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Thanksgiving Hand Turkey Lesson

  By hadensites 21st century skills, art, books, Content Areas, critical thinking, english, health, visual arts

Thanksgiving just isn’t Thanksgiving without a turkey on the table for most families. This gives us a great opportunity to teach our students about turkeys, both domestic and wild, and to have some fun while we’re at it. This activity is great for younger children. Thanksgiving Hand Turkey Art Lesson… Continue reading

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Make Pilgrim Bonnets and Hats

  By hadensites art, social studies, visual arts

  Your younger students’ study of  Pilgrims isn’t complete without making hats! Dressing up in 17th century clothing would be a challenge,  but you can make your own versions of their hats with construction paper. Pilgrim Bonnets Supplies: one 18″ by 12″ piece of white paper Scissors Ruler Pencil Stapler… Continue reading

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Boo! by Trout Fishing in America

  By RebeccaHaden music, visual arts
Boo by Trout Fishing in America

This new song and video from Trout Fishing in America is a perfect choice for Hallowe’en. Enjoy the video, learn the song, and then pick and choose from this list of activities: The song begins with a list of scary things: clowns, shadows, scratching noises at windows… Ask students to… Continue reading

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Virtual Field Trips: Africa!

  By RebeccaHaden field trips, social studies, visual arts

There may not be many good local options for field trips when you’re studying Africa, but there are quite a few places you can go online. Check out our suggestions for virtual field trips. Virtual Camera Tours Virtual South Africa Morocco Great Pyramids of Giza Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  The Castle… Continue reading

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Diamonds Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden economics, science, social studies, technology, visual arts

Learn about diamonds — math, science, art, and history connections. Continue reading

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Shakespeare Classroom Resources

  By hadensites books, english, technology, visual arts
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Those of us who teach Shakespeare can easily be overwhelmed by the — literally — millions of online resources on Shakespeare. You don’t have to spend hours clicking around looking for the best ones, because we already did it for you. First, the plays: The Complete Works: all the words… Continue reading

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Yuck Kingdom Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden books, social studies, visual arts

  Jeff Rivera’s books paint a picture of what happens when things go down the toilet that can make a fun introduction to the idea of wastewater treatment. Here are our favorite lesson plans for Um, Mommy, I Think I Flushed My Brother Down the Toilet and Um, Mommy, I… Continue reading

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Create a Rain Garden for Your School

  By RebeccaHaden science, visual arts

What’s a rain garden? It’s a lowered garden bed planted with deep-rooted plants which will enjoy being watered by the standing water that pools when it rains hard. They can be planted in areas that already form puddles, or rain that collects on a roof or a paved area can… Continue reading

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Make a Science Portfolio

  By RebeccaHaden science, technology, visual arts

Combine research, art, and writing to create a great classroom project that can be anything from a quick classroom activity to an organizing system for a major science unit. The basic idea is to have each student create a labeled picture that shares information, then put them all together into… Continue reading

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Linocuts in the Classroom

  By RebeccaHaden visual arts

If you want to use linoleum blocks, check out the Speedball Super Value Block Printing Starter Kit. Meat trays and pencils? Try a scrapbooking brayer like Making Memories Brayer, poster paints, and fingers to push down the paper. Continue reading

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