We are all immigrants to this country and the study of immigration can help students connect to history in a personal way. Students will listen to audio clips from the Ellis Island web site, discuss the treatment of immigrants in the...

Third graders explore pattern, texture, balance, symmetry as they examine Roman and Byzantine art in the four lessons of this unit. Details of the major art works studied are placed into a booklet for presentation to the class.

Students research the aspects of Dome of the Rock. They investigate the Noble Sanctuary, architectural features of the Dome of the Rock and the early Moslem Age.

Students explore early contact between the Hopi and Spaniards. In this social studies instructional activity, students research the establishment of Spanish missions on Hopi lands and the influences of the Spanish on Hopi culture....

Fifth graders examine threat to all people (particularly the Jews) resulting from the imposition of Nazi authority, and appreciate the courage exhibited by ordinary people acting out of conscience.

Students describe the anatomy of a virus. In this biology lesson plan, students compare and contrast the characteristics of bacteria and viruses. They discover the genetic adaptations of viruses over time.

Studnets study mosaics, including the historical background of the art form. They study the cultures that have used mosaics in their art work, and then they construct their own mosaics.

Learners transform the content of paintings currently in the collection hanging in the Utah Fine Arts Museum by using the four theatre techniques of storytelling, kinetics images, soundscapes, and ritual building.

Students recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings.