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Jingle Shapes!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.
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Expressive Linear Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skill in utilizing line in a 3 dimensional context. They explore a variety of techniques for mounting sculptures to a base.
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Six Trait Writing with Charles Dickens and Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the traits of good writing in poems and stories in the six lessons of this unit. The traits analyzed are used to improve the student's own writing skills.
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Where Is It?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their writing skills for describing place and location using prepositions. They find hidden objects and report to a recorder the exact directions for finding that object. Recorders write the directions.
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Culture Differences

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research and collect data about different holidays celebrated in Taiwan. In groups, they discuss what they have learned and discuss differences between eastern and western culture.
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Greetings from Maya Angelou

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the life and works of Maya Angelou. They complete a Webquest, read poems, listen to a reading by Maya Angelou, answer discussion questions, and write a poem, short story, or essay based on a newspaper article.
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Remembering Chuck Jones

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the art of animation and various cartoon characters created by Chuck Jones. They complete a Webquest, watch video clips, draw a cartoon character, answer discussion questions, and create an original caricature of a...
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The 13 Days of Halloween

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice counting from one to thirteen. They create a Halloween counting webpage.
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Exposes in Different Eras: The Work of Dorothea Dix and Burton Blatt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that Dorothea Dix was the first to make the pubic aware of the terrible living conditions of people with mental illness in the 1800's. They evaluate the influence of citizen action on public policy.
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Why Are Celebrations Important?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities in their study of Chinese culture. They explore the Chinese New Year, zodiac, calligraphy, dragon kites, lanterns, games, and songs among others.
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Seasonal Notepad Gift

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use technology to create a notepad gift. They practice following directions and helping each other. They share their notepad with the class before giving it to a relative as a gift.
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Black Music: Its Message and Meaning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils develop an appreciation for modern black music from a historical, political and lyrical perspective. They examine the political and the historical surge of the civil rights movement of the 1960's and how this surge directly or...
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Comparing Three Religions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils work together in groups to research either Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. Once the research is complete, they share their information with the other groups in the class. They complete a worksheet on rituals and holidays in...
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Concert Ettiquette

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of social ettiquette. They complete exercises that are targeted at finding the right kind of behavior to display while performing in a concert setting. They make a list of the most desirable behaviors for...
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Pan de los Muertos (Bread of the Dead)/Mexican Hot Chocolate

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the role of food in social events. They research a Mexican celebration. They work together to make Mexican hot chocolate.
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Creative Story Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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Snowman in Winter Sequence Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students develop a creative snowman using step-by-step stickers. They write a short story about the snowman they have created, explaining the sequence they used to create their snowman. Students present their completed story in front of...
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Lesson Plan 2: Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate linear inequalities and the associated symbols. After a teacher demonstration, they translate given phrases into symbols. Students solve and graph solutions to linear inequalities. Using newspapers, they locate...
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Prime Factorization

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that focuses on the concept of finding the prime factorization of a number. They write the answer using exponential notation. Students play a game of Bingo to keep engaged during the lesson.
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North Pole Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review the proper way to chase, flee and dodge others in a game of tag. As a class, they pretend they are on the North Pole acting as grinches, reindeer and elves. They play the game practicing different locomotor skills.
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Patience and Self Discipline

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars 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...
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Pride in a Job Well Done

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students focus on individuals who discover their own special talents and sense of self-worth through the work they do. Students study accomplishments of famous people who may have had an impact on their lives. Students make connections,...
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Space the Next Frontier

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils examine the use of space as the frontier of the future. Using the colonist's experience coming to the New World, they identify challenges they would face if they were to settle in space. As a class, they share what they already...

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