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Children's Books
Students explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Students write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross curriculum activities...
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Ta he thaw nu ha la tu-Traditional Oneida Song
Learners practice singing a traditional Oneida song. They discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages and how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings for the Oneida people.
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Take Heed, Scurvy Dogs!
Learners examine the use of ghosts in shipping stories. As a class, they assign roles and they act them out in a play. They make it seem as if they are in danger on their voyage and work together to create a script. They ask questions...
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale : The Instruments of the Orchestra
Young scholars classify the classes of instruments of the orchestra: strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. They aurally and visually identify the instruments of the orchestra. Students become actively engaged in live performances by...
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Earth Connections
Pupils explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Pupils interpret words of...
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Geography and AIDS
Students use Internet research to complete and compare maps and view a video to explore the AIDS/HIV crisis in parts of Africa. They discuss their findings.
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Just Dancing Around? Trisha Brown
Learners view a video clip highlighting the work of choreographer Trisha Brown and read her biography. They complete a table to summarize her work and they discuss their answers.
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Ukiyo-e
Students investigate and examine ukiyo-e, or Japanese woodblock prints, from the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan and use this gained knowledge to compare Japanese culture to American societal trends.
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The Coral Reef
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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On the Move
Students see if they can get their perceptions of movement expressed in images.
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Selecting the Focus of the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project
Students identify and flesh out an area of particular interest to them in the field of N/R for the purpose of developing and submitting a more in-depth project on that area of interest.
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Japanese Family Crests
Students create an artistic crest that represents either themselves, their group of friends, or their their family.
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Valuing Life
Students hear the story, "The Old Man of the Tree. They review story details and answer a set of questions as a class. Students learn the song, "There is Beauty" then reinact the story, "The Old Man of the Tree," and work in small...
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A Poster is Worth a Thousand Words
High schoolers list observations of PSA posters. They provide evidence/examples of their observations through class discussion. Students explore public health posters. They investigate historical public health campaign posters.
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A Country of Migrants?
Students list reasons in support or rejection of the United States being a country of migrants through a written statement and discussion. They answer questions posed regarding immigration.
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Rain Forests
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...
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Seeing Is Believing
Students research and describe the stories of Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. They analyze historical sources from different points of view and present an analysis of two historical contexts.
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Paint the States - 50 & D.C.
Students select and research a state as an individual project and present their findings to the class. Then, they write a one page paper and create a collage or painting of their state on a mural. Finally, students create and illustrate...
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Have I Got A Story For You - Folklore of Utah
Fourth graders identify the clues that folklore provides about Utah's past. They create a piece of folklore for a place or event in or near the community. They see that the legends and traditions we pass to one another are also sources...
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Art Smart
Students consider the importance of arts programs in public schools, explore the disparities in arts programs in the New York City school system.
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Defining Philanthropy -- What? Where? Why?
Students research different philanthropic organizations. They identify the mission of each organization and compare and contrast them. They create a presentation about one of the organizations to give to the class.
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Funny or Not - Your Opinion
Learners interpret and judge the meaning of a political cartoon. They dicuss the cartoons in groups and write an evaluative paragraph which they present to the class.
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A Seasite Scavenger Hunt
Seventh graders surf a website to find answers to 15 questions about Southeast Asia.