Silk Dragons - Activity 1

Students investigate the many uses of silk in Chinese society through in-class experiments, group projects, and hands-on learning in this cross-curricular lesson. There are four main activities included in this lesson.

Students explore natural resources by participating in an art creation activity. In this plant dye instructional activity, students identify the types of plants in nature that contain materials which can be used to paint or color...

Students investigate literature by analyzing a story in class. In this fantasy tale instructional activity, students read a storybook titled Raising Dragons and identify the main character, her conflict and the setting. Students write...

First graders explore what it means to be creative through the story and pictures of "St. George and the Dragon." Sequencing becomes part of the lesson.

The fifth in a series of six lessons focusing on Afghan history and art Here's the amazing story of the Tahilwidar, or Key Holder Tradition in Afghanistan. Class groups are assigned roles and then act out the process, developed to keep...

Learners use texture, line, shape, pattern and color to create their own dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year.

Students investigate storytelling by creating their own dialogue. In this writing development lesson, students read the story Jeremy Thatch, Dragon Hatcher in class and discuss their own magical object they wish to write a story about....

Here is a really cute activity that could easily supplement any lesson on Japanese culture or literature. Included are the instructions for making a kimono finger puppet. The activity idea includes cultural reference links on the bottom...

Here is a fun activity that kids will love. They don't just study samurai, they get to be a samurai! They'll use the provided template to create their very own suits of samurai armor. The template included fits a small child; for older...

Children create an imaginary animal using various art materials. They may write about their animal, create a class book, and/or make up skits that involve their animals. All sorts of possibilities are here for ways to use the imaginary...