South Pacific Art Botanical Sketching & Teaching Ideas
Bring a touch of the South Pacific to the art room with this multicultural lesson. Deck your room with tropical inspired colors and decorations, then …
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Send Your Students on a Webquest: Ancient Greek Culture
A webquest is an excellent educational tool. It is interactive and can address various cognitive skills at once. Here we look at ancient Greek …
Continue ReadingEffective Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom: Guidelines for Teachers
How do teachers meet the needs of students with different learning styles and multicultural backgrounds? By considering some basic guidelines, we can …
Continue ReadingLiterature Extension: Research Theme or Historical Time Period
One literature extension that students can do after they finish a novel is to complete research on a theme, motif or historical time period from the …
Continue ReadingA Teacher's Guide to Cross Curricular Lesson Plans Using Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
With cross-curricular lesson plans using Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants as your focal point, you can cover various …
Continue ReadingA Wrinkle in Time Book Activities: Writing Prompts, Word Scramble Puzzle, & Extension Ideas
Try these writing prompts and word scrambles for easy-to-prepare activities to accompany your study of the book.
Continue ReadingTuck Everlasting Activities Kids will Love
Try these seven Tuck Everlasting activities with your class; kids love them! These easy-to-teach activities can be used by teachers, home educators, …
Continue ReadingA Detailed Lesson on How to Draw Human Faces
These drawing lesson plans teach how to draw human faces using the right proportions. 7th graders use hands on activities to find the relationships of …
Continue ReadingCreating a Plaster Mask of the Human Face: 7th Grade Art Project - Directions & Materials Needed
This 7th grade art lesson teaches how to create a plaster human face mask. Students will use the previous painting faces lesson to help with the …
Continue ReadingHow to Paint a Realistic Self-Portrait? Portrait Painting Lesson for 7th Grade Students
This portrait painting lesson teaches how to paint realistic self-portraits using the right proportions. Kids use the previous drawing faces lesson to …
Continue ReadingFun Ways to Teach Sequencing in the Classroom
Being able to identify the sequence of events in a story is an essential skill that students needs to master. These sequence activities can help …
Continue ReadingEducating Students About False Stereotypes Regarding Native Americans: Lesson for Middle School or Above
Schools across the country usually devote part of a semester on the study American Indians. Often this culminates at Thanksgiving. It is very …
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