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The Life and Work of Edgar Degas and the Impressionists

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Edgar Degas, and other Impressionist, painters balked against the structures on displaying artwork and promoted artistic freedom.
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The Art and Work of Oskar Kokoschka

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students can learn about the life and work of Oskar Kokoschka with these lessons and activities.
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What Was the Cold War?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A study of the Cold War can helps students learn about history through interviewing people who lived through this period.
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French Realism and Its Place in History

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students can gain a greater understanding of 19th century Europe by focusing on French Realism.
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Traits of Nonfiction

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here are some lesson ideas for teaching students about the traits of nonfiction text.
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Analytical Essay

For Teachers 4th - 5th
What is an analytical essay? Introduce this type of thinking to your young writers. First, discuss what it means to analyze something. Then, identify the different components of an essay and what details are embedded in each component....
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Leaders in the Anza Expedition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research on historical characters in the Anza expeditions. They compare/contrast the Anza leaders and analyze their relationships to each other in the Anza expedition.
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* Educators * Lesson Plans The Importance of Speaking Another Language

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the importance of speaking more than one language. They read and discuss an account written by a Peace Corps teacher in Ukraine, answer discussion questions, and discuss why English is taught in Ukraine.
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Lights, Camera, Action...Crossing the Delaware in 9 Scenes

For Teachers 8th
How does reading a drama differ from reading a novel? Middle schoolers become playwrights and explore these differences. After viewing the A&E movie,"The Crossing," groups create stage directions, write dialogue, and design sets and...
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The Energy of Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss different ways engineers use light. In this engineering lesson, students are introduced to the properties of light and the way light is used. They view a demonstration of light waves using a slinky, and practice using...
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Polymer Chemistry: More than Just Plastic

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine polymers and how they are formed.  In this chemistry activity students complete their own polymer experiment then discuss what they learned. 
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Classical Greece and Rome

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Covering the playwrights and characteristics of ancient Greek dramas, this presentation would be a good starter to a unit about the culture or about the genre of tragedies. Though titled "Classical Greece and Rome," there isn't any...
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Wild Weather Multiple Choice Definitions Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this weather instructional activity, learners choose the correct definitions for the weather vocabulary word given to them. Students complete 15 multiple choice questions.
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Gift of the Magi Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read "The Gift of the Magi" and review the elements and theme in the story. In groups, students sketch another learners' outline on butcher paper. They use the body parts to relate the characteristics of Della and Jim. ...
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The Battle of Good and Evil on the Big Screen

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate how the movie industry depicts heroes, villains, and events, and how these characters and plots relate to the society and time period in which the films are created.
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Chaucer's Wife of Bath

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze Chaucer's portrayal of the Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. Students prepare class reports on the institution of marriage and the place of women in the Medieval society.
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You Kiss the Book: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze imagery in Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, and act out the passage to see how the author includes stage directions with his poetry.
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"Et tu, Brute?" - The Characters, Conflict and Historical context of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

For Teachers 6th
Students analyze the Shakespearian play, "Julius Caesar" in this seven lesson unit. Through readings, hands-on projects, and the study of plot development, comparisons are made to the movie and the historical records available.
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`Great Debate' Lesson Plan for Undergraduates

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students study the Curtis- Shapley debate which highlighted the view of human place in the universe. They examine the clash of these two astronomers in a debate which took place in 1920.
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Game Shows in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Literature: Porgy and Bess

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the various portrayals of African-Americans in literature, focusing on the opera, Porgy and Bess. They conduct Internet research on African-American culture between the two World Wars. Students write fictional or...
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Development in Drosophila melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils study the least familiar aspect of development in Drosophila melanogaster; the development of the pupa. Students isolate and culture "First-day" pupae. They are dissected daily to study the progressive developmental changes.
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Exploring Science Fiction

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read a variety of science fiction short stories. Using the text, they identify the components that make it science fiction and a well written piece of literature. They record their observations and share them with the...
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Harriet The Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...

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