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Visual Arts, Literary Arts, and Performing Arts: Their Connection and Place in America's Minority Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the rich, varied, and full artistic culture of each of these three minority groups, Native Americans, Chicanos, and African Americans. They explore art through dance, music, literature, and many other different mediums....
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Movement And Rhythm In Modern Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners gather around the three selected paintings. The teacher guide students in looking at different elements of the paintings and help learners make the connections between the visual art and movement skills.
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Our Daily Five

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the food pyramid through a class discussion, hands-on experience with food items, and a floor game that helps them to identify the food group involved. Lesson extensions include the use of play money, art, and dance.
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Artistic Influence - Lesson 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how musicians' messages can influence society. They think of examples of artistic expression in music, the visual arts, dance, and theater that can lead to a society's self-examination.
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Teaching Ideas and Resources

For Students 1st - 5th
In this teaching website, parents and teachers have access to a variety of lesson plans, worksheets, and resources. Materials in all subject areas can be used and printed for various subjects.
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The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts lesson. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and apply...
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The Harlem Renaissance

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Harlem Renaissance brought forth many American art forms including jazz, and the writings of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Using a carefully curated set of documents from the Library of Congress, pupils see the cultural...
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Role of Masks in African Cultures

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore ancient tradition and craft of mask making, examine role or function of masks in African culture, create instruments, and participate in class projects.
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The Rumpelstiltskin Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why didn't Rapunzel's hair stop growing?  Why did it take the fairy godmother so long to intervene in Cinderella's affairs? Young writers consider unanswered questions like these and compose news articles investigating the true...
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Minibeasts

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Lead young scientists to discover insects outdoors. After investigating, students will record observations, learn about these fascinating creatures, craft, and role play.
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Gingerbread Man Glyph from Mailbox Magazine

For Students 1st - 5th
Follow crafty glyphs to create a one-of-a kind gingerbread man based on personal information such as the color of eyes, number of siblings, and more! 
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What's Going On? -- Present Progressive in Photos

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
Magazine photos of people in action provide opportunities for beginning and intermediate English learners to employ the present progressive (continuous) verb tense. Partners describe what people are doing and share their sentences with...
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"Body Awareness and Self-Esteem"

For Teachers K
Students realize that they are unique individuals who have strong bodies which they can manipulate to move through space.
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Frogz

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform jumps and leaps from one lily pad to another to add to a study of frogs.
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Watermelon Crawl

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students review "slap leather." They practice each of the individual steps they will need to perform the Watermelon Crawl. Students perform the Watermelon Crawl on their own and perform a peer or self assessment of the performance.
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Moving to a Path Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students accurately demonstrate non-locomotor/axial movements such as bend, twist, stretch, swing. They accurately demonstrate eight basic locomotor movements.
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Objects Pronouns Quiz

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The 20 prompts on this quiz assess learners' ability to recognize and use objective pronouns.
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Sexual Pressures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan contains sensitive material, please review to ensure that the content is suitable for your class. Small discussion groups explore ways to establish boundaries, make positive decisions, and respect others when confronted...
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Mantle Motions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars define vocabulary words associated with lithospheric plate motions. They create and write down a motion to act out each vocabulary word, and participate in a game of demonstrating the actions associated with each word.
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Spanish Body Parts and Vowels

For Teachers K - 2nd
Play Simon Says with your young Spanish learners! First teach them body parts in Spanish, and then get them up and moving with this short activity!
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EXPRESSING AN IDEA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how elements (body, space, time, and force) can be contrasted to express anger and happiness in movement. They give examples for each of the elements: body actions, speed and force of movement. They display their...
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Celebration and Satire- Beginning Level

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine art elements in a late-19th-century self-portrait painting. In this visual arts instructional activity, students analyze the painting "A Centennial of Independence" and identify the color, shape, and symbols in the art...
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Africa: The Middle Passage and 19th Century America

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners participate in a series of activities to explore the lives of slaves in 19th century America. They examine the design of slave ships, the hardships endured, and the ways that owners depended on slaves for their economic survival.
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Ways to Start the Year Off Right

For Teachers K - 6th
Here are some simple ways to get your year off to a great start.

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