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Fish Banners

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
An art lesson involving fish can accent a wide variety of subjects. Here are the steps needed to create a fish banner with paint, shapes, cardboard, and paper. This would be a nice way to start or finish a unit on fish or underwater...
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Cell Theory Rap

For Teachers 7th - 12th
All that this will link you to is a rap about cell theory and organelles. Use it as an example for a creative assignment in your biology class. Divide the class into groups and assign them a topic for which they write and perform a skit,...
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Responses to Literature

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers hone their writing skills by reading Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the poem Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out. They fill out a graphic organizer (included here), and use the organizer to write an...
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Use Pictures or Artwork to Spark Creative Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Art in one form can inspire art in another. Use images to inspire writing in your English class. The instructional activity described here is not detailed; however, the idea is strong. An engaging way to get class members interested in...
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Franklin Roosevelt and the Dime

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study about the life, presidency, monument, and tribute of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through stories and poems. They study the attributes of a dime.
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Washington and the Quarter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the life of George Washington, his monument, and tributes to him through stories and poems. They study the attributes of a quarter.
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I'm A Poet and Now I Know It

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders gather ideas generated from other poems and their own inspiration, to create original poetry. A celebration is included as students bind and submit poems for publication.
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In Our Own Voice

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, after being introduced to poetry in the language arts class, prepare to produce a product by identifying and writing a variety of different types of poetry. They utilize digital cameras, camcorders, computers and the multimedia...
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Writer's Notebook and Haiku

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, after viewing various examples from students around the world, as well as writing in their Writer's Notebook, create, compose and revise a Haiku poem that sketches a "snapshot" or image in time. They incorporate the theme or...
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Exploring Philanthropic Motivations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand the reasons people give to those less fortune. In this philanthropic lesson, students read Passing the Dream by Penny Caldwell. Students respond to the poem by making a list of things they would like to change...
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Landforms

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study how landforms affect all aspects of a community. Students work in groups to identify landforms from other works of art. In cooperative groups Students select a work of art depicting a particular land form and create a poem.
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Under the Blood-Red Sun

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore U.S. history by reading an award winning book about World War II. In this Japanese internment camp lesson, 5th graders read the book Under the Blood-Red Sun and discuss the entrapment of Japanese-Americans on our...
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Grandpa's Mountain

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the book Grandpa's Mountain and discuss how land was taken away for "the good of the country". In this social studies lesson plan, 5th graders then create a newspaper, poster, poetry, interviews, surveys, or other...
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Computers in the Classroom

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify and interpret modern poetry through exploration with guided instruction. Students use the Encarta Encylcopedia site to explore further modern poetry and locate poetry that inspires them. Students identify themes...
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Lincoln, Douglass, and Black Emergence (Literature and Politics, 1840-1865)

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the ideas of Lincoln and Douglass. In groups, they compare and contrast writings from each man and how they formed the nation with their ideas. After watching "Glory", they discuss how people like Lincoln and Douglass...
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POEtry-A Close Look at Edgar Allen Poe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the life and works of Edgar Allen Poe. They are to analyze how his life influenced his writing. They create a website of the information they have found. They share their information with the class.
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Poetry for Kids

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders be immersed indirect experiences which are opportunities for students to reflect, look back, debrief or abstract from their experiences what they have felt, and thought, and studied.
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Nutrition Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete activities for the six basic food groups. In this food groups lesson, 1st graders view examples of food samples from the various groups and sample the foods. Students discuss the food pyramid and draw a fruit or...
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Introduction to Native Americans Thematic Unit

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider different cultural viewpoints. In this Native American history lesson plan, students examine artifacts and then conduct research on selected Native American tribes.
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Listen to Poems and Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils create rhymes. In this rhyming instructional activity students supply rhymes for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. The pupils group words according to rhyming patterns.
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Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students watch a video, view websites, and discuss the Chinese Exclusion Act that took place on Angel Island. In this Chinese exclusion act lesson plan, students discuss the interrogations that went on and fill out worksheets bout the...
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Recognizing Text Features of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students start reading the book The Sign of the Beaver and create a book mark glossary to define vocabulary for the book. In this reading lesson plan, students also respond to the text by completing a journal entry.
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Food Poems and Base Words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify base words to decipher new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students complete a graphic organizer while reading about food and nutrition. Learners discuss simple and complex endings when using words. 
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The Civil War: Final Assessment

For Students 7th Standards
Pupils discover the true nature and purpose of the Civil War in the eighth and final installment of an informative series. Using primary and secondary documents, history buffs merge social study knowledge with English skills to create a...

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