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Funding the Arts: Art from the Heart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore means by which community arts might be supported. In this "community" social studies lesson plan, students research various local non-profit organizations. Students role-play as members of the board of a philanthropic...
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Comstockery vs. Eakins

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners research Eakins' teaching methods. They incorporate research to prepare and present a verbal argument. They understand and articulate a perspective and develop their own opinion.
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Mantle Motions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students define vocabulary words associated with lithospheric plate motions. They create and write down a motion to act out each vocabulary word, and participate in a game of demonstrating the actions associated with each word.
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Memory Game with a Smile

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners take it in turns to say two letters and then they turn the corresponding cards around to see if the pictures/words on them match. If they do, student who has found the pair wins 1 point.
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Readers Theatre: The Three Snow Bears

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students dramatize the story, Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. In this readers theatre instructional activity, students read the story and then dramatize the events during readers theatre. There is an included script.
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Glass Slipper Bullies

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students identify bullying behaviors through this cross curricular music and character education lesson. Learners read the story Cinderella and discuss how the stepsisters demonstrated bully behavior. Students create a new ending for the...
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Animal Action

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing instructional activity, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive...
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Alligator Printable Puzzle

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of literacy based activities related to a Letter A Alligator puzzle. They listen to an alligator book, discuss basic animal facts about alligators, simulate the movements and sounds an alligator makes, and...
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Communicating Feelings

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners demonstrate ways to communicate feelings. In this character education lesson, students talk about communication and are shown examples of faces showing different emotions. Learners identify the emotion and practice communicating...
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Dino-Friends

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn about dinosaurs. In this dinosaur lesson plan, students participate in an interactive read aloud of The Giant Book of Dinosaurs. They make play dough dinosaurs and write a dinosaur story about their sculpture. They dance...
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Family Folklore

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to explore family folklore. In this folklore lesson, students define in writing family folklore, identify aspects of family folklife through discussions of their own traditions. Students identify examples of...