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On the Oregon Trail
Students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. Working in groups, they write a scene for the movie that is historically accurate and based on the kinds of...
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The History of the Holocaust From A Personal Perspective
Students research and identify how Holocaust events affected lives of real people who lived in Europe from 1933 through 1945 and after, and create original artwork, poetry, and essays that reflect understanding of Holocaust, and its...
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Digital Poetry Books
Learners, after reviewing the writing process and assessing how to use a digital camera to take creative photos, create a Digital Poetry Book. They incorporate the use of Microsoft Photo Draw and Publisher for the creation of their...
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Dedication to Douglass
Learners study the controversy surrounding the proposed Frederick Douglass Circle monument in Central Park. They review the notion of historical inaccuracy by reading and discussing the article, "In Douglass Tribute, Slave Folklore and...
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Plains Indians Pictographs
Students explore methods of written communication. For this Plains Indian lesson, students create pictographs representing everyday modern life after observing the pictographs used by the Plains Indians. Pictograph stories are written on...
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What is Timbre?
Students analyze the differences in similar songs. In this music appreciation lesson, students discover the meaning of timbre and how it can drastically change similar pieces of music. Students sing two pieces of music with...
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An Irish Blessing
High schoolers explore Irish culture by participating in a creative writing activity. In this good will writing lesson, students define "Irish Blessings" and utilize computer software to create a template for a blessing they will write....
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Transportation Unit
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation. In this transportation lesson, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song...
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Mother Language Day
In this Mother Language Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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Adjective? What's an Adjective?
Mount a variety of pictures (fantasy, rustic, portraits, action) on large sheets of paper and post them around the classroom. Groups rotate from poster to poster, adding adjectives to describe each of the pictures. Writers use these word...
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Honor Your School and Community Heroes
Young scholars honor local heroes. In this community heroes lesson, students create an award or plan an event honoring a local hero. Young scholars are encouraged to be creative!
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Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy #7
Students read two stories. For this comparison lesson, students read "The Gingerbread Baby," by Jan Brett and the original "Gingerbread Boy." Students use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories.
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Backwards Day
Students create ways to do things backwards. In this cross-curriculum lesson plan, students participate in various backwards activities for an entire day. Students recite the alphabet backwards, spell their names backwards, and read...
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Ancient Roman Monuments and Timeline
While a terrific idea, this lesson in which learners create a timeline showing the date that a variety of buildings and monuments were built in Ancient Rome, requires resources teachers may not have. It requires the use of a Smartboard,...
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Natural Enemies
Fourth graders engage in the reading of an ancient Chinese fairy tale. The goal of the lesson plan is for them to become creative in the use of writing. The story creates a context for student's writing and ideas for future drafts.
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Sunflowers
Young scholars grow their own sunflower and create their own sunflower art work. In this sun flower lesson plan, students base their art work after Van Gogh and other artists that used sunflowers.
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Sequential Still Life
Sixth graders engage in a visual arts lesson featuring still life sketching and watercolor painting created by individual students.
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Friends in the Community
Second graders build a classroom community by getting to know each other better. They ask classmates various questions and use graphic organizer software and Microsoft PowerPoint. Students practice their oral language skills while asking...
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Senufo Painting
Students create a Senufo painting in the same style as the Fakaha tribespeople from West Africa. They listen to a teacher-led lecture on Senufo painting, develop a sketch of an animal and masked figures, and draw their figures on burlap.
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See If You Can Draw
Learners create works of art by solving art problems in this game for the elementary classroom. Pencils and paper are the suggested materials, but the lesson can be adapted in various ways for different levels and circumstances.
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Creating Propaganda
Students explore propaganda. In this lesson about personal opinion, students discuss a topic of interest. Students will determine their opinion about the topic and vote. Students understand propaganda and how it affects society.
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M&M Probability
Students apply the scientific method in order to determine the probability of specific colors in a bag of M&M's. They determine the definition of probability and how it can be used. They make a hypothesis and conduct an experiment to...
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Color the Spring Adjectives
Grammar enthusiasts test their adjective knowledge with a worksheet that challenges them to color each word a specific color based on the type of word that is found inside it. When complete, scholars discover a bright bouquet of flowers...
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Play on Words Design
Students create a design of an image that combines two words to create an unusual visualization. They improve their drawing skills by completing a detailed, colored pencil rendering of the "Play on Words" they design. Using technology...