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Following Sean Lesson Plan
Students view a film about two families living in San Francisco during the 1960s. They examine clips of the film and take notes on its historical context and discuss what historical information can be received from first-hand...
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Mahler
In this music worksheet, learners read a short piece about Gustav Mahler, the composer. They write responses to 10 questions about this romantic composer. Students are asked to comment on Mahler's interests, techniques, and musical style.
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Students Information And Interest Survey
In this personal information instructional activity, students fill out this form to give details about their personal history, prior experiences and preferences. This could be used for information gathering or as an icebreaker activity.
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Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices and Fragments
In this grammar activity, students identify twenty sentences as run-on sentences, fragments, has a comma splice mistake or as correct. Students defend their choices.
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Conductors- Gustav Mahler
In this musical conductors worksheet, 9th graders read about Gustav Mahler, nineteenth European conductor. They use this information and further research to answer 10 questions about his life and accomplishments.
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More Than Mock Elections
Students create a presidential campaign story. In this presidential campaign lesson, students produce, direct and act in their own campaign story. Stories focus on setting, characters, context, critical incidents, and concluding events.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Ch. 1-3)
In this online interactive Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice reading comprehension questions regarding chapters 1-3 of the book.
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Hurricane Quiz
In this hurricanes quiz activity, students complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about hurricanes.
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Cyclical Psychology in Japanese Culture
Learners create artistic representations of various cyclical patterns after analyzing the importance of cyclical psychology in Japanese culture. This lesson can be done in an Art class or as part of a unit in a History or Language Arts...
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Origami
Students create paper cranes using the art of Origami from Japan as a basis. This lesson includes three lesson enrichment activities, a vocabulary list, and ideas for possible origami materials.
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Tree in Spring
Students use examples of Joseph Raffael's art of nature to create an all-school mosaic of a tree in spring using clay.
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Taking a Stand
Students make connections with cultures (their own and others'), their identity, heritage, traditions, and symbols and examine the richness that diversity brings to communities.
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Charlotte's Web
Students examine the story, "Charlotte's Web" in the nine lessons of this unit. As the students progress through the book, they will explore the story plot, setting, character, and the value of friendship.
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Geography: I Spy Environments
Fourth graders examine nature paintings from a Utah museum for their physical characteristics. In small groups, they observe museum postcards and discuss the season, precipitation, temperature, and geometric shapes pictured. Focusing...
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Musical Form and Sibelius Groovy Music Shapes
Students create a song using the form ABACADAEA. Students listen to a musical piece created by Vivaldi that is an example of this musical form. Then
students use software to create their own musical forms representing this pattern.
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The Weather
Students, by incorporating art and science, make the connection between weather and how it affects our everyday lives.
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Written Report How Music Motivates
Young scholars examine the role of music in their lives. They listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how music effects their thinking.
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A Study of Japan with the Haiku of Basho
Sixth graders explore haiku poetry and the works of the Japanese poet Basho. They review characteristics of haiku poetry and other forms of poetry. After they write three or more haiku poems, they illustrate one of them and share with...
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Celebrating Halloween through Language and Literature
Use the theme of Halloween to spice up campfire stories, journal writing, and presentations in your classroom.
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Haiku For You
Students discuss prior knowledge of Haiku. They use computers with internet connection to find information about haiku. Students work in small groups to summarize their research and discuss Japanese culture. Students write and illustrate...
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Wahta (Maple) Project
Learners increase their knowledge base of the maple syrup process and increase their skills of organization, technology, research, teamwork-cooperation, and oral presentation. Students use a team approach to choose a topic pertaining to...
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Friends Series One New Year Episode (The One with the Monkey)
In this Friends tv series activity, students match up the characters described with twenty-two statements from the show. Although this is a activity about a tv show, there is some language skill-building present in the activity.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Environment
In this close reading instructional activity, students read a report about large fires in the western United States. Students then answer several questions to determine their comprehension of the text.