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Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read examples of mysteries and detective fiction. With a focus on Sherlock Holmes, they are introduced to the techniques for reading properly. In groups, they define new vocabulary, make predictions and summarize the stories. ...
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Where is Flat Stanley?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create a story map of the basic elements and significant events of the book Flat Stanley. Students brainstorm places they would like to visit if they had been flattened and then, write about an imagined experience. Young...
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine and paint still life paintings. In this still life painting lesson, students look at pictures of European still life paintings and determine the characteristics when using an opaque medium. They use an opaque...
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Sophocles' Antigone: Ancient Greek Theatre, Live from Antiquity

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Antigone and its universal issues as well as explore ancient Greece. In this Antigone and Ancient Greece lesson, students read and complete activities for Sophocles' Antigone. Students reconstruct the experience of a...
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Pi Day (March 14)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..
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Linear Perspective: Painting Distance with Size

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine a simple set up to measure the change in the apparent size of an object as it moves away from them.
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Pop-up Books - BIM

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw and color unique scenes from their own versions of fairy tales, and create pop-up books.
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Pop Shop 2 - Etching and Woodcutting

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students study printmaking, using mirror images, and positive and negative images. They examine how and why print images and text are used. They use a linoleum blocks to make prints.
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Personality Plus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create "Personality Box" and present to classmates using specific speaking skills.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Tea

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders assume the identity of a character from the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. They bring a southern-style dish (soul food) for social hour and wear an article of clothing that suits the character. They interact with other...
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Mi Casa es Tu Casa

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students make animated houses using slab-built clay ceramic techniques. They treat the surface of the house with a technique known as majolica.
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Blindfolded Building

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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A Fresh Twist on Fabric Folding

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice different ways to fold fabric. Using different types of fabrics, they create 3D fabric models to be used in quilts or clothing. They share their designs with the class and critique their classmates design.
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Valuable Veterans

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students select one female veteran and research her background and contribution to the military. They explore the relationship between women and the military and how it has evolved since the Revolutionary War.
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The Continents and Oceans of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore world mapping skills. In this world geography lesson, students identify and label the continents and oceans on a world map using the Visual Thesaurus. Students generate mnemonic devices to help memorize these terms.
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Colonial Maps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the history of America by identifying the traditional colonies.  In this U.S. history lesson, students examine a world map and identify where the voyagers left from Europe to arrive at the United States. ...
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Word Track Games

For Students K - 3rd
In this word tracking worksheet, students use dice with words on it and when their word comes up they get to move 1 square across a game board. Students play this in groups of 3.
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Portrait Propaganda

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers design an installation for a portrait of Hadrian in an ancient Roman town to illustrate and comprehend its propaganda role in daily life.
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I Am Special, You Are Special Too #2

For Teachers K
After being read a story, the students attempt to identify one individual difference, and one thing about themselves that is similar to other students in the class and one thing that makes them special. For the art instructional...
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Sculpture: Statues, Monuments, and More

For Teachers K
Students explore some of the components of sculpture through a variety of artists and their artwork. The six lessons of this unit utilize the sculptures experienced when students were studying American history and the Native Americans.
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It's a Wrap!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects by assembling a sculptural piece from something very flat - pieces of newspaper or wallpaper. They see what materials people used to make clothing during the depression.
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Cleopatra

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct a three-dimensional model of the Pantheon.
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African Masks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create three-dimensional paper African masks. They analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Africa. they discover that masks were worn for various ceremonies.

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