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Be Part of the World's Largest Concert

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are exposed to the songs that will be part of this year's concert. They rehearse a minimum of two songs. They participate via TV or audio hookup in the global event. They write essays on "What Music Means to Me".
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Off Times of Slaves on the Sea Islands

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the aspect of slave life on the Sea Islands. They explore the Gullah language, folk tales, music and games during the "off" times of slaves. Students read and interpret Gullah folk tales. They recognize music in the...
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American Folktales

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read and interpret an American Folktale. Students create their own folktale about Indiana. Students use digital cameras and clipart from the computer to create a photo story. Students present their animated folktales to...
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Read "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez"Americo Paredes version

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students see examples of other types of written stories. They are introduced to the ballad in literature. Students obtain ideas for their own family story. They discuss how ballads can relate true stories through music. Students discuss...
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Orfeo: Sinfonie e Ritornelli

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the dramatic expression made by performance and how it relates to the content of the story L'Orfeo. They determine the form of orchestra and each instrumental group within the orchestra for this piece.
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Rhythm and Rhyme

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Pupils, after talking about form, create a more focused learning space with a collective purpose.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Historical Summaries

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders interpret their own meaning of the painting, "Christ's Descent into Hell" by Hieronymus Bosch and the song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel. They focus on the chaos created in both the art and music and discuss...
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Robert Henri, the Harlem Renaissance and You

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners examine the artwork of Robert Henri. Using his pieces, they compare and contrast it to the works during the Harlem Renaissance. They create a HyperStudio project showing the Ashcan School of Art with music accompanying the...
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Piet Mondrian-Find art in the city

For Teachers 1st
First graders describe and replicate repeated patterns in nature, in the environment and in works of art. They pand and use variations in line, shape, form, color, and texture to communicate ideas or feelings in work of art. Pupils...
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Jingle Bell Bounce

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils attempt to dribble the basketball in a predetermined sequence. After practicing several dribbling techniques, the game begins. This process should emulate the Jingle Bells song set music.
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Water Cycle Walk

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson plan, students listen to a song as they walk around and when they music stops, they answer a question based on the water cycle.
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Poetry

For Teachers K
Students review how clouds form rain, listen to the poem April Rain Song, discuss the saying April Showers Bring May Flowers, and participate in a craft activity.
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Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study various forms of poetry and the culture of Japan. They are introduced to a haiku- a traditional form of poetry and an art form in the Japanese culture. They write a haiku and create a student haiku booklet with the classes...
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The Harlem Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Harlem Renaissance. Using the policies of various presidents, they analyze international and domestic events. They discuss the importance of the passing of the 18th and 19th Amendments. They research the history...
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What Is Hot?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore why: Schools are hotbeds of popular young opinion about what to wear, which music to listen to, and what TV shows to watch. In this activity, students extend their fascination with "what's hot" to the books they read by...
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Urban Concentration and Racial Violence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research one of the many urban race riots in U.S. history, from the New York City riots during the Civil War to the "Red Summer of 1919" or the hate-strikes of 1943. They present their findings in the form of a newspaper's front...
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Pizzeria (reading Encouragement)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a pizzeria atmosphere in the classroom with Italian music, pizza menus and checkered table cloths. They compare their different tastes in pizza toppings to different tastes in reading. Then they use a reading menu to...
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God's Life

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the Huichole culture. They create a craft that is typical of the Huichole culture. Students partake in a variety of traditional Spanish foods and music. They use Spanish vocabulary while creating their craft.
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Arts of Asia in Reach

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the traditions and celebrations of another culture and research a city or community in Japan. They then examine traditional Japanese music as well as practice several dance steps and discover their significance in...
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History-Causes of WW I

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a class discussion about what caused World War II. Working in groups, they identify the reasons they believe were most important in starting the war and present their reason in the form of a PowerPoint,...
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Past Continuous and Past Simple

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this verb forms worksheet, students complete a 20 question online interactive exercise pertaining to the correct use of the past continuous and past simple verb forms.
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ESL Irregular Verbs: Be, Build

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL irregular verb worksheet, students complete a grid, filling in missing past tense and participle forms of given verbs and complete sentences by filling in blanks with correct verbs.
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Emily Carr's Trees

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore flowing lines and form
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Mummies Made in Egypt

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils use maps to locate information on Egypt, then create their own maps to display knowledge gained from the lesson and Web sites. They recognize, create, and describe the pyramid's geometric shape in three-dimensional forms.

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