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Arts Now Learning: Self Portrait Collage [Pdf]
For this lesson, young scholars create a visual representation of themselves using collage with magazine cut-outs and write a detailed description of it.
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Arts Now Learning: States of Matter [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, students will move and generate choreography to understand different states of matter.
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Arts Now Learning: Sounds of Storms [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the sounds of weather. They create an instrument that mimics rain, wind, or thunder, then use them for sound effects during an interactive story called Gracey Goose.
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Arts Now Learning: Using Dance to Explore Electricity [Pdf]
After analyzing examples of conductors and insulators, 5th graders will work in small groups to craft a dance that depicts an electrical current and how it is affected by a conductor or insulator. Students will present their dances to...
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Arts Now Learning: Using Movement and Dance to Explore Symmetry [Pdf]
In this lesson, 3rd graders first examine images and decide whether they are symmetrical or not. Next, they create individual symmetrical shapes with their bodies and identify the line of symmetry present during these shapes. They then...
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Arts Now Learning: Using Tableau and Role Drama to Examine the Ecosystem [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders use tableaux to dramatize their roles in the food chain of an ecosystem. Next, they write in role arguing why they are important to the ecosystem. This is followed by a debate in the format of a Character...
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Arts Now Learning: This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land [Pdf]
For this lesson, 3rd graders take on the roles of characters in a drama centered on preserving the environment. Students will play different living things that inhabit a forest. They will improvise dialogue and analyze environmental...
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Arts Now Learning: Using Tableau to Explore Physical & Chemical Changes [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders explore how to use tableaux to dramatize physical and chemical changes, and add dialogue to the tableaux to support their argument of whether the change is physical or chemical.
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Arts Now Learning: The Sound of Numbers [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners will explore numbers and their relationships through rhythm and learn how every aspect of music can be described mathematically.
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Arts Now Learning: Take a Trip! [Pdf]
In this lesson, students examine travel brochures to learn about persuasive writing. They then create a travel brochure themselves, giving three strong reasons that a person should come and visit their location. Once the brochure is...
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Arts Now Learning: Super Gene [Pdf]
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about basic genetics and how genes can affect someone's behavior. They will write their own narrative about a character they create as a class in order to illustrate the effects of inherited traits and...
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Arts Now Learning: Proficient Puppeteers
In this lesson plan, learners create puppets for the characters in a Reader's Theater script called 'Georgia State Animals & Plants: Habitats and Adaptations.' The puppets showcase the adaptations for each plant or animal. Students...
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Arts Now Learning: Phases of the Moon [Pdf]
In this lesson, 4th graders use their bodies to model the day/night cycles of the Sun and Earth. Next, they discuss the moon's role in the solar system and explore the eight phases of the moon by acting out a story. Finally, a song...
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Arts Now Learning: Perspective Drawing Inspired by n.c. Wyeth [Pdf]
For this lesson, students will generate unique fantasy drawings that utilize perspective and create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface. Deriving inspiration from the American painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth's The...
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Arts Now Learning: Personal Storytelling With Accordion Books [Pdf]
In this lesson plan, young scholars use the structure of an accordion book to identify parts of an essay: introduction, three supporting details, and conclusion. They then compose a personal story using events from the past school year...
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Arts Now Learning: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]
For this lesson, students learn about and create sequences and patterns as they move and dance.
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Arts Now Learning: Performing Perimeter [Pdf]
In this lesson, 3rd graders calculate the perimeter of various geometric shapes and represent the perimeter with a movement phrase. They will identify the types of angles within each shape. Other students will identify the shape that was...
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Arts Now Learning: Music and Acoustics [Pdf]
In this instructional activity, learners will create a rhythmic composition using cups to demonstrate understanding and identification of various sounds. Musical skills addressed include improvising, composing, listening, and playing.
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Arts Now Learning: Music Inspires Writing [Pdf]
In this lesson plan, students will learn how music can be the impetus for creating original poetry and music.
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Arts Now Learning: Musical Geography [Pdf]
In this lesson, students listen to and perform chanted text, then explore how parts of the chant can be linked to geographic features on a map.
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Arts Now Learning: Operations and Algebraic Thinking With Music [Pdf]
Counting the number of beats in a common folk song, the students will use composition and classroom instruments to discover different combinations for accompaniment.
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Arts Now Learning: Paul Revere in Action [Pdf]
For this lesson, students explore the life of Paul Revere through the lens of a painting of the Midnight Run. After viewing it, students write and enact a poem illustrating the event.
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Arts Now Learning: Monumental Construction [Pdf]
In this lesson, young scholars work in teams to create large paper sculptures using newspaper rolled up into tubes.
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Arts Now Learning: Monumental Construction [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners work in teams to create large paper sculptures using newspaper rolled up into tubes.