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Ancient Mesopotamia
Students locate ancient Mesopotamia on a map. They examine the religion, government and the development of writing. They write and draw pictographs and cuneiform writing. They create a class book based on their investigations.
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Picasso; Comparing Blue and Rose Periods
Third graders research Picasso's art career. They use a word processor to create a Venn diagram which compares Picasso's Blue and Rose Periods.
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Who Me?
Students examine their place in society by looking closely at themselves as well as their role in their family and community. Students also examine the origin of the National Parks system and how it contributes to National Identity.
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A Photo Essay
Students explain the purpose of a photo essay, sequence a series of events, and explain the format in creating a photo essay, which includes a caption for each picture. They complete a photo essay as a creative activity.
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Life Cycle of Butterflies
Learners identify ways plants and animals make changes related to the seasons, specifically focusing on the life cycle of butterflies.
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Good Prevails
Students write descriptive paragraphs of characters after reading a Japanese folktale in which characters represent by good and evil.
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Five Fingers for Eating Lunch
First graders listen to the book, The M&M's Brand Counting Book, discuss the one-to-one correspondence and count the candies in the story. They focus on the number five, and listen to the story Sun Up, Sun Down, discussing the...
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Rock Art
First graders create and share their own rock art based on Navajo and Hawaiian rock art.
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Pictures Telling Stories
Students see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.
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Visual Arts - Overview - April
Third graders investigate the architecture of Ancient Rome, The Pont du Gard, an aqueduct in Nimes, France; The Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome; and various triumphal arches throughout the land that was once the Roman Empire are the...
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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Let's Celebrate!
Second graders, as a whole class, create a calendar of holidays using cards. Afterward, they add their birthdays to the calendar.
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Monkey See, Monkey Write
Second graders create an original travel brochure after a fieldtrip to a zoo.
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Opposites
First graders take a picture walk through of the big book "Moonbear's Books" and make predictions on what they think is happening. Echo read to check predictions. Students generate words that are opposites on chart paper.
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Imaginative Picture Writing
Learners create a book about clouds after the teacher reads the book, "It Looked Like Split Milk".
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Xinjiang: A Bi-Cultural Perspective
Twelfth graders research the affects the Chinese Nuclear Program has had on the environment and the health of the Uighur minority.
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Democracy through Parliamentary Committees / Lessons 3 : Representation on Parliamentary Committees
Young scholars explore the roles of parliamentarians, witnesses and journalists. They apply the selection criteria used in establishing a parliamentary committee.
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This is Your Life!
Learners create an autobiographical timeline that be shared with a classmate. They write a one paragraph biography based on the timeline.
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Writing Ghost Stories Using Encounter With a Skull As a Model
Students explore the elements of a ghost story and cautionary tales. The story, "Encounter With a Skull" is read and used as a model for their own story creations. The values and belief systems of various cultures are examined.
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Voices From Your Heart
Young scholars create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular lesson for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.
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Thank You For the Get Well Card
Young scholars are read books by various artists. They create activity cards or mini-books that are given to ill children in hospitals. They discover the health care system and share their experiences with afraid children.
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Environmental Destruction in Vietnam
Students watch video clip on Environmental Destruction of Vietnam, select and discuss passages from essay, Resuscitation of the Dead Earth, that emphasize destruction to the land, and write essay on whether United States should have been...
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Ship Building Trip
Students travel to a ship building plant to see how they are built. They enter into discussion and writing about the task of the building. This lesson is multiple intelligence in design and valuable because of the real life exposure.