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Lesson: One of These Things is Not Like the Other

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Kids kick of the lesson by comparing and contrasting the focus painting to other similar paintings of Native American women. They then compare their own personal portraits (photographs) in a similar way. They use the differences in each...
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Lesson Plan: My Space

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Everyone has a special, personal space; here kids will create a collage that reflects that space. They analyze the painting Soup Tureen and Apple, review two poems, and then conceptualize a personal space through art. 
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Novel Character Study

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a character study using a database to compile information from a novel. They design a five slide presentation highlighting the character's reaction to different situations in the book. They write an acrostic poem using...
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Lesson: Creating With A Purpose

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Discovering the creative process can be done through critical analysis. Upper graders examine a hand -carved Shinto Deity, discussing purpose, technique, and artistic expression. They then read a poem about the creative process. and...
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Understanding and Analyzing “The U.S. of Us” by Richard Blanco

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Current immigration issues and the rhetoric surrounding the controversies come into focus with a lesson plan that uses Richard Blanco's anthem, "The U.S. of Us," written after the August 2019 attack in El Paso, Texas, to open a...
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Lesson: Jazzy Stripes and Worlds

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Every artist creates in his own unique way drawing from a variety of inspirational sources. Upper graders work to expand their understanding of the creative process by first analyzing a modern piece and then creating one. They listen to...
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Lesson: Weaving Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A woven rug depicting birds and cornstalks becomes the inspiration for a instructional activity on critical thinking and creative writing. Learners analyze the symbolism found in the rug and then compose a descriptive paragraph or poem...
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Printmaking

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Analyze the process of printmaking and explore how prints reflect an artist's view of society. After viewing and analyzing the prints of Elizabeth Catlett, class members create an inner tube and a linoleum block print. They then research...
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Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze Edward Hopper's painting and Hirsch's poem to explore the types of emotion generated by each work. For this literary and art analysis lesson, students discuss how Hopper establishes tone and analyze Hirsch's use of...
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Rock and Poetry: A Thematic Project

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore poetry. In this literature instructional activity, students examine music and lyrics by Natalie Merchant in order to make the transition to analyzing poetry by Keats and Wordsworth.
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The Lamb Theme of Religion

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literary analysis worksheet, students consider the comments made about religion in William Blake's poem, "The Lamb." Students read an overview of the poem's symbolic content, then respond to five questions in which they reflect...
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Ode to a Nightingale Theme of Mortality

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literary analysis worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of morality in the Keats poem "Ode to a Nightingale." Three extra reading activities are also included.
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What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Students explore poetry. In this main idea in poetry lesson, students read poems from Words with Wings, thenidentify the main idea and complete a "Main Idea Mania" worksheet.
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The Lady of Shalott: Theme of Man and the Natural World

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Students read about Alfred, Lord Tennyson's use of nature in the poem, "The Lady of Shallot." Students then respond to 4 short answer questions based on the theme of man in the natural world. Questions require students to reflect...
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Pictures in Words: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze poems by Tennyson and Noyes. They identify examples of alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, and simile. Students create examples of alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor, and simile.
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Dream-Land Theme of Sadness

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of sadness in the poem "Dream-Land." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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The Lamb Theme of Man and the Natural World

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetry themes worksheet, students reflect on the theme of man in the natural world as they answer 4 short answer and essay questions based on theme in "The Lamb," by William Blake. Students are given a thesis statement for...
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My Papa's Waltz Theme of Men and Masculinity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literary elements worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the portrayal of men and masculinity in "My Papa's Waltz," by Theodore Roethke. Suggested reading activities related to the poem...
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Poetry as a Means of Redemption and Reflection

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read poetry for homework and discuss it during class. They participate in poetry readings and decide who the speakers are in the poems.
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Place and Character in Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine how place in poetry helps give clues about character. In this poetry activity, students read a poem while focusing on the descriptions of the room that is being described and predict what type of person would live there....
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Ode to the West Wind Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literary analysis worksheet, learners read the poem "Ode to the West Wind," by Percy Bysshe Shelley and then respond to 5 short answer discussion questions about the significance of wind in the poem and the symbolism of...
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Analyzing Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners research a poem using the Internet or library source. They analyze their selection including a line by line explanation of the poem. Students create a powerpoint presentation of their analysis.
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Musée des Beaux Arts Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this poetic themes worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Musée des Beaux Art," by W. H. Auden. Suggested reading activities related to the poem are also provided.
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My Papa's Waltz Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this poetry discussion worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the content and features of the poem "My Papa's Waltz," by Roethke.

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