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Movement

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars experiment and explore a variety of instruments and movements. They play rhythms on instruments, spell words using their bodies, act out the movements of a song, role-play machine parts as a group, pantomime an activity,...
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Paper Dragon Puppet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss the Chinese New Year and the importance of the dragon in Chinese culture. After examining pictures of dragon puppets, students create simple dragon puppets and have their own Chinese New Year parade.
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Storybook Theater

For Teachers K - 6th
Tell a story visually using this resource. Learners design a storybook theater by creating a book and painting watercolor pictures describing scenes from the story. This is a creative means to have your class practice summarizing skills.
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Tolerance: Words that Hurt/Words that Heal

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students "role-play" the part of a person who says unkind things and are photographed while doing so. They then act out a story about making friends. They practice saying kind things and are photographed. Word bubbles are added...
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Tug of War Exercise

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners hone their acting and imagination by playing tug-o-war with an imaginary rope. Each group works together and pretends to pull the other group over the imaginary line with an imaginary rope. This could be a good improve warm up...
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Sea-ing More Clearly

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore historical importance of fish as food source, examine works of Robert Harris, create their own fish, and compose accompanying poetry. Students then explore dramatic tradition of Chorus inspired by Greek theatre,...
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Telling Stories Through Creative Drama

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, students retell the story by creating...
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Write Your Own "I Have a Dream" Speech

For Teachers K - 12th
Students listen to King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. They use a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet to express their dreams for the world in a format similar to King's speech.
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PUPPETRY

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore world cultures through their puppetry. Your students explore puppets that are used in various cultures and create their own. The Internet experiences in this lesson are designed to be teacher-directed whole class...
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Integrated Dance Curriculum: Snow

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students, through the leading questions, guided imagery, and dance, gain a greater comprehension of snow, weather, and the five senses.
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Reader's Theater: Presenting Asian Folktales

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create and perform folktale plays. In this reader's theater and Asian literature lesson, students work in groups to rewrite Asian folktales into scripts and perform the folktales for their class in a Reader's Theater. Lesson...
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Why Is Water So Important to My Community?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read and listen to stories and sayings in New Mexico families. Using the text, they discoer the values and beliefs of a culture. They reflect on the meanings of symbols related to water. They discover the importance water has...
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Music and Emotions

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine how certain types of music can evoke emotions and mental images. They fold a piece of paper into four equal sections, and create a picture of what they are visualizing in each section while listening to four...
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Find a Small Word Inside a Bigger Word 1

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this words worksheet, students find a small word inside a bigger word. Students find 20 small words inside 20 bigger words.
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Dramatizing Fables

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students familiarize themselves with fables by listening to several of them. They define fables. They identify the moral of a specific fable. They identify characters, plot and sequence of events. They create a mask of a character in a...
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Patience and Self Discipline

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils think about the importance of patience and self discipline in obtaining the things in life that will make us happy. Students complete various activities that get them thinking to themself, working in small groups about keeping...
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"The Three Billy Goats Gruff"

For Teachers 1st
Studnets spread out in space provided. They are given two rules: no sounds, no touching. Pupils begin with the leader says, "Go," students move; when the leader says "Stop," they freeze. Students work individually and simultaneously,...
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners study sequencing while reading an Australian folk tale. In this sequencing lesson students read a folk tale using Reader's Theater and discuss what happened first, second and last. Learners also create animal ears and noses...
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Sequencing Stories

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore dramatization. In this literacy fluency and drama lesson, students listen to the story Mop Top by Don Freeman and add related sounds at the appropriate times. Young scholars role play, pantomime, and add sounds...
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An Apple Tree in Fall

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the two color families and how artists use the colors to express mood or feeling. Students paint pictures using water colors of an apple tree and include background, middle ground, and foreground in their scene.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discover how everyone is special in his or her own way. In this character traits lesson, students demonstrate how they are special by drawing a picture or writing. Learners listen orally to the book We Are All Alike...We Are All...
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Spatial Relationships: an Over/Under Dance

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars explore the relationships of space through movement. Two perform movement improvisation based on over/under. The activity improves hand-eye coordination, cooperation, and communication skills. The timing of the dance also...
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Creative Voices of Harlem

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the Harlem Renaissance. For this American history lesson, students examine a poem by Langston Hughes and identify the characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance. Students research and report on a famous Harlem artist.
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What do You do if You See a Fire?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils discuss what they would do if they saw a neighbor's house on fire and what information they would need to know to tell the 911 operator. They watch as the teacher models how to call 911 and observe that the numbers are called only...

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