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This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. In this photographic story lesson, students take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story.  Students create an album with an online account. 
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The Power of Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore emotions represented in artwork.  In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon, as...
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Integrated Video Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a Mother's Day video gift by utilizing the latest video technology in class.  In this film making activity, students utilize important photographs related to their mother and import them into a computer timeline using...
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Cool Commercials Critique

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate advertising by critiquing commercials in class.  In this media activity, students view several commercials on their computers while completing a worksheet which helps them critique the ads.  Students define several...
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Creating a Commercial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the world of advertising and video production by creating their own commercial.  In this advertising lesson, students discuss a fictitious product which they create an advertising campaign for.  Students create a...
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AP Chemistry Video Lab Book

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students develop a video lab book. In this web-based activity, students use flip cameras and the Web to create a video lab book of the labs they conducted through out the year. This will enable them to be better prepared for the AP exam...
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New Deal SAC

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the New Deal.  In this U.S. history instructional activity, students read and analyze several documents related to the New Deal.  Students form two teams and decide whether the New Deal was a success or a failure based...
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The Renaissance Person: composing an Extended Definition Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize the characteristics of an extended definition.  For this Renaissance person lesson, students read a collection of short stories.  Students research the definitions of Renaissance and Renaissance person.  Students write...
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Heaven or Ground Hog Day?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the ideas of enlightenment by reading historical poetry. In this philosophical lesson, students read poems by Sir Walter Scott and Sergeant Joyce Kilmer while discussing the themes of the writing with classmates....
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James Welch's Fools Crow

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore the history of Montana's Native Americans by reading James Welch's Fools Crow. Set shortly after the Civil War, the novel focuses on a young Blackfoot Indian and his tribe. Over the course of several weeks, class members...
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Virtual Figure Sculptures

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify visual arts by identifying famous artwork on-line. For this sculpture lesson, students utilize the web to research popular sculptors and to see a video interview with Keith Haring. Students utilize paper, cardboard,...
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The Bard: Shakespeare Up Close

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students choose a Shakespearean play to reenact into a modern setting. In this Shakespeare lesson, students practice insulting each other using Shakespearean language. Students watch Shakespeare plays and complete online research....
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Preserving History for Illuminating Today's Values and Traditions

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students discover the value of oral history by creating their own audio recordings.  In this traditions and customs lesson plan, students listen to a local historian discuss the idea of preserving history through oral traditions....
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Adventures in Africa

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research Africa and prepare an advertisement about travelling to the continent. In this African travel lesson, students research a country in Africa and write an advertisement that encourages travel to the country. Students...
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The Story Project: A Lesson Plan for the Combining Voices Literary Competition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze Simple Answer, by John Cleaveland, and use this image to inspire a short story. They use both verbal and visual language to help them create the characters and the plot. The lesson plan contains steps that helps the...
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Multimedia Urban Stories: "This is who I am"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars create a photo essay. In this lesson encouraging self-expression, students view and reflect upon photo essays. Then, they go out into the community and create their own photo essay complete with captions. Young scholars...
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How the Test Was Won

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students create 'Wanted' posters based around their state testing activities. For this state technology integration lesson, students take pictures of themselves in sepia tone in an Old West pose. Students write captions for the photos...
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Autism Help Through PowerPoint

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the effects of autism by creating a slide-show presentation.  In this special needs instructional activity, students define autism and the mental health problems it can cause young people afflicted with it.  Students...
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Living History: Documenting Our Senior Citizens Lives

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate stereotypes by researching the elderly.  In this senior citizen lesson, students interview elders in a rest home and video tape their experience. Learners present their videos to their interview subjects after and...
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Just Because You Cannot See It... Doesn't Mean It's Not There

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover bacteria which is around them by using agar over three days. In this biology lesson, students predict what they will see over the three days and then take photographs of what is actually shown. Finally, students write...
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I've Got Your Number

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils assess the journalistic value of numbers used in newspaper articles while learning about the significance of the Hubble telescope's new data on the age of the universe.
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Survivor Suitcases

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze and discuss how they would prepare for a trip to a desert island. They write a paragraph explaining why they chose their three items and how each help them to survive.
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What Was the Cold War About?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore a website to gather some first impressions of the Cold War era and its impact on Canadian society and politics. They, in groups, answer questions about the Cold War on a worksheet imbedded in this plan.
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A Timeline of Cold War Events

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a timeline of the major events of the Cold War and explain their effect on Canada. They utilize a worksheet and a website imbedded in this plan which guide their research and presentations.

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