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What makes you scream?

Students will study Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. They will then produce their own scream using directional lines as Munch did. Line was used by Munch in a variety of directions—horizontal, vertical and diagonal. This will help the eye travel to the central theme of the composition: the person's fright or what they fear.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Visual Arts Education)

By Cathy Crumpler.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Biltmore Dairy ice cream also played a leading role at estate gatherings — Cornelia’s birthday celebrations, Christmas parties, May Day festivities, and picnics. In fact, virtually every oral history interview or questionnaire containing childhood...

Format: article

By Sue Clark McKendree.

Fowler's toad call

The call of Fowler's toad sounds like a prolonged, nasal scream.

Format: audio

A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown

Poem by Walt Whitman.

Format: poetry

The five senses: Hearing

We hear through movement of the ear drum which is tightly stretched across the ear canal and vibrates when air waves push it.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)

By Wicky Porch.

Nightmares of Hieronymus Bosch

As part of a unit on Medieval Art, students will become familiar with some of the works of Hieronymus Bosch. They will identify symbols and imagery of fear and will be able to relate this to some of their own fears and nightmares.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education)

By Helen Nagan.

The challenge of a broken pencil

From dealing with meltdowns to setting a routine, Rhonda Layman shares communication and management strategies for students with autism spectrum disorders.

Format: article

By Waverly Harrell.

Elizabeth, A Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.9

In this excerpt from her 1863 memoir, Elizabeth (her last name, if she had one, is unknown), a former slave, tells of her conversion to Christianity and her work as a minister. She faced opposition to her ministry both because she was African American and because she was a woman. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer

They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...

Format: article

By Marjorie Hudson.

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Competing coasters

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students look at attributes that vary from roller coaster to roller coaster, attributes that make each scream machine uniquely thrilling. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics