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Walking in Your Shoes
Learners brainstorm the different types of shows one would wear in different conditions or countries. Individually, they choose one place for a focus and design the proper shoes to wear. To end the lesson, they make a poster showing the...
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Odd one out
In this odd one out worksheet, learners choose which picture is the odd one out between shoes and gloves. Students have 4 pictures to choose from.
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Play Shoes
In this shoes worksheet, students color a picture of shoes and trace and write the words "Play Shoes". Students color, trace, and write the words 1 time each.
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Biomedical Engineering: Wacky Shoes
Students create 'wacky' shoes as a part of a biomedical engineering activity. In this bioengineering lesson, students investigate old shoes cut in half and discuss the purpose of each shoe layer. Students use a shoe template to design...
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Painted Shoes
Students recreate great works of art on old shoes in this exciting art lesson for grades K-8. Emphasis is placed upon the work of Canadian artist Theodore Dragonieri and examples of paintings created by "the Masters" (including VanGogh,...
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Sole People
Students create "sole people" using tempera paint, drawing paper, and shoe prints in this multi-level art lesson. The lesson can be combined with a brief history of the African-American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger, who created the...
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Shoes: Practical vs. Fashionable
Students compare and contrast the difference between practical applications of apparel and the use of fashion as a status symbol, with a focus on shoes. Working in groups, they complete a Venn diagram comparing practical fashion to...
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New Shoes -- First Day At School
Learners practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about the first day of school and new shoes. They practice reading on their own and saying new vocabulary.
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Using Plastics to Walk on Egg
Learners design shoes that can make them walk on eggs without breaking them. In this science lesson plan, students calculate pressure using force and area. They present their shoes model in class.
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Daddy's Big Shoes
Students create something for their fathers. In this daddy's big shoes lesson, students trace their dad's shoe to create a template. Students fill the shoe with reasons why they think dad is special.
Language Guide
Language Guide: La Ropa Del Hombre
Colorful pictures come alive with the Spanish pronunciation when the mouse points to them. In addition, the Spanish word pops up showing the correct spelling for each new vocabulary word.
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Shoe Town [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel's children's book, Shoe Town, is provided on these pages. Six character roles are needed in this activity.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fancy Feet
Students use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem - shoe engineering! Working in small teams, students design, build and test a pair of wearable platform or high-heeled shoes, taking into consideration the stress...
University of Tulsa
Footwear of the Middle Ages
Highlights footwear the was worn in the Middle Ages. Special focus on patterns, how footwear was made, and valuable links to other footwear sites.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Red Wing
This single-stanza poem discusses the topic of Red Wing shoes.
Other
Bata Shoe Museum: History of Western Footwear Fashions
Learn about the history of Western fashion from this online exhibition of footwear that traces the development of shoes from ancient times through the twentieth century.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Middlel Ages: Clothing
Clear and concise overview of the kinds of clothing worn during the medieval period by different classes of persons: peasants, royalty, clerics.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Ocean Planet: Staying on Top
This is the story of the infamous Nike shoes that washed off a cargo ship. The shoes later showed up along beaches, giving oceanographers another clue as to how ocean currents move.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Shoes on the Dusty Shelf [Pdf]
This illustrated ebook shares the touching story of a shoemaker and the love that he has for his daughter and grandchild.
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Lakshmi Footprint
The Paduka is the name of India's oldest form of footwear. This interactive and informative site provides teacher resources that examines the religious and cultural significance of feet.
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Ny Times: Armenian Cave Yields Oldest Known Leather Shoe
Is the shoe found in the caves of Armenia 5,500 years old and who wore it? Those are just two of the questions discussed in this article. (9 June 2010)