods have upon the economy. They recognize and demonstrate that advertising design influences one's life.
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Introduction to Psychology and Sigmund Freud
Students learn about psychology. In this unconscious mind lesson, students examine the life and theories of Sigmund Freud. Students define psychoanalysis, the conscious mind, the unconscious mind, Freudian slips, the ego, the id, the...
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A Monster's World
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.