Seventh graders listen to the sounds of loons and wolves and write down words which come to mind. They compare and contrast factual information about wolves with that from fairy tales and legends.

Art forms, especially government-sponsored "poster art", very effectively conveyed specific cultural values during World War II. Understanding the role that visual images play in expressing issues and ideas is critical to developing...

Learners role play positions in the Walla Walla treaty negotiations. They identify the significance of the Sacred Circle and other beliefs of the Native Americans. They discover the complications the tribes faced after the treaties...

Middle schoolers use this connotation and denotation learning exercise to develop vocabulary skills. They take notes on the terms, study examples, and choose from pairs of words to find the more positive or negative word choice, as...

A simple, four-question handout that invites pupils to consider their personal anxiety and coping mechanisms. It provides space for responses. The third question shifts from the second person to first person, but it is a minor error.

Reinforce the actions, emotions, and characteristics that determine what a character is like by having your middle schoolers create a biopoem using the model presented here. You could engage them first by having them write a poem about...

Pupils, after reading Chapter 1 in the book, "The Southern Colonies: Quest for Prosperity,"begin to analyze the motivation behind European colonization. They convey the setting of the scene into a writing piece to illustrate the picture...

Students study the Vietnam Era by interviewing people and writing a questionnaire to gather data on the attitudes, feeling, and experiences of the interviewee during this era.

Pupils listen to the music of the Dave Matthews Band in order to discuss and analyze the lyrics. They examine how the songs are presented and determine if the Dave Matthews Band does a good job of presenting the meaning of the lyrics in...

Students express the ideas of a poem. In this poem dramatization lesson, students analyze poems for meaning studying their descriptive words. Students role play the descriptive language of the poem. Students draw a picture of the...

Students create their own poems to express a deep feeling or transformative experience, then write imaginary letters to people in the article, responding to their poetry and sharing their own creative process.

Learners explore how they connect with artwork on an emotional level through writing and the creation of an original piece of art.

Students reflect on emotions commonly expressed by outsiders. They identify feelings of people who have just arrived in America. They read and analyze a poem about immigration.

Students choose a Times photograph and write a brief essay explaining what they think is happening in the photograph and how it makes them feel. They select and analyze photographs depicting events in the Balkans and create a news photo...

A simple multiple choice worksheet, this resource deals with identifying emotions from body language and facial expressions. Learners are given three drawings of cartoon characters and they must decide whether each one is feeling happy,...

Eighth graders practice the techniques of color, face proportion, emotion through color, and how to integrate handheld applications in Art projects in this Art lesson for the 8th grade classroom. Self-Portraits are used and emphasized in...

Students discuss career choices and goals in this introductory lesson to a unit on the art of Film Scoring. Emphasis is placed on brainstorming within a small group of learners.

Students navigate Doodle Splash to create a painting.  In this doodle splash instructional activity, students explain their splash painting relationship to a piece of literature.

Sixth graders create examples of expressionistic paintings using pastels, black paper, and chalk in this 6th grade Art instructional activity. Emphasis is on creating an emotion for the painting using simple lines and large shapes and...

Second graders observe and describe the similarities and differences in the African Mask exhibit at the Ackland Art Museum. They use describing words to express the feelings of the masks.

Learners view a copy of the painting "Last Moment of John Brown (1884). They discuss the content and composition of the painting. Important questions to be answered during the discussion are included with the lesson. They write an...

Students learn characteristics of an effective personal narrative.  In this personal narrative lesson, students discover ways to show rather than tell, adding richness and detail to their writing.  Students evaluate a news...

Young scholars read poem about dating violence, discuss meaning of the poem, and compose essay about their interpretation and reactions to it.

Students play instruments that reflect sounds in the story: hoots, toots, creaking, shrieks, clacking, crunching, whooshing, etc. They make vocal sounds from the story: whispered, sniffled, sigh, giggled, croaked, laughed. The...