Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ceramics - African African American Folk Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gain appreciation and knowledge of art history, specifically the African American contributions to folk art made in the South Carolina region.
Writing
Curated OER

Working Women's Day: March 8

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that March 8th is 'Working Women's Day.' Students then write about the following prompt: 'Many people feel that being a stay-at-home-mom is a full time job. Do you agree or disagree and why?'
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Morning Work

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete their morning work. In this math and editing lesson, 1st graders complete addition and subtraction problems, edit sentences and share their answers. Students can also create math problems of their own.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ethnic Art: African. Mexican and Caribbean Perspectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study artistic aspects of their culture. They compare ethnic cultures through arts and crafts and produce quality works of art from the knowledge that they have gained. They develop the vocabulary required to verbalize...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Art and Science of Fractals

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the world of fractal images and the mathematics behind them. They explore fractal sites on the Internet. They create their own fractal designs. They publish a calendar displaying their favorite fractal art.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tactile Letter Work

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students write the letters. In this language arts lesson, students practice writing the letters of the alphabet without the use of paper and pencils. Students draw the letters in sand, beans, or rice.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Near and Far Snow People/an Art lesson

For Teachers K
Students explore the concepts in art of near and far by drawing landscapes and snowpeople. They first draw and later do watercolor and oil pastel paintings.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

VISUAL ARTS

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars learn the historical context of mask-making explore the elements of the art form.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Listen and Do Art

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students listen to directions and complete an art project. They distinguish among kinds of information and purposes and complete multi-step tasks. The teacher gives directions while the student learns, and subsequently the student has to...
Lesson Plan
Art Institute of Chicago

Send a Postcard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art of Mexico - Painting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create a personal painting of thanks, explain importance of devotional art in Mexico, and critically view art work from another culture. Next, students evaluate self and peer work.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

It's in the Cards

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working With Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 8 commonly used words. Students complete 35 activities with these words including sentence writing, alphabetizing, word puzzles and a configuration grid.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working With Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this words worksheet, students complete a variety of worksheets involving configuring 11 words, completing sentences with 10 words, writing 4 words in complete sentences and locate and circle 14 words in a word search puzzle. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Reading Partnerships Work?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a survey that the teacher can use to compare similar reading interests and reading abilities before to assign reading partners. They participate in a reading partnership by choosing a "double-copy" book, setting meeting...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art as a Reflection of Society

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars write about their interpretations of "Glow of the City," discuss "Glow of the City" in terms of imagery, symbolism, use of shadows and light, and ways that it reflects life in the late 1920s in New York.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Art with Colored Shaving Cream

For Teachers K
Students use different textures and mediums to paint with.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Silly School vs. Super School

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs. They observe a puppet who is irresponsible and never gets her work completed and then discuss whether or not this puppet should be given a classroom job. As a class, they examine the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three Regions of North Carolina

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the three regions of North Carolina using works of art.
Activity
1
1
Mrs. Burgess

End of the Year Geometry Projects

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Geometry students will be ecstatic about these engaging and enlightening end-of-the-year projects! Types of project ideas include interviewing a geometer, an ABCs of geometry poster, an engineering lab report, and origami work. 
Lesson Plan
1
1
Curated OER

Phoneme Substitution, Harder (With Letters)

For Teachers K
Emergent readers create new words by changing a phoneme, using sets of letter cards to spell out each CVC word. They begin by substituting initial sounds, then final sounds, and lastly the middle vowel. Help them sound out each word,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Monster of a Metaphor

For Teachers 7th - 12th
What do Jeep advertisements and Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath have in common? They both employ the art of the extended metaphor! Using the Six-Trait Writing model, learners begin to work on their own extended metaphors. Development...
PPT
Curated OER

Modern American Theatre: Intro to Drama

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Set this slideshow up at as an independent work station, or to provide your theater arts class with a look at the many manifestations of modern literary drama. Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and Arthur Miller are the focus of the...
PPT
Pearson

The Simple Past: Yes/No and WH- Questions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Were you in an accident? How did it happen? Pupils practice asking and answering questions with a language arts slideshow presentation. As they work on describing past events to explain a current condition, individuals take a look...