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The Changing Landscape
Students examine the evolution of landscape painting in France from the 17th to the 19th century. They study and compare three landscape paintings, emphasizing space, depth, and the concepts of foreground, middle ground, and background.
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More Than Anything Else
Second graders investigate the life of Booker T. Washington by reading a biography. In this biographical lesson, 2nd graders read the story More Than Anything Else, and examine the geographical locations Washington once resided...
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Claymation in the Classroom
Students design an appropriate and usable storyboard and then create a claymation video. They take digital photographs frame by frame, then assemble the stop-motion movie using video software.
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Troublesome Words 3
In this easily confused words activity, students practice using affect and effect, can and may, learn and teach, and let and leave as they answer 29 short answer and multiple choice questions.
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Hunters and Gatherers
Sixth graders participate in mapping and other activities to understand why ancient civilizations developed as they did. In this ancient civilization lesson, 6th graders recognize that there were three important climate zones and...
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Present Simple and Plural Activities - Things We Do At School...
In this present simple verb tense online activity, students enter the proper verb tense of the underlined words in 13 sentences. They fill in the verbs from a word bank in the next 10 sentences, enter either don't or doesn't in the next...
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Past Perfect Continuous
In this past perfect continuous tense worksheet, students listen to sentences and put the words into the past perfect continuous tense as well as choosing the correct words for the sentences. Students complete 3 exercises.
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Shattered Images Value Study
High schoolers create cubist drawings using grids and enlargement.
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Vocabulary Review
In this vocabulary activity, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word in bold. There are 10 sentences and 4 choices for each.
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The Adjective Alphabet
Students paint alliteration pictures. In this adjectives lesson, students select an adjective and noun that begin with the same letter, for example: hairy heart, to represent in a painting.
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Pop Into My Community
First graders distinguish cityscapes from seascapes and landscapes and explore the features of a community. Then, they create a pop-up paper city showing foreground, middle ground, and background.
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Oceans: A Sensory Haiku
Students create an ocean haiku. In this haiku lesson plan, students use their five senses to write a haiku. Students watch videos about the ocean, make a sensory portrait, and create a class haiku.
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Preposition Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in forty blanks with the appropriate preposition that makes each one grammatically correct.
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This I Can Do: The Drive
Students read The Garden of Happiness and discuss the importance of the common good in a community. In this common good lesson, students understand how overcoming diversity and working together for a neighborhood drive. Students create a...
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Reading: A Speech by Helen Keller
For this Helen Keller worksheet, students read a speech that was delivered by Helen Keller in 1925. Students answer 8 true and false comprehension questions.
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Clay Personality Boxes Lesson Plan
Students create cut slab boxes from clay using the slip and scoring technique. They impress a surface texture into the clay. Students decorate their box to represent themselves in some way.
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The Golden Gate Bridge
In this comprehension worksheet, students read and respond to five multiple choice questions about the story. Then they explain in a short answer response why there were people who opposed to the building of the Golden Gate Bridge and why.
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Future Time
In this vocabulary worksheet, students check the word that does not belong in each group of words. The worksheet provides 10 problems for practicing the skill.
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Wrap It Up for Chanukah!
Prepare gifts for the eight nights of Hanukkah with a fun and artistic lesson. Learners use various materials to make an array of unique gifts, including splatter paintings, decorated flowerpots, and stained glass designed with crayons.
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Bowl of Love Lesson 6
Students study the concept of having a fundraiser to benefit a local soup kitchen. In this fundraising service project lesson plan, students participate in different activities that explain the history and making of clay pottery, service...
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Esperanza Rising: Lesson 8
Sixth graders complete activities with the book Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan. In this literature lesson, 6th graders read Chapter 8 of the book and discuss the chapter. They practice putting events in sequence and record new...
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HEALTHY EATING
Students devise their own scheme for encouraging healthy eating and discuss health eating. They prepare a talk for younger students from the government to promote healthy eating.
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Carborundum "Intaglio"
Students create a print using a mixture of Carborundum grits of different textures that are mixed with an adhesive and brushed onto a plate. The plate is then inked and wiped like an intaglio plate or it can be printed in relief.
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Kalahari Explorations
Students research the area of the Kalahari Desert. They use the online and print resources and evaluate the information they find. They present their information to the class.