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In The Shadow of the Pines: Sugar Cane Time
This resource provides a short reading passage, an excerpt from In The Shadow of the Pines by Karen K. Newell, about a family and their sugar cane harvest during the Great Depression. After the reading, there are four multiple choice...
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The Role of the Musician and His Instruments in the Civil War
Fifth graders listen to and discuss the music of the Civil War Era in order to better explain society during this time period. They identify the musical instruments and write their own word to accompany the music of one of the songs.
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What is Sound?
Second graders discuss sound and describe them. In this investigative lesson students observe sound through their eyes, bodies and ears.
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Graphic Scores
You can write some music scores using images rather than musical notation. Kids learn how they can become musical composers by using graphics or images in place of musical notation. An interesting slide-show, but a more interesting...
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High and Low Tones
Students perform movements to trigger high and low tones in music produced by percussionists.
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Clerihew Dances II
Third graders explore rhythm and quality of word and phrased to that of dance. They move to the rhythm of poetry.
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American Indians, European Settlers, and Colonial Arkansas
Students identify the interdependence among various ethnic groups in early Arkansas history. They illustrate timelines and visit historic sites. They make maps of the site and give class presentations.
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Movement
Students experiment and explore a variety of instruments and movements. They play rhythms on instruments, spell words using their bodies, act out the movements of a song, role-play machine parts as a group, pantomime an activity, and...
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Crazy Fish Camp
Students participate in a lesson that reviews the importance of fishing for people who live as natives in Alaska. The game is played in order to unwrap an object that represents the fish in a short amount of time. The object is to open...
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Grade 2: Music/Valentine's Day
Play and sing a Valentine's song with your second graders. They'll follow along allow as you demonstrate how to sing and keep a steady beat on non-pitched percussive instruments. While the music lesson has a Valentine theme, that theme...
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Holiday Poetry and Music
Students discuss Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and family traditions. After brainstorming how holidays are celebrated, students write a poem about a chosen holiday and create their own hand-made instrument. They share their poems...
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Conductors and Insulators
Fifth graders explore conductors and insulators. For this science lesson, 5th graders act as electrons moving through a wire. Students break into groups representing conductors and insulators and explore how they work with electrons.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 8 - Exercise 1b
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Introduction to Korea
Students explore the culture of Korea. For this Korean culture lesson, students examine visual and textual works regarding Korea. Students also examine dance, architecture, and food of the country.
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Color and Count: 3 and 4
In this color and count instructional activity, students are told to color and count either 3 or 4 of the items in each box. Students complete this for 18 boxes.
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Color and count 9 and 10
In this color and count worksheet, students color and count the numbers 9 or 10 out of a group of pictures. Students complete 15 problems.
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Rhythm in Motion
Any age of elementary student can demonstrate their understanding of the connections of elements of art and music by creating their own slit song. You will investigate and study the Melanesian Slit Song with Kindergartners through Junior...
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Poetry Gifts
What kind of shoe is this person? What time of day is this person? Aspiring poets’ responses to a list of questions provide descriptive words and phrases that can be crafted into a blank verse poem. A link to sample poems is provided.
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Air Traffic
How well does your class know the songs by Air Traffic? Use this worksheet to find out! It includes 10 multiple-choice questions about the popular band. Print out the quiz or have your pupils take it on line. Once you have submitted your...
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Man of Four Strings: Cliff Williams
Use the Internet as a research tool for your High schoolers. They must discover the answers to the trivia questions presented in this on-line worksheet. This resource focuses on questions about the bass player for the band AC/DC, Cliff...
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It's a Long Way!
High school pupils sharpen Internet research skills with this online lesson. It asks 10 questions about the band AC/DC.
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Idiom Exercise
Don't let your pupils bite off more than they can chew! Comprehending idiomatic speech can be very perplexing to language learners. Readers must use context clues, common sense, and knowledge of the connotative and denotative meanings to...
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To The Beat
This activity is two-fold in that it addresses having youngsters get a feel for different rhythms in music and in practicing their underhand tossing skills. Gather all kinds of equipment to throw, such as: yarn balls, spider balls, and...
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Earth Origami
After reading a brief history of Carl Skalak's journey on the open waters, scholars make a three-dimensional model of the Earth out of an Origami balloon using a printable decorated as the Earth.
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