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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spirit of Enquiry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The lesson plan includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

John Carpenter- Student A and Student B

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students collaborate with a partner to fill in the blanks in a story. Each of the 2 stories provided is identical, but with different words omitted. Students read the story together and fill in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cow Parade

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create individual works of art using cow cut-outs as their canvas in this hilarious instructional activity ideal for the High School Art or Art History classroom. The instructional activity includes resource links and can...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Test Your Patience: Nonsense Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this testing patience worksheet, students read through the quiz that doesn't make sense. Students then try to answer the 20 questions to taste their patience.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When is a Block, not a Block?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. In this stamped art lesson plan, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Activity
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Mexican Music: A Christmas Tradition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the Mexican Christmas tradition La Posada in this activity. Provided is the music and lyrics to a traditional posada song. The lyrics are available in both Spanish and English.
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Handout
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Germanic Music: Christmas Carols

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Two Christmas carols are taught in this lesson plan, Silent Night and O Tannenbaum. Students will learn the carols in German and English. They will also learn the background and history of each of these well known carols.
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Stretching Silent Night

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is themed around Christmas, and teaching students about Christmas music.
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Lesson Plan
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: A Colonial Christmas in Wiliamsburg

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site offers a glimpse of Christmas Celebrations in Colonial Virginia.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the "A Chaparral Christmas Gift" by O Henry an off-beat Western Christmas story.
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Activity
Other

Bing Crosby

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Bing Crosby. In-depth article on singing and acting career. Crosby entertained the troops during World War II as well as recording one of the most popular war songs, "White Christmas."
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Winter Holidays

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Winter Holidays.
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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Patriotic Melodies

For Students 9th - 10th
The stories behind patriotic songs that have become part of American musical culture, such as "Anchors Away," "Over There," "U.S. Air Force Song," and "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again." Drill into the site to find lyrics, listen to...
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Lesson Plan
History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Winter Holiday History "Carol"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that uses holiday music as a way to explore historical events, people, or topics.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Patriotic Melodies

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress site profiles 26 American patriotic songs with commentary, supporting visual material, and recordings of "America the Beautiful," "Fanfare for the Common Man" and the like.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.
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Handout
Songwriters Hall of Fame

Songwriters Hall of Fame: Irving Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Irving Berlin.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: English (Esl) Label Me! Printouts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Over 100 handouts with answer sheets you can print and use to help build English vocabulary. Numerous topics and themes are covered: everyday words, math terms, seasonal and holiday words, geographical terms, animals, opposites, parts of...
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Website
Other

The Official George Crumb Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site, with sections devoted to his life, compositions, recordings, writings, and news. The news section has internet links, and the site has a search function!

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