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Tie Dye Eggs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "tie-dye" easter eggs in this easy elementary school lesson. Materials needed include paper towels, food coloring, eggs, and rubber gloves. This Easter lesson can be accomplished in 30 minutes with extra time needed for...
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Turkey Centerpieces

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create "turkey centerpieces" in this easy elementary art lesson using apples, toothpicks, construction paper, and gumdrops. The lesson includes a materials list and a step-by-step list of instructions to create the turkey...
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Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary lesson. Included with the lesson is a vocabulary list and a...
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Valentines Roses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create bouquets of roses using tissue paper, pipe cleaners, masking tape, paint, and construction paper in this early elementary art lesson. A possible extension includes making Vlentine's Day cards to go along with the flowers.
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Wiggly Spiders

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "wiggly spiders" using black paint, construction paper, yarn, and their hands in this fun, messy, art lesson for the early elementary classroom. An ideal lesson for the Halloween holiday or for a lesson/unit on spiders.
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Who Ever Heard Of Red Shamrocks?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover optical illusions in this instructional activity that uses a red shamrock and white construction paper. Emphasis is placed upon inquiry, experiment, and then a short discussion on optical illusions and complimentary...
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Van Gogh's Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create replicas of Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers using construction paper, tissue paper, glue, and scissors in this art instructional activity for the elementary classroom. The flowers can then be displayed in the room as a...
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Evolutions of Pottery

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners study the history and importance of clay and pottery. They observe a video dealing the kiln. Students explore ideas for improving construction of pottery. They demonstrate a variety of construction methods and identify the...
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Lowell and the Factory System

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the efforts of early American manufacturers to implement the factory system on a large-scale in the town of Lowell, Massachusetts. They examine the idealistic goals of the industrialists who financed and built the...
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LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE WALKING

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will recognize different information sources. 2. The student will use a telephone book as a resource for locating agricultural businesses and people with agriculture-related jobs.Discuss the purpose of the phone book, and...
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Vocational: Beginning Sewing Projects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars complete clothing construction projects by making shorts or stuff bags. By making these final projects, they learn basic sewing techniques such as seam allowances, backstitching, and attaching buttons. Students follow...
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Clothing--Sewing Activities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to basic sewing activities. Individually, they practice creating seams, attaching a button, and ironing clothing. To end the lesson, they review correct sewing terminology and complete other basic sewing...
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Fibers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the difference between natural and synthetic fibers. They correctly match natural and synthetic fibers by playing with fiber game cards. They work as a group to put the fibers into the correct categories.
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Yut, a Traditional Korean Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play a Parcheesi type game. They explore a new culture, to compare and contrast likenesses and differences in American and Korean families and leisure time and to experience a traditional Korean game. They identify where...
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The Economic Differences Between the North and the South Prior to the Civil War

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify and explain the economic differences between the North and the South incorporating photographs and a Venn Diagram to interpret the two sides. They complete a KWL and T-chart to assist them with their task for the...
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The Man in the White Suit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view and discuss the movie from 1951 "The Man in the White Suit" and how scientific discoveries can sometimes have negative social and economic consequences. They define key vocabulary terms from the movie, watch the movie, and...
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Rise of Industry

For Students 6th - 8th
In this United States history worksheet, middle schoolers utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions pertaining to the Industrial Revolution. A short answer question is included as well.
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Magnets, Electromagnets, and Motors

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the properties of magnets and electromagnets.  In this magnets lesson plan students create an electromagnet and use it to do work. 
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Make a Paper Mache Bowl

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students create a paper mache bowl. In this paper mache lesson plan, students use wallpaper paste, newspapers, and paint brushes to construct a paper mache bowl. Students decorate their bowl with unique designs.
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India History: The Big Picture

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this India history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of India from about 1500 to the present.
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Parliamentary Hearings on the Treatment of Women in Factories Great Britain, 1815

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Industrialization worksheet, students read the parts in the play based on Parliamentary hearings on the treatment of women in factories held in 1815.
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Unemployment in the UK

For Students 6th - 12th
For this unemployment worksheet, students use the 16 sentences provided in the answer bank to complete a graphic organizer pertaining to unemployment in the United Kingdom.
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Clothesline Sleuth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the make up of fabrics. In this agriculture activity, students examine the cotton and wool crops of the United States and discover how fabrics are created.
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Viewing 'The Dinner Party' by Judy Chicago

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine Judy Chicago's feminist art piece, The Dinner Party. Questions for viewing, activities, and student resources are provided.  Students examine the composition of the piece and can be asked to do further research...

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