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Folktale Unit: The Princess and the Golden Shoes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students study variations of classic folktales while deciding why the tales were so popular many years ago. They write a letter to an author.
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Raise a New Torch

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write their own poem about immigration. They are asked to write a kind of "welcome to America" update of Emma Lazarus's classic verse.
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Folk Songs, Instruments of the Orchestra

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Folk Songs and instruments of the orchestra in these lessons. They recognize the difference between folk songs and classical music.
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"The Story of Miss Li" by Po Hsing-chien

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore a classic, well-regarded tale of traditional Chinese literature and gain a rudimentary understanding of Confucius values.
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"He Says, She Says"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Stuents compare and contrast male and female views of love and beauty in classic Chinese and Japanese society through the reading and evaluation of prose and poetry. Chinese and Japanese art is also studied.
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Anne Frank: Make-up Of America

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study early civilizations and their contributions to the foundations of human culture. They examine the important role of different cultures in America and describe two classic metaphors frequently employed American society:...
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What Makes Good Literary Writing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students conduct a literature study of John Steinbeck's classic "Of Mice And Men". They write in reflection of the author's influence upon 20th century literature. Students take apart the story to focus class discussion upon major themes...
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Tracing the Roots of Modern Cities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify several key inventions and other forms of technology that were part of city life during the classical Roman and Greek periods. They report on one characteristic or invention that is shared by modern and ancient cities.
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Sonata Form

For Students 9th
In this sonata form worksheet, students examine the three main portions of the sonata form. They read about the exposition, recapitulation, and the development. There are no questions associated with this worksheet about the Classical...
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Street Language

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students consider the impact of language. For this literacy lesson, students read an article about literary classics being rewritten in "youth speak" (the article is not included). Students read and discuss the article.
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Appliqué Bedcover Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore patriotic and classical motifs in applique design and technique. A bedcover or quilt is produced using appropriate symmetry, color,proportion and composition.
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Sweet Car Dreams

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students rebuild two different makes of cars. They calculate the cost of rebuilding the car. They create a spreadsheet to track their progress and costs.
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Fables With Dolch Sight Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read classic fables, consider their meaning and then re-write them using a prompt if necessary. This lesson plan presents many classic fables that students can read, and re-write, using their powers of imagination.
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Little Engine That Could

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students dramatize traditional literature.  For this retelling lesson, students practice retelling The Little Engine That Could and take on roles of the trains in the story.  Students create and display train props to use...
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Whole Cloth Quilt Design

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine how decorative motifs are adapted to other types of objects by craftsmen and artists. They examine photos on the Illinois State Museum website, discuss design elements, adapt a motif to a line drawing, and transfer...
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Letter Dance

For Teachers All
Students listen to a piece of classical music and identify the letter that their first name begins with. They use their bodies and movement to make the letter shapes and set the movements to the music.
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In Search of a Hero

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain heroic pattern and use it to identify heroes from classical mythology and from readings o fthe Polynesian Voyaging Society.
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The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This lesson goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Jay Hannah Dizzy Dean

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read a story about Dizzy Dean, and watch the classic black and white movie about him. They see how many differences they can identify between baseball of the past and present.
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American and Patriotic Symbols

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the concept of symbolism. Many students know what the different patriotic symbols are, but they do not know why these things symbolize patriotism. They identify classic American symbols, explain why they are symbols...
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Horror Films: Word Search

For Students 6th - 9th
In this word search worksheet, students search for names of famous horror films. Films include classics as well as newer films.
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Jetsons Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this TV cartoon word search worksheet, students read the names of 10 characters. All are from the classic cartoon series "The Jetsons." Students find these in a word search puzzle.
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Toy Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this toy word search worksheet, students read the names of 10 classic children's toys. Students find these in a word search puzzle.
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Humpty Dumpty

For Teachers Pre-K
Students discover the classic nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty by experimenting with an egg.  In this problem solving lesson, students break an actual egg similar to the story of Humpty Dumpty.  Students identify the problems with...

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