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Native Harvest
Students read Native Plants and Early Peoples and explore the plants in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and find how the Native Americans used them. In this Native American plant and people instructional activity, students...
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Warm/cool Colors - Page 4
Students draw pictures that make them feel either warm or cool using only the warm and cool colors.
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Animal Masks
Learners create wonderfully animate animal masks out of balloons. They use the papier-mache technique to create three dimensional animal masks taking care to consider color, shape, texture, and the animals' features.
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #5
The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Young scholars investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.
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Healing Art: Health and Illness
Students examine African artifacts relating to health and illness
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Kye Kye Kule
Third graders study the repeating patterns and basic dance movements used in traditional African drumming songs. In groups, they create a story that can be used with a ritual/tradition and a rhythmic piece that uses repeating rhythmic...
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ELA Lesson Plan Focusing on Artists and Composers
Students research a selected composer and artist. They write a biography about each one and include information about at least two works created by the chosen artist or composer. Students note similar characteristics of their compared...
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Traditions and Transformations
Ninth graders examine the Jewish culture from a variety of perspectives. In this ethics instructional activity, 9th graders interview guest speakers on the subject of Jewish culture. Students create group poems and murals around themes...
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"Trails, Rails, and Roads" Lesson 1: "Language and Transportation"
Students, in groups, identify the origins of a number of transportation idioms. They search for current transportation idioms to have a partner explain.
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Music - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Students practice singing with correct posture. They sight read music and sing in choral harmony. Students identify the characteristics of a melody and examine the style of Southern Baptist hymns.
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Overglaze Decoration on Tile
Students explore majolica. In this art and history lesson plan, students glaze and decorate pottery using the decorative ceramic technique of Majolica. Students discuss visual arts and make connections with history.
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VH1 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Lesson 2
Students examine the origins of ragtime music in American and analyze its musical form.
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VH1 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Lesson 1
Students study the affect of a theme song can have on a show or performer. They compare and contrast an original television theme song with classical music.
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VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll Lesson 5
Young scholars analyze female artists who work in the genres of rock and roll, and alternative rock music. They complete an information sheet on biographical information.
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VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll Lesson 6
Students study vocal style and techniques in various genres. They critique vocal performances by completing critique charts.
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VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll Lesson 1
Young scholars the influence of women's music in history and the suffrage movement.
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VH1 Fan Club ABBA Lesson 1
Students study the relationship between trends and individual tastes in music. They use musical terms to describe the elements of different styles of music.
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VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx, Lesson 3
Students examine the blues, poetry, the Harlem Renaissance, and the 12-bar blues form. They watch a segment from the video, "VH1 Driven: Jamie Foxx," participate in a class discussion, and listen to songs by Ray Charles and a poem by...
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VH1 Classic Presents: Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Lesson 1
Students explore the role and responsibilities of a music producer in music production. They listen to two versions of Paul McCartney's"The Long and Winding Road," and describe the differences between them in terms of their production. ...
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VH1 Legends Sam Cooke Lesson 3
Students examine Sam Cooke's transition from gospel to pop music as they study his style. They dance the Cha Cha and the Twist.
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Bob Marley - Legend Episode #3 - Lesson 2
Learners perform using rhythm instruments with accurate tempo a given syncopated ostinato pattern to accompany a played audio recording of reggae music. They discuss the use of music to express religious and political beliefs.
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The History of Rock and Roll: Part 6 - My Generation - Lesson 2
Young scholars identify musical characteristics of baroque, jazz, and psychedelic music. They arrange traditional music into the style of baroque, jazz, and psychedelic music.
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VH1 Classic Presents: Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Lesson 3
Students in a guitar class perform the Beatles song, Eleonor Rigby and study it's melodic and harmonic structures. They discover the process of arranging the song for a 4-part guitar ensemble.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics
Students analyze/recognize/identify basic body parts in connection to communicating productively on health and nutrition in the event that a need arises requesting medical attention.