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Family History Through Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discuss various ways families and communities pass down oral and visual art forms to younger generations. This multi-subject introductory instructional activity prepares students to create a project about their own families.
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Folklore; The Story Of The Milky Way

For Teachers K - 5th
The students choose and read a Native American Folktale, analyze and sequence the story-line using a graphic organizer, then make a "woven" story blanket (from construction paper) depicting character, plot (including problem) and outcome.
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This Just in! Nile Network News Update

For Teachers K - 12th
Have your young reporters research contributions of the ancient Egyptians, draft scripts, and broadcast their stories live on the Nile Network News. Depending on class size and age, topics may be brainstormed or assigned. The detailed...
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Border Identity: AngloChicaNorteña

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze concept of identity in the context of the border region, and in particular by considering the concept of identity in a movie concerning a famous border personality.
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More Than Anything Else

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life of Booker T. Washington by reading a biography.  For this biographical lesson, 2nd graders read the story More Than Anything Else, and examine the geographical locations Washington once resided in. ...
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The Tudor's True Story

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners take effective notes from a video documentary, create an oral report about an assigned aspect of the video, and express an understanding of the King's six wives' lives.
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Stories of Life in Canada

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine Canadian history through William Kurelek's artwork. In this art analysis instructional activity, students discuss the ideas expressed in the picture book A Prairie Boy's Winter and A Prairie Boy's Summer. Learners view...
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Lesson Plans on the Intersection of History and Literature

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Finding out about "the story behind the story" can provide a greater understanding of literature and its historical and social context.
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Jewish Assimilation In Contemporary American Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers form groups to help each other read, analyze, and conduct research on important background information about Jews and their assimilation into modern American society. They write their own stories of assimilation.
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Celebrating Canada

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate Canadians of diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds. They describe the multicultural, multiracial and multi-ethnic character of Canadian society and take age-appropriate actions to demonstrate their ...
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The Clever Monkey Rides Again

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read and explore a West African folktale. In this folktale lesson, students read the book The Clever Monkey Rides Again and examine West African proverbs. There are several related multi-subject extensions on this lesson which...
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A Bison Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a documentary on the treatment of the buffalo. In groups, they create a website using ideas and solutions they developed. They must include graphics or animation and a multi-level webpage. They share their pages with the...
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Christmas Around the World (Grade 2)

For Teachers 2nd
Student groups create slides on one of the cultures listed. They view videos that show United States families celebrating Christmas based on their native countries' traditions and a video which tells the story of La Bafana, the old woman...
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How Does Ancestry Affect Folklore?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students break into groups of 4 or 5 and choose an option to demonstrate a different cultural perspective in a fairy tale or other folklore that they are familiar. Possible choices are: PowerPoint presentation, video, digital...
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Using Fairy Tales to Promote Retention of Ethical Standards

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore ethical systems. Students read fairy tales and Bible stories to identify examples of ethical systems. Students brainstorm and discuss movies, songs and poems that exemplify ethical system.
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The Process of Sequencing- A Picture Card Game Activity

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners put the events of a story in the correct order.  In this sequencing lesson plan, students are paired up and labeled A or B.  Learners in each group receive a set of story or event sequence cards and they take turns drawing from...
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Tale of the Tooth Fairy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students share social and cultural traditions and values. They develop listening strategies to explain what is heard.
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Fantastic Journeys

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations. They plan a multi-million dollar attraction based on a fantastic voyage from popular culture entertainment.
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Folktales around the World (Middle, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze, synthesize, and use the elements of various US cultural folk tales to describe the elements of fiction in general and in folk tales specifically.
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Math 155 - Worksheet 10. Logarithm

For Students Higher Ed
In this logarithm worksheet, students read story problems, write an equation to solve the problem, and leave the answer in logarithm or exponential form. They find the derivative of given functions. This two-page worksheet contains six...
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"Almaden" by Kim Chi-won

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "Almaden" about a Korean woman living in New York. They give a brief background on Korean history and culture and discuss point of view. In groups, they work on discussions questions together.
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Creating Scrolls Based on the illustrated TALE OF GENJI

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify formal elements that characterize the scroll, work in a variety of media, from traditional to digital, to create their own scrolls, work into digital printout with at least two media, and engage in meaningful critiques...
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Bon Voyage - Literature Travel Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders locate and interpret information about the culture of another country using multi-media tools. Students read and interpret literature about characters and cultures from a foreign country. Students create a travel guide...
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Barn Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students will read historical realistic fiction, examine and recount the cultural similarities and diffferences between life and times of those characters in the story and their own life. Listen to music and learn a dance to accompany...