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Ideational Stimuli With Color
Students make a creation using colored construction paper. They produce and express a correlation between their particular creation and different qualities of movement by transferring their feelings and/or emotions into a movement...
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5 A Day
Students examine the 5 a day program. They sing different songs and discover how to be healthy. They identify different parts of the music as well.
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Reel or Real?
Students compare and contrast a live versus an animated performance of the same title. They view and take notes during the animated version, take a field trip to observe the live version, and write an opinion on which performance is most...
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Pipe-Cleaner Stick Figures
Second graders create puppets out of pipe cleaners and, in groups, put on a puppet show based on a section of a story they have read from their readers.
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Students examine the cultural and historical significance of certain artists. They use the internet to perform research and prepare a report of analysis of artistic works looking for cultural influences. Students also tie in the...
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Timely Fashions
Learners research a topic chosen by the instructor in a selected region where the target language is spoken. They research the topic using available traditional and internet resources to prepare a presentation of their findings:
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Develop Your Own Interpretation
High schoolers use pieces of Andy Warhol's art to write critiques. Using different points of view, they answer discussion questions and share them with the class. They also interpret the art from a historian and artist point of view. ...
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Birds of Different Feathers: Species Specialization
Learners identify differences in bird species and explain the concept of species specialization. They attain the knowledge that different birds occupy different habitats.
Students identify characteristics and features of birds that make...
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We Give Together
Learners read the story of the Children of Agape. They read excerpts from Hallie Geier's journal, Fierce Wonderings and consider what "we are together" means to them. In addition, they assemble a puzzle.
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"Carnival Overture"
Students assess that music can be used to express feelings and create a story portraying many different feelings based on "Carnival Overture," by Antonin Dvorak. They become more educated listeners as they listen to and interpret...
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Noh Theater
Students compare Noh drama to western drama and trace the influence of Japanese theater on modern western drama. In this Noh drama lesson, students read the play Black Tomb (Kurozuko) defining the elements and conventions of Noh drama...
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Read Martin's Big Words
Students read Martin's Big Words. In this social studies lesson, students read and discuss the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.