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Feelings: Grades K-2
Students explore how to appropriately deal with their feelings. In this personal health activity on feelings, students participate in a group discussion about feelings, and complete two activities writing about their feelings and...
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You Have Egg On Your Face
Students explore and analyze how the human face is proportioned and explore ways artists use mathematics to make art. They demonstrate the basic face proportions by creating a reference sketch and illustrating visual clues to communicate...
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Emotions for ESL Students
You might get emotional during this activity - but don't worry, that's the idea! The class practices analyzing emotions, including their own, their peers' facial expressions, and colors and sounds that remind them of certain emotions....
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Facial Studies Through Creation of a Face Jug
Students study facial expressions and create a face jug. In this facial study lesson, students look at images of face jugs through history before drawing thumbnails of facial images. They use the coil method to make a jug, and use a...
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Anansi and The Tug O' War
Students complete activities with the story Anansi and the Tug O' War. In this literature lesson, students listen to a story, answer comprehension questions, and complete three worksheets. They discuss facial expressions and try to guess...
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Las Caras (The Faces)
First graders create masks. They practice using Spanish words to describe facial expressions and their individual masks. They review the verb"tener," to show characteristics than can be expressed on a mask: "tengo calor" or "Tengo miedo."
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Making Faces
Young scholars analyze facial expressions on artifacts. In this artifacts lesson, students examine facial expressions on artifacts. Young scholars draw a face with an expression of their choice.
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Ever Changing Pumpkin Faces
Students create different faces and facial expressions on a real pumpkin using laminated black face items. In this facial expressions lesson plan, students can use the pumpkin to show feelings.
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Angry
In this emotions learning exercise, students use the large blank outline of a face to draw how they look when feeling angry. Students then complete this story starter: I feel angry when ...
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Health Education: An Integrated Approach
Fourth graders participate in role plays in order to consider how they use body language and facial expressions to convey their feelings. In this nonverbal communication lesson plan, 4th graders discuss the importance of paying...
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Emotions!
In this ESL/emotions instructional activity, students match 8 facial expressions with the words that describes them. They cut out pictures of faces at the bottom of the page and glue them to the heads that are labeled with the emotions...
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Free Printables: Girl Face Cards
In this facial expressions instructional activity, learners cut out the 12 facial expression cards and use them for matching or other games. Teachers use the instructional activity generator to determine how to setup the face cards. They...
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Free Printables: Woman Faces
In this facial expressions worksheet, students cut out 12 cards with facial expressions. They then find the 6 pairs of matches in the cards. Teachers use the worksheet generator to determine whether the people will have hair or be bald...
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Free Printables: Guy Faces 2
In this facial expression instructional activity, students cut out the 12 facial expression cards on the page. These can be used for sorting or matching. Teachers use the instructional activity generator to determine whether the faces...
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Match the Pumpkin Faces
In this Halloween learning exercise, students examine 5 Jack O'Lantern pictures with different facial expressions. Students cut out 5 pumpkin pieces with the names of emotions such as surprised, scared, happy and sad. Students match the...
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The Eyes Have It ... Or Do They?
Students explore facial expressions for the hidden meanings being communicated. Truth can be hidden or at least disguised by a particular expression. The reality of control and the manipulation of truth is discussed in this lesson plan.
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Free Printables: Guy Faces 1
In this facial expressions worksheet, students match or sort the cards depending on which facial expression appears on them. There is also an option to create domino cards. Teachers use the worksheet generator to choose how the cards...
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Free Printables: Expression Cards 1
In this facial expression worksheet, students cut out 12 facial expression cards, 6 positive and 6 negative moods. Teachers can print off a large picture of each expression that is labeled.
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Free Printables: Expression Cards 2
In this facial expressions worksheet, students evaluate the 10 faces on the worksheet and determine which facial expression is being displayed. Teachers can print large, labeled pictures of each expression or a worksheet with small cards...
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Artnatomy/artnatomia: Anatomical Facial Expression Learning Tool
A magnificent Flash interactive tool useful for teaching and learning about the anatomical foundation of facial expression. Expandable animated images overlay each other to show both the structure of the skull and the muscles employed...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
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Centervention: Body Language Activities Using Telephone Game
In this activity, students will play the game of "Telephone" in two different ways. Students will first play "Telephone" with the traditional version of the the game and then only communicate via their body language.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Learning: How Do You Feel Today?
This interactive helps children understand their emotions. Children are presented with scenarios (it's their birthday, their brother breaks a favorite toy, etc.) and asked to click on one of three icons that represent feeling happy, sad,...
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Pbs Teachers: The Intimate Machine: Making Faces
Investigate the scientific innovation of giving computers facial features and expressions to improve human-computer interactions. Construct model faces that communicate six emotions using facial features including the mouth, eyes, and...