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Cajun Music: the Voice of the Cajun Family

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use the Cajuns and their music to engage an interest in and study French. They examine the Cajuns, their customs, work, leisure time, food, and how their music unites them as an ethnic group, with emphasis on the family.
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Designing Your Inner Self

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners identify connections between various cultures and the symbolism used in them. Individually, they reflect on their own culture, beliefs and values and identify the symbolisms they use to show them. They discuss how their clothes...
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Expressions of Identity: the Bond Between Culture And Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the relationship between culture and art. The create a poster that reflects the culture of their class, school, or community and identify the major cultural influences that led to the development of the unique Latino...
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Folktales

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a Haitian folktale. They study main characters in Haitian folktales and explore multicultural information about Haiti. They clarify understanding by retelling a sentence (paraphrasing) and a passage in their own...
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Gymnastic Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students use gymnastics beams, benches, mats, and wedges to practice gymnastics skills. For this gymnastics lesson plan, students practice balancing, tumbling, and jumping skills.
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Traditions of Spain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils examine the different Spanish customs. They compare and contrast customs found in the United States verses those found in Spain. They participate in a game in Spanish over what they have discovered from the lesson.
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Scale and Image Reproduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice using mathematical issues of scale. They compare and contrast digital images verses the object in real life. They share their observations with the class.
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Wycinanki and Polish Folktales

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners, with the use of the Internet among various other resources, research/locate Polish folktales and re-tell the Polish folktales in their own words. In addition, they examine the art of Wycinanki, Polish paper cutting.
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Introduction To Melodic Notation: Sol-Mi

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the use of melody in music and how it relates to simple songs and music notation. Students sing and move throughout this instructional activity. Emphasis is placed upon group and individual practice interpreting...
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Moving and Grooving with Tempo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in activities involving folk music using movement to illustrate the musical concept of tempo. The use of a game is used in order to help maintain student involvement in the activity.
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Designing the Careers Show

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a song. In this career lesson, students form groups based on occupational interests. Student groups write song lyrics about their chosen career. Students present their songs to the class.
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Thanksgiving Through Literature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students dramatize scenes from the picture book Turk and Runt. In this holiday activity, students view the book Turk and Runt and identify the events of the text. Students dramatize scenes from the text to demonstrate comprehension.
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Study Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music lesson, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity. Students also...
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Twelve Days of Winter Break

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students earn extra credit, and maintain/increase their fitness levels during the winter break, by participating in and documenting prescribed daily activities.
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Acting Out Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars act out verbs. In this verbs lesson, students identify and highlight the action words in a poem. As a class, the young scholars act out the verbs, reinforcing the idea that verbs are action words.
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Make it Snow

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate snow using pieces of literature, experimentation, and studying images by Wilson Bentley. They view snow from its artistic, geometric and literary expressions.
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"-at" Turkeys

For Teachers K
Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey.  In this vocabulary instructional activity, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body,  Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and...
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Teaching Science with a Smile

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study science concepts as they are presented in poetic form. They write and present their own science poems to parents during Open House.
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Holiday Celebrations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore three cultural holidays and compare and contrast the ways varied cultural groups celebrate their heritage.
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Math and Native Americans

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore how math is relevant to Native Americans. Students investigate Indian culture through geometry. They describe and create geometric polygons and patterns. Students problem solve with tangram patterns to make Indian...
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Maskmaking

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils examine masks from various cultures focusing on the Native Americans. Using the internet, they research the purpose of the masks and various designs. They create their own mask showing their own culture and personality and shares...
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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish.  In this scientific experiment lesson plan students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment. 
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of communication. In this communication lesson, students create collages featuring their likes and dislikes. Students present the collages to their classmates. 

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