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Celebration and Satire- Beginning Level

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine art elements in a late-19th-century self-portrait painting. In this visual arts instructional activity, students analyze the painting "A Centennial of Independence" and identify the color, shape, and symbols in the art...
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Solving Problems Part 1 - Addition

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this addition learning exercise, students learn how to solve basic addition story problems. They then solve the 6 addition problems in the packet. The answers are on the last 2 pages.
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Comic Renditions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the intersection between popular and high art by recreating comic strips in various artistic styles and then famous works of art as comics. Through this exploration, students come to conclusions about what art is and...
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Philanthropic Literature Lesson 1: The Lonely Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the concepts of sharing and good citizenship, and how they contribute to a peaceful society. They work on problem solving and critical thinking skills after listening to Marcus Pfister's, The Rainbow Fish.
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Picture a Character

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
How would Jean-Etiénne Liotard paint the characters from "The Little Mermaid?" What would the main character from "The Little Match Girl" look like from Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes' point of view? After examining various paintings...
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Poetry: A Picture of Feelings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students take a field trip to a place of interest. After the trip they share with a partner their most memorable memory about it. Later, they paint a picture representative of the trip and illustrate it with a poem using at least two...
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Song Dynasty Traditional Landscape Paintings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners study new ideas and art concepts, while reinforcing others, through a Chinese cultural tradition. They determine how cultural differences differences affect painting processes.
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Science Fiction Fun

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students read a science fiction book and write a report. Students follow the 6 guidelines and answer the questions to complete this report.
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Activity Plan 3-4: Freezing Paper

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover how paper reacts to temperature changes in order to cultivate their science prediction skills. In this frozen paper investigation, students paint pieces of newsprint with water and then freeze them overnight,...
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Skippyjon Jones Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students meet an imaginative Siamese kitten pretends to be a Chihuahua when he is in time-out. In this Skippyjon Jones lesson plan, students develop an understanding of different cultures. They understand different dialects and...
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Blue Moon

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore information about the moon. In this trans-disciplinary lesson, students first listen to a picture book about the moon, then create an accompanying art project to illustrate a blue moon. Finally, the students write facts...
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Commas and Semicolons: Compound Sentences

For Students 5th - 9th
For this comma and semicolon worksheet, students are given sentences that they must correctly punctuate using either a comma or a semicolon.
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Crystal Painting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate crystalline solids. In this crystals lesson, students observe samples of natural crystals and compare and contrast each. They draw pictures with crayons and then paint over their picture using crystalline solids...
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Tricks of the Trade A Collection of Concrete Poems-for writing concrete poems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore concrete poetry. In this lesson about poetry, students read A Poke in the I, by Paul B. Janeczko, and are introduced to concrete poems. Students read several different kinds of concrete poems including single-word, and...
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Data Analysis and Probability Race to the Finish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice addition facts, record data, and construct a bar graph. In this probability lesson, students participate in a board game in which bicycles move towards a finish line based on players completing addition problems. Dice...
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Design a Postage Stamp for Black History Month

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners create a postage stamp for Black History Month. In this U.S. History lesson, students discuss the contributions of African-Americans and design a postage stamp to celebrate their impact.
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Egg to Butterfly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the life cycle of the butterfly through literature. In this butterfly life cycle lesson, students listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and discuss the life cycle shown in the story. They...
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Contemporizing Myths

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine Rembrandt's "Abduction of Europa." In this Greek art lesson, students discuss how the artist has taken an ancient Greek myth and contemporized it. Students read origin myths and choose a scene to illustrate in a...
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Expressing Emotions through Art Lesson 2—Everybody Needs Somebody

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate drawings of couples. In this art history lesson plan, students examine the techniques artists use to convey emotions such as caring, love, and togetherness. Young scholars utilize these techniques to create...
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Poetry Writing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read various examples of poetry and create a poetry portfolio. In this poetry writing activity, students work at their own pace to complete a poetry portfolio with examples of the different poetic forms demonstrated. ...
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Fiddling Around

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look at a piece of art to make connections between early Baroque art and Baroque music. In this art and music lesson, students focus on the painting The Boy Violinist, by Hendrick Terbrugghen. They listen to the music to...
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Chinese Calligraphy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Chinese culture and Chinese calligraphy. In this Chinese calligraphy lesson plan, students create paintings using Chinese techniques. Students describe the differences in Chinese art and other culture's art. Students...
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Applied Science - Technology Lab

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students concoct glue. In this Applied Science lesson, students experiment with different amounts of flour and water to make their own glue. Students use their glue for a paper mache project.
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Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students read the book Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars about space. In this space lesson plan, students make their own poetry book about space.

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