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Teaching Fundamental Movement

For Teachers K - 6th
Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. For this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.
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Indiana Travel Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders share their information about their home state. In this research lesson plan, 4th graders use graphic organizers to make a travel guide about the state of Indiana. This lesson plan could be modified for use with any state,...
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Solids, Liquids and Gases - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students experiment with balloons, soda water and raisins to find out about the states of matter.  In this solids, liquids and gases instructional activity, students complete a group activity with balloons to recognize the state of...
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Governance

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice decision making. For this government lesson students role play making different types of decisions. They discuss how decisions affect life. The Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Confederacy is used as a focus.
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Noh Theater

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a closer look at Japanese drama. In this Japanese culture lesson, students study the attributes of Noh theater and compare it western theater. Students conduct independent research on the art form prior to acting out a Noh...
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Identify the Element of Line

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners explore the element of "line." In this beginning art lesson, students listen to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, then describe the types of lines Harold drew. Learners identify straight lines,  jagged lines, curvy lines,...
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Comparing Composers: Beethoven and Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars read brief biographies of Mozart and Beethoven and identify the composer identified in each of 15 statements on the student work sheet.
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Parts of Speech: Verb

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students define and identify different types of verbs, demonstrate correct usage of different verbs, including past and present tense verbs and helping verbs.
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Landscapes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore landforms and landscapes. They demonstrate an appreciation for and examine how to recognize the attributes of landforms and landscapes. Students create a landscape and reflect on their painting.
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Music: Follow the Drinking Gourd

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use movement to express a concept. In this interdisciplinary lesson, 4th graders listen to the book, Follow the Drinking Gourd, which demonstrates the types of 'communication' used by slaves traveling the Underground...
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Pysanky: Not Just a Pretty Egg

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars examine the art of Pysanky. Using the Internet, they identify the cultural similarities and differences between the United States and the Ukraine. Using Pysanky's art, they discover the symbolism he used in his artwork and...
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Inspired by Muses, Graces and Fates

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine how artists express the Muses through the arts. In this art and history activity, students work cooperatively to identify the Greek Muses, Graces and the Fates. Students will identify the attributes of each, participate...
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Primary Keyboarding Skills

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice their keyboarding skills by learning phrases to help them remember proper finger placement on the keyboard.
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Chinese New Year

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify and present the history and legend of the Chinese New Year and respond to questions included. Students practice saying the common greetings and wishes in Chinese for the Chinese New Year. Students identify and explain...
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The God Ganesha

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to Indian Art in the form of carvings and metal sculptures of the god Ganesha. They comprehend the meaning behind the Hindu beliefs of Lord Ganesha. Students draw Ganesha's likeness to the best of their ability.
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Mirror Image

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create and act out mirror images of their partners and the movements they make. They focus on spatial awareness skills associated with this activity, including exercising in large and small movements. Students observe...
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Music and Emotions

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine how certain types of music can evoke emotions and mental images. They fold a piece of paper into four equal sections, and create a picture of what they are visualizing in each section while listening to four...
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Drawing The Line

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how arbitrary borders affect communities by participating in two hands-on activities and by reading about and discussing a community divided by national borders. They investigate the borders of their own neighborhoods.
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Changes of Musical Elements in Popular Music Through the Decades

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students probe samples of European classical, American jazz, and rock and roll to analyze the similarities and differences. The styles and form of these three types of music are examined for tempo, timbre, and rhythm.
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Lesson Plan for Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Mvt. I "Italian" (1833)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the life and musical compositions of German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. They listen to and analyze 'Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Mvt. I' describing how the mood of the composition is reflected in key, tempo and rhythm.
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Vocabulary; Praising Someone/Giving Compliments-2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students are given ten sentences, each with a missing word. Students read the sentences and select the best word to fill in the blank. All sentences are examples of ways to give a compliment to another...
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VH1 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the origins of ragtime music in American and analyze its musical form.
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Similarities Between African Folktales And French Folktales

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the importance of the Storyteller in ancient times as well as in modern times. They realize that this is an art essential to the development and evolution of the mind and that today more than ever we need to rely on...
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Social Studies: St. Patrick - Symbol of Irishness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the history of St. Patrick's Day by creating characters and dialog reflecting Irish culture. A major part of the lesson is the construction of a float for a St. Patrick's Day parade. Also, students research and answer...

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