Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life. Students emulate...

Third graders identify the main characters in the Ingalls family and describe the relationships between the characters. They locate the setting of the book on a map of the Upper Mid- West. Students understand that the books are set in...

Learners of all ages discover the importance of reading fluently by viewing celebrities reading children books and telling about their personal paths to fluency. They participate in a fluency reading routine that connects them with a...

Students present tableaus showing scenes from The Memory Coat,  a book about immigration. In this tableau lesson, students examine the cover of the book and make predictions about what is happening and who the people are. They...

Students practice composing digital photographs by documenting activities in their lives.  In this photography lesson, students utilize digital cameras to create beautiful art from things they find around the campus or at their...

Students investigate the parts of a book by reading a story about a dog.  In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students utilize their memory to place pictures from the book Harry the Dirty Dog in order from start to...

Students demonstrate action words, express meaning through mime, and demonstrate memory and aural comprehension skills. They view action words through pictures, and act them out.

Students discover their musical talents by singing with their class.  In this musical appreciation instructional activity, students attend a camping trip with their classmates and sing songs from memory around the campfire. ...

Why is visual literacy so important in understanding Maus? Introduce your class to basic elements of graphic novels with a game of pictionary. A list of 13 words are included, but you could potentially add some World War II-related...

Fifth graders are introduced to the strategy TPRS (Total Physical Response Storytelling) for studying world languages. They utilize this strategy as a vehicle to storytelling and expand their vocabulary by contextualizing it in high...

Students examine how different artifacts represent family history, stories, and experiences. They act as reporters for their own family artifacts sharing them with the class.

Students explore the five food groups as well as the specific foods found in each of these groups.

Students investigate the years during World War II in which Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were held in internment camps.

Students memorize their colors in English and practice by asking simple questions like, "What color is this?" and answering "This is green," etc.