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Adjectives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils are encouraged to think about the adjectives they choose and to steer away from adjectives that have become meaningless through overuse, such as "nice" and "good." They then add meaning and interest to sentences.
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Flying To Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Red: Learning Colors

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
In this activity on the color red, students look at a set of 10 pictures and color red those things that could be red. [All 10 items COULD be the color red]
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Understanding Propaganda

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students define propaganda and give examples from the mass media. In this propaganda instructional activity, students review examples of propaganda and then research versions of it in the mass media.
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Confusing Words 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this confusing words worksheet, students choose the correct confusing word to complete the sentences. Students choose words for 20 sentences.
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Ghosts Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's Ghosts. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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You Can't Sell This Thing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in teams, design and create a logo/trademark, packaging box, and poster for advertising their new product/invention. They present their new product/invention, and information about the target audience, to the class.
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Marriage of Visual and Thematic Aspects of Herbert's Poetry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the visual aspects of poetry and write a poem using the white space to form a poem into the shape of a plus sign.
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Multimedia Stained Glass Window Design

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct and display a stained glass gothic window box made from cardboard boxes, color tissue or colored plastic sheets of mylar, and glue.
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Magnificent Magnification!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students magnify their digital artwork to develop their motor skills with a mouse. Using the artwork, they discover how to look at it from different perspectives. They answer discussion questions as they complete the activity.
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Reading Comprehension-Grade 3

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read several short selections at 3rd grade level. Each selection is followed by 1-2 multiple choice questions. An answer key is given at the end of the set. 
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Symbolism in the Beijing Opera

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine examples of symbolism represented in the Beijing Opera. They analyze the uses of color in symbolism.
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Edible Artwork for Birds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this craft project worksheet, students gather materials and read the 7 steps to create an edible bird feeder picture made from lard and bird seed.
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Life Cycles Mandalas - Ceramic relief - Drawing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers design Mandalas that had to do with cycles of Nature.
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Three Chicago Painters: Self-Portraits

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine self-portraits on a Website. They create self-portraits which reveal something about themselves. They include objects which give clues to Students' personalities. The portraits are displayed in the school.
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Flags

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read You're a Grand Old Flag as well as other provided books about flags. In this flag activity, students cut, decorate and bake cookies as flags, practice the letter f, the number 4, the rectangle shape and use the color white....
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Logos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create a presentation incorporating an originally created logo to advertise a new drink product. After creating their logo, students produce create an advertising campaign for their new product. Advertisements are presented to...
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Holi-Days

For Teachers K - 4th
Students research an event, celebration, or observance from a culture with which they are not familiar and present their information to the class in this cross-curricular look at festivals and celebrations. The lesson includes an option...
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Life Through Time: The Heart of the Phanerozoic

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students gain a deeper understanding of geological time and the evolution of life on Earth. They use iMovie to tell a complex story of a discrete time period with narration and images.
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Self-Portrait Shields

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars listen to the story, The Shield of Athena, and examine the original context of the sculptural fragment of a fallen warrior. They list important events and people in their lives, then create shields that depict their...
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Personal Mummy Case

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a papier mâché mummy case covered with personal symbols from students' lives.
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Portrait of a Ruler

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners create a full-length portrait of the Emperor Hadrian that conveys his role through attributes and explain how this bust of Hadrian conveys a story about life as an emperor in ancient Rome.
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VAN GOGH LESSON

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create their own versions of Starry Night and practice the use of expressive style. They discuss the lines, colors and shapes used by van Gogh in his work.