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Looking at Ritual and Ceremony

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore Edward Curtis' photos of a Native American ritual and practice documenting their own religious rituals. In this photography analysis lesson, students analyze an Native American ritual in Curtis' photo. Students discuss...
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"In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb"

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They discuss weather forecasting and create an art project to go with the saying about March weather: "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb".
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The Real Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and explain who they are and communicate that person to the viewer through the use of the visual arts. They think about themselves and try to find five things that represent who they are and what they feel is...
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A Thanksgiving Survey

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students conduct a survey. For this math lesson, students design and conduct a survey about Thanksgiving foods. Students display the collected data in a graph and use the graph to determine what food to serve for a Thanksgiving meal.
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Animal Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and make animal masks. In this research and application lesson, students use a computer to research what a panther eats, select an animal mask they want to make and then use the materials provided to create their...
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Jewelry: Then and Now

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, & places, recognize & apply elements of art, learn techniques for working with each material, critique artwork, & discuss how artwork...
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Architecture Beyond the Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th
Students learn about well-known international architects and how they influenced the United States.
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Contour Wrapped Animal Portrait

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will select a high interest animal portrait. After completing an n accurate light line drawing, the portrait will be finished using contours lines constructed of implied wrapping using pencil and pen. The eyes will be completed...
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Symmetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders find symmetry in nature. In this symmetry lesson, 3rd graders discover that symmetry is in nature and our everyday world. Students examine the alphabet for symmetrical letters then create their own artwork showing symmetry.
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Media Awareness: the Basics of Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore marketing techniques. In this media awareness lesson, students watch instructor-selected advertising and identify the marketing techniques used in each of them. Students then create advertisements for products.
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Toco Toucan - Oil Pastels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a picture of a toucan from the continent of South America using a pencil, marker, and oil pastels. Students identify the continent of South America and discuss the Toco Toucan. They follow teacher directions to create...
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The Rise and Fall of the Jim Crow Era

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore African American history by researching the Jim Crow laws. In this Civil Rights lesson, students define the Jim Crow laws, the reasons they were put into place, and how they were ultimately defeated. Young scholars...
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Making School a Better Place.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the problems in their school and work on solutions for those problems. For this writing process lesson, students analyze a problem and work as a team to find a solution.  Students present written and oral work to...
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Kindergarten Constitution

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create their own classroom constitution. In this leadership skills lesson plan, students work together to solve problems. Students discuss why rules are important and brainstorm ways to solve classroom problems. Students vote on...
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Expressive Self Portrait - Mixed Media

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create self-portraits using prior artistic knowledge and personal experiences. Emphasis is placed on the works of Albrecht Durer, Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Romare Bearden, and Chuck Close for inspiration.
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Peasants To Popes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze and interpret pictures of medieval life to better explain the political and social structure of the time period.
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Composition

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders, while looking and examining a photograph provided to them, write a composition that exemplifies the photograph with at least three of the five composition rules illustrated with 100% accuracy. The composition is the start...
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From Rags to (Paper) Riches: Explore Colonial Papermaking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Colonial papermaking.  In this Colonial America U.S. history lesson plan, students analyze two poems written in the 1690s about the Rittenhouse paper mill to learn about papermaking.  Students produce their own...
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Global Women and Poverty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine poverty and women in Senegal through a video. They work together to gather research about economic prosperity in different countries. They share their information with the class.
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Black Soldiers in the Civil War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how a history of slavery distinguishes American society from other societies. They study posters and documents from different eras in our history which document the practice of slavery, and civil rights violations.
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Mapping the News

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore cartography.  In this map skills and map making instructional activity, Students work in groups to create wall size world maps including legends, compass roses, latitude and longitude, and physical features. ...
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My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
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Fair Trade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss philanthropy. In this fair trade lesson, students discover the meaning of fair trade. They are given the definition and work in small groups to read further on the topic and answer questions. This lesson includes...
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Word Wall Activity List

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders perform a variety of activities with a dynamic, ever-changing classroom word wall as outlined in these lessons. They become less dependent on the word wall as the school year progresses.

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