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What is American Culture

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create what they feel is American Culture using a video camera and capturing 5 frames. They are animating parts of a poem in small groups. They decide the set up, create movable figures, and have a music section. Each person...
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students explore Japan. In this Japanese culture instructional activity, students listen to stories regarding Japan, view Japanese art, learn Japanese words, and make Origami.
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How Many Apple Seeds?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete activities for an apple themed lesson. In this math and language arts lesson, students read an apple book and guess how many seeds are in an apple. Students draw pictures of apples and use a bobby pin to take the seeds...
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It Is All About Love

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with developing the social skills of loving others in constructive ways. They participate in the reading of a story that illustrates the concept of love and its application. Then questions...
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Developing A Balanced Lifestyle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a study of the character trait of peace and how it is useful to becoming part of a lifestyle. The lesson asks students to read a story that illustrates the concept that is followed by targeted questions to be answered.
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Moving Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the history of the United States by examining the Great Migration.  In this U.S. History instructional activity, students research the immigration movement on the Internet and complete a worksheet about the large...
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Number Line

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an activity to explore number lines. The are assigned specific numbers, and get into the correct order when music plays. Next, they have to make numbers with their bodies by cooperating in a small group.
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Goldilocks and the Bears Make Their Pitch

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and identify the pitch of the bears' voices as high, medium, and low. They improvise on xylophones a melody to accompany the bears in the telling of the story.
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Coming to America: Opportunities, Risks, Consequences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the immigrants of various cultures throughout the world. In groups, they identify the push and pull factors of those immigrating and the risks and consequences they are subject do when going through the immigration...
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Building Bridges: Living in a Diverse Society

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. This...
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Fun With Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make predictions. In this sound lesson, 2nd graders listen to various sounds, and write down and draw what they think that sound is. Students make a chart of their predictions.
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Families and neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students create their house to add to a class "neighborhood". For this lesson on family and community, students read the book Family by Todd Parr and discuss how all families and houses are different. Then, students create their own...
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The Letter Zz

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multi-curricular activities for the letter Zz. In this letter Zz themed lesson, students complete music, geography, science, and online activities to learn about the letter Zz.
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The Flight of the Bumble Bee

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore bumble bees. For this bee themed lesson, students listen to music inspired by bumble bees, create bee puppets, and complete a bumble bee coloring sheet.
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Matching Game: Fish and Turtles

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in a matching game.  In this memory lesson, students conduct a memory experiment by playing a matching game with pictures of fish and turtles.  Students sing songs about the animals during their activity.
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Harry Hears!

For Teachers K
Students explore ear anatomy and the sense of hearing. For this hearing lesson, students discuss the five senses and view a model of an ear. Students place cotton balls in their ears to simulate loss of hearing. Students use descriptive...
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Sending a Valentine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice addressing envelopes. In this everyday writing instructional activity, students practice writing addresses on envelopes by writing Valentine's cards and addressing them to kindergartners.
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Ideas have Consequences—The Reformation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine information regarding the Protestant Reformation. In this primary source analysis lesson plan, students read teacher-selected primary sources that enable them to analyze the ideas and consequences of the Reformation.
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Family Mealtime: Take a New Look

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students share their family mealtime experience. In this adult health lesson, students explain the benefits of eating together. They share ideas on how to make mealtime fun.
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students sing the song The Itsy Bitsy Spider and complete movements with the song. In this song lesson plan, students are assessed on if they sing the song in the correct order or not.
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The Very Busy Spider Art Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students listen to the story The Very Busy Spider  and participate in an art activity related to the book. In this story inspired art lesson, students use a Very Busy Spider printable and cut out the spider's body  and connect...
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Dancing Rainbows: A Pueblo Boy's Story

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students read the book "Dancing Rainbows," and complete a variety of activities across the curriculum. In this Native Americans lesson plan, students create pottery, discuss Pueblo traditions, discuss the importance of rain, and learn...
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Jack and the Beanstalk

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a creative interpretation of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this artistic expression lesson, students paint the stages of the beanstalk plant as a storyboard and create song about how the seed is growing.
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Tiny Tortillas

For Teachers K
Students read the rhyme "Tiny Tortillas" and then explain what the poem is about. They create a list of rhyming words from the poem. They compare and contrast the poem "Tiny Tortillas" with the poem "Patty Cake". They clap out the beat...