Curated OER
"Leap, Plashless": Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination
Students read and explore one of Emily Dickinson's nature poems, "A Bird Came Down the Walk-" through interaction with a variety of art forms. Clips of a hymn to hear meter and the viewing of bird images exposes them to the language and...
Curated OER
Be the Poet
Students work through a Haiku Organizer to determine the characteristics they use to write eight haiku poems on a theme that they choose. They design presentation folders of their completed work.
Curated OER
Vocabulary 2 Word Search
For this language arts worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to literature. There are ten words located in the puzzle to find.
Curated OER
Letter Writing
Third graders write to themselves or to known audiences, share news, explore new ideas, and record notes. They identify that holidays are days that people set aside to recognize a person or event that has made a great impression....
Curated OER
Theft of the Mona Lisa
Students combine interpretation of the Mona Lisa's visual elements with research information about the artist, and others affected by the painting. Students note that the constructed interpretations differ based on the cultural and...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Tweet It Is: Bird Songs in Classical Music
Do you enjoy singing contests like American Idol? Well, male songbirds have their own version of a singing competition that has been going on for thousands of years, and classical musical composers have been taking notes. In this music...
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Pierre Auguste Renoir
A brief biography of Pierre Auguste Renoir. Includes samples of his work and many links to related sites.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Mary Cassatt
This presentation includes an index of paintings by Mary Cassatt along with a link to her biography.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Edgar Degas
This presentation from the Carson-Janson Fine Art Association provides a list of Degas paintings in thumbnail format. Includes a link to his biography.
Robin Chew
Lucid Cafe: Claude Monet, Impressionist Painter
A brief biography of French impressionist painter Claude Monet. Includes links to selected paintings and picture of the artist.
