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Make an Uncle Sam Folk Art Figure
Students create an Uncle Sam art figure. In this patriotic activity, students use wood, paint, twigs, and glue to create a folk-art style figure of Uncle Sam.
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Words Can Hurt: King Day (4th)
Students study stereotypes and write about how to end stereotyping. For this stereotypes lesson, students study a T-chart about boys and girls stereotypes. Students then discuss stereotypical phrases. Students discuss Martin Luther King,...
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Art Studio
Students collaborate with their classmates to create a sculpture with the provided materials in order to cultivate fine motor and social skills. In this collaborative art activity, students work in small groups to design the pedestal and...
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Class Book: My Favorite Valentine
Students create a class book for Valentine's Day. In this holiday lesson plan, students draw a picture and write a few sentences about their favorite valentine. Students put their pictures together to create a class book.
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Letter to a Leprechaun
Students write a persuasive writing paper telling a Leprechaun why they should share their gold with the student. In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write about what they would do with their pot of gold.
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Friendly Neighbors
Students identify the sequence of events in a text. For this literacy lesson, students read the book Miss Tizzy and sequence the events from the text. Students reflect and write about the philanthropic acts in the book.
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Lesson Plan on Korea
Students read a variety of novels and watch clips of films through which they begin to feel empathy for cultures and countries occupied by foreign countries. They have the option of studying the Sino-Japanese Wars or the Russo-Japanese...
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A Rhyme to Find the Gold
Students construct a scavenger hunt through the use of rhymes. In this language arts lesson, students work together to write a rhyme that gives clues to the location of the pot of gold. Upon completion of the rhymes, teacher leads the...
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A Day In The Life
Students create an online newspaper documenting the politics and culture of ancient Rome. Using online tools and websites, they conduct research on ancient Roman politics and everyday culture. The informaiton gathered is used to create a...
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Ideal Living
Learners examine two artists Vasily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer. In this artist analysis instructional activity, students explore the principles of Bauhaus and consider the elements of chair design. Learners identify the technique of...
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Ode to the Earth: Magnetic Poetry
Learners explore Earth Day by creating an arts and crafts project. In this nature appreciation lesson, students utilize nature related vocabulary terms on magnets and put them in different orders to create interesting poetry. Learners...
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Searching the World Wide Web for Rudy Autio
Middle schoolers research Rudy Autio. In this research instructional activity students maneuver through the Internet to better understand the artist Rudy Autio. They examine his background, educational experiences, art production,...
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Cause and Effect Relationships
Cause and effect relationships can be found in life and in literature. Enthusiastic readers will find and discuss all of the cause and effect relationships in the story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad...
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The Kidlink Day Project
Students create journal entries on-line as part of a "Kidlink Day" activity. Entries are compared and evaluated by their peers. The writing process is practiced in this lesson.
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Our Picture and Word Book
Create a fun song for your young learners! It should include each of their names and use rhyme to make it memorable. Then show the class a picture dictionary, and have learners make their own class dictionary! If you have time, consider...
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Creating a Life Map
Students create their own life map in which they introduce themselves to each other by sharing what they are most proud of. They use a life map to expressive themselves creatively.
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Noisy Nora, Studious Students: Story Elements
Alliterative adjective nicknames generate stories inspired by Rosemary Wells' book Noisy Nora (also a thematic complement to any class with children who make a ruckus to get attention). Class members explore basic story elements --...
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Determining the Existence of Gender Bias in Daily Tasks
Help your kids explore gender bias. Learners design and conduct a survey examining role responsibilities within families. They determine the percentage of responsibilities for males vs. females and graph the results. Then they analyze...
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Using Infinitives
Infinitives have multiple purposes. Introduce your Spanish class to the variety of ways to use infinitives other than simply conjugating them. Use the material and presentation included here to inspire and inform a lesson on infinitives....
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Refrigerator to Renoir: Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
Every learner can be an artist with a series of activities designed to access their creativity. With reference links and instructional ideas, this art resource is sure to enrich your class and bring new ideas to even your most reluctant...
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: The Quest for True Porcelain
Pupils study the effects of production and consumption of goods on French society during the porcelain period. For this history lesson students research the trade history of porcelain from Asia.
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Cave Paintings
Learners examine various types of prehistoric art. In groups, they research the purpose of the drawings and use the internet to research the various ancient human groups. To end the lesson, they draw animals compared to the prehistoric...
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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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Flowers and a Beautiful World: Earth Day (1st)
First graders discuss Earth Day and making the world more beautiful. For this world beautification lesson, 1st graders participate in an interactive read aloud of Barbara Clooney's, Miss Rumphius. They talk about how making the world a...