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The Odyssey

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students write a dramatic scene based on The Odyssey and perform it for the class. In this living literature lesson, students work in small groups to discuss the way the characters look, act, and sound. They then choose scenery and...
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Variations of The Gingerbread Boy

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in activities base on the story of the The Gingerbread Boy. In this literacy lesson, students listen to the story before retelling a number of times. They use a variety of props during the retellings such as picture,...
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Peace Be Still (The Peace of Jesus)

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students listen to and discuss story of Jesus calming storm, write script containing interview questions, create background with props, make video of newscast, and illustrate memory verse or symbol of peace using KidPix software.
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Fairy Tale Facts

For Teachers K
Students analyze fairy tale characters and story elements. In this fairy tale lesson, students label two charts for the characters and settings of a fairy tale. Students view props in story boxes and answer questions about the story...
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Hot Dog Clown Trick

For Teachers K
Students make a hot dog clown prop. They create their own way of verbalizing the clown trick to others. Students comprehend what clowns do and make a trick hot dog. They plan what they are going to say and how they act while they perform...
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Japanese Folktales

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to examples of Japanese folktales and identify universal themes. Students construct a 'kamishibai' - a traditional Japanese storytelling prop - and dramatize a folktale through puppetry.
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Mrs. Wishy Washy

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils explore the book, Mrs. Wishy Washy. They listen to the story, participate in a picture walk, identify the patterns of repeated words, role-play the motions, and retell the story using props.
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What is an Explorer

For Teachers K - 1st
Students become explorers. They examine a picture of an explorer and create props to explore within the classroom. Students are studying the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. They explore how to read a map and create a map of the classroom...
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Making E-Books in the Kindergarten Classroom

For Teachers K - 8th
Students produce e-books using themselves and their physical surroundings to demonstrate content standards, such as number sense or color recognition. They provide evidence using a digital camera, props, and the presentation tool.
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Isolate One Plot Line

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners read any dramatic play. They identify the plot lines within the play and then isolate one of the plot lines. In groups, they analyze individual scenes and perform them, complete with props, costumes, etc. They discover how...
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Great Expectations 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers comprehend how Dicken's set piece on snobbery. They discuss how Lean uses costume, actors' non-verbal communcication and props to convey Victorian class customs, distinctions, and snobbery. Students are shown "The Jolly...
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Little Engine That Could

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars dramatize traditional literature.  In this retelling lesson, students practice retelling The Little Engine That Could and take on roles of the trains in the story.  Young scholars create and display train props to use...
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Freshwater Ecosystems Closing Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a commercial on how to care for fresh water. In this environmental science lesson plan, students write a script and use materials as props in the commercial. They present it in class and share comments and feedback.
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Japanese Noh Masks

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine Japanese theatre and create their own face masks which display certain emotions, props, costumes and perform in improvisational theatrical games.
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Narrative Prompt

For Teachers K
Students write to describe a summer activity. They read a book about the seasons. They describe grab bag props and how they are used in summer.
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Picture This: Telling Our Tales with Self-Portraits

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners view a number of self portraits to determine the importance of pose, setting, clothing, and props in a piece of artwork. They design a self-portrait emphasizing the use of contour lines.
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Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in reading and listening to poetry. They are exposed to a variety of poems and examine and identify basic elements of poetry. They write their own poems and recite a poem with enthusiasm, expression, and props.
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Droopy Dog says....

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the /d/ sound by making the sound and determining where their tongue is when the make it. They repeat a tongue twister while emphasizing the /d/ sounds. Next, they identify the sound in words as the teacher uses a puppet...
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Modeling Basic Operations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that investigates basic mathematical operations using a number line. They use props for hands on activities of visualizing the solution to a particular problem.
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The Door is Creaky E

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars observe the prop of a door to demonstrate the sound of the phonemic sound of the letter "e". Then they drill and practice the sound with the teacher. The essential importance of the skill of phonemic awareness is stressed...
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Chrononauts Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are told that chronanauts is a fascinating, whimsical exploration of time travel, causality, and possibility covering many fascinating and significant events of the last century or so. They work in small groups to create a...
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Reenacting Shakespeare

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work in small groups to modernize and perform scenes from Shakepeare's Romeo and Juliet. In this Shakespeare reenact lesson plan, students have an active roll in completing the project which includes analyzing and summarizing...
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How Full is Your Basket?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how things they say and do affect the feelings of others. In this self evaluation lesson, students use baskets and eggs as props for the lesson. Students read the book 'How Full is Your Basket' and discuss the story....
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Study Jams! Properties of Addition

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Zoe from the StudyJams! crew brings the properties of addition to life by clearly explaining the meaning of the associative, commutative, and identity properties as she collects photos for an album. Listen to the included karaoke song...

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