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Work Your Magic! Wizard Coloring Page

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this coloring page worksheet, students color a picture of a wizard mixing a magic potion. They wizard is set in a room with a cauldron with smaller bottles of potions set around it.
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Know Your (copy)Rights

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students define public domain and provide examples of work in the public domain. They define copyright, provide examples of copyrighted materials, and state the procedure for securing copyright for their own work
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Clay for Fun: An Introduction to Clay

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students experiment with clay to create sculptures. They research various animals and work with parts of animal names to create their own imaginary animal sculptures using clay.
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College Research Skills: Evaluating Reliable Online Sources

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners analyze Public Art in preparation for college discussion, research, and writing, and create their own artistic creations. In this art and college prep lesson, students develop an original research question to explore an art...
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Our School's News

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.
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Conducting the "Orchestra": How to Implement the Maestro

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students work as a team member to produce a newspaper.  For this newspaper production lesson plan, students understand the role that each staff member plays in the production of a publication as they demonstrate commitment to...
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The Play's the Thing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the life and works of William Shakespeare. They investigate the art of playwriting and write a play of their own.
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Poems, Prayers, Promises, and Possibilities: The Music of Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders express themselves through poetry. They discover the connection between their music and the music of poetry and hear their work and how the sound of a poem or an analytical paper improves their written work. They...
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Researching an Author

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research works by a contemporary author of their choice, choosing one in particular upon which to focus, conducting research relating to that work. They create a brochure utilizing Microsoft Publisher then share their brochure...
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Murals With a Message

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners recognize historical and cultural influences in art and appreciate art as a vehicle for public expression of ideas. They develop group skills, working together to produce a single mural or several related murals.
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Fit For Life Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use the internet to compare and contrast the diet, nutrition and fitness of a major language group and the United States. As a class, they are introduced to the vocabulary in the language related to health and fitness and share...
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How was Your Day? Creating Mixed Media Designs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore how art reflects culture and history. They examine everyday life experiences in various countries. Students design a mixed media composition. They create a class presentation.
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Reading: Ad For a Professional Job

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading advertisements worksheet, students read an ad for a job as Director of Outreach Programs at a College of Public Health. Students answer 8 true and false questions about the text.
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The Stolen Smell

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story The Stolen Smell, and complete language arts activities based on the book. For this The Stolen Smell lesson plan, 3rd graders complete activities such as discussion, reading, researching, drawing, role...
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Novel News

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students, working in groups create a newspaper based on the events that take place in a novel. Groups complete sections of the newsletter based on criteria and publish it using newsletter publishing software.
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Revising the Neoclassicism/Romanticism Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers revise the in-depth project based on the suggestions they receive from their peer editors and their N/R expert contacts for publication on a class Web page.
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Revision Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, through a series of 4 lessons, explore what it means to revise their written work. They revise a bland story together and then practice revising their own papers by identifying the main action and "exploding" that moment into...
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Lessons in Learning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners share their opinions about public education by responding to one-question interviews. After reading an article, they discover new recommendations for the No Child Left Behind Act. They prepare a three-part reader response to...
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Impromptu Speeches

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students formulate an impromptu speech about a given topic. In this public speaking lesson plan, students choose a topic from a deck of pre-written index cards and quickly present an impromptu speech. Students use a rubric to review the...
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Clay Alphabet Sculpture Scenes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students sculpt clay letters. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students view a video interview of the artist, design their own clay sculpture, and display during a class "gallery walk". 
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Truth, Trash and Treasure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how democracy in the United States makes civic virtue possible. They examine the rights and responsibilities associated with democracy. In small groups, they create public service posters that highlight these ideas.
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Dwellings Around the Globe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore dwellings around the globe and conduct collaborative research on cliff dwellings, igloos, longhouses, and yurts. They then explore how different dwellings reflect environmental and cultural conditions, and they create a...
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners act out and interpret the story for their peers. They study the simplest form of an organized reading to a more elaborate activity involving props, costumes, or a reinterpretation of the narrative into another art form.
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4-H Communication Activity Page (Extension)

For Students 7th - 10th
As part of the curriculum, students are expected to practice public speaking. Using this short activity sheet, with 20 questions, learners can explore the world of public speaking.