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Iconoclasm as it pertains to the Reformation
Ninth graders examine the Protestant reformation. For this World History lesson, 9th graders analyze various photographs from the Reformation. Students watch a video clip of Luther's trip to Rome.
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Create Your Own Florida Murals
Students study a mural that represents life in Florida. They choose one portion of the mural and redraw it showing what the character in that portion would be doing next. (Is the person headed to the beach? Where the bird fly next? etc.)
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Weather the Storm
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities for weather. In this weather lesson, 4th graders complete creative writing, research, and weather data analysis activities for the lesson.
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What Women Want
Students investigate the role of women in leadership in history. They conduct research in order to find the real story. The instructional activity stresses the fact that women are not well known in history. There is a variety of...
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The Amazon Rain Forest
Fifth graders perform a play about the Amazon Rain Forest. They practice assigned parts and sing a song about the Rain Forest. They create costumes for the characters and discuss the role each character plays. They perform the play...
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Self Advocacy
Students develop the skills necessary to advocate for themselves through adulthood. Through class discussion and creative projects, students create a portrait of themselves as adults. They develop an action plan for their adult years and...
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Musical & Linguistic Lesson Plan
Tenth graders study songs and music of the US Civil War period. They use technology to compose a song that highlights an event or concept from the war.
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Rollin' On The River II
Students explore the importance of the Platte River to the state of Nebraska. They investigate the river's historical, social, economic, and political importance to the development of Nebraska. Students explore the ecosystem of the river.
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Coping With War: Diversions in a Century of Global Conflict
Eleventh graders analyze photographs representing leisure and transition during a global conflict. Working in groups, 11th graders review pictures from a web exhibit. The group completes a graphic organizer analyzing the photograph for...
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Building an Image Page
Third graders review the menu bar and define terms of some of the icons the key words and how to add clipart to their paper. They type in their written paragraph using the word processor and add at least one clipart to their written...
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Traverse City Trouble Makers
Students investigate how to become advocates in an authentic environmental issue, in this case the invasion of the zebra mussel invasion of the Great Lakes. They complete graphic organizers during Internet research, while reading...
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Explorations of Lewis and Clark
Pupils research the Louisiana Purchase. Groups of students are given the choice of topic for a creative project. Pretending to be Lewis and Clark, pupils write a report to President Jefferson describing their expedition. Other groups...
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Best Practices in Education
Summarizes what is known about best practices in education and how they apply in teaching art. Discusses the instructional techniques popularized by Howard Garner and what they look like in art education.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Strategies and Research in Instruction
Summarizes what is known about learning from research on the brain and suggests related strategies to use in the classroom. Also discusses the main techniques and strategies that are in wide use today including, for example,...
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The Second Principle: Brain Based Education: An Overview
This resource provides historical information, core principles, implications and suggestions, 12 design principles, and suggestions to utilize both music and art.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 10: Interpretation and Meaning
Using the lyrics, music and video of a selected song (example used here is 'One' by the Irish group U2), students will explore the ways in which words, music and visual images interact to create meaning. Students will analyze the...