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Over There: Johnnie, get your gun, Get your gun, get your gun, Take it on the run, On the run, on the run. Hear them calling, you and me, Every son of liberty. Hurry right away, No delay, go today, Make your daddy glad To have had such a lad. Tell your sweetheart not...; Format: audio/music

Drawing sea turtles: This lesson plan takes students step by step through drawing a sea turtle, using the process to discuss the animal's anatomy.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Vietnamese water puppet show: Fireworks and chorus: Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art that originated a thousand years ago during the Ly dynasty. Villagers in the Red River delta and other rice-growing regions in Northern Vietnam staged water puppet performances to celebrate the end of the rice...; Format: audio

Oedipus the King reader's theatre: Students will rewrite the Greek tragedy in a modern context in order to review and analyze the plot. This assignment is designed as a final project in a Greek Theatre unit. It is expected that the literature has already been read and analyzed as a class. I have found that this project is an innovative way to review for a unit test on the play and Greek Theatre.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts)

Call and response singing: This lesson is a study of call and response singing, especially as it relates to African-American spirituals.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education); By Melody Moore.

Oedipus the King: Personal letter-writing assignment: Students will work in groups to evaluate the personality of various characters from Oedipus the King. Each student will write two personal letters in the role of one character from the play responding to the events of the play and the various relationships within it.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Greg Townsend.

Wild and wacky warm-ups: The lesson describes choral music warm-ups for improving singing posture, breath control, vowel placement, and rhythmic reading skills. Basic sight reading skills are reviewed and reinforced to enhance independent musicianship.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education); By Georgia Stephens.

Rhythm stars: This lesson will introduce the main components of rhythm: quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Music Education); By Laura Abernethy.

The Origin of Disease and Medicine: A Cherokee myth recorded in the late nineteenth century.; Format: article; By James Mooney.

A child's day: Vietnam: In this lesson plan, students listen to audio recordings from Vietnam and discuss what life may be like for the children heard in the recordings. Students discuss topics including school, cross-cultural similarities, and child labor.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies); By Kristin Post.

Using extended similes to elaborate and add style: Students will analyze a series of extended similes, develop criteria for strong and weak extended similes, and begin using extended similes as a tool for elaboration in their own writing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 English Language Arts); By Jennifer Smyth.

A camp meeting scene: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 3.3; Description of a typical camp meeting during the Second Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, including preaching, conversion experiences, and the physical arrangement of the meetings.; Format: book

Winter Olympics: What a blast!: The following lesson plan outlines an integrated unit on the Winter Olympics from the perspective of Physical Education. All subject areas can participate (suggestions are listed below), but the culminating activity is the Olympic Games organized through Physical Education classes. This lesson plan could be adapted for any grade level by making the Olympic events age appropriate.; Format: lesson plan; By Barbara H. Williams.

"Fear of Insurrection": In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 9.3; Excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs, in which the author recalls the hysteria in Edenton, North Carolina, after Nat Turner's Rebellion. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Lincoln is inaugurated: Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address, delivered March 4, 1861. Includes historical commentary.; Format: speech; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

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Masks and Aesop's fables: This ARTSEDGE lesson is based on a study of Aesop's Fables. Although Aesop's fables are over 2,600 years old, the stories—and their morals—are still relevant today. In this lesson, students learn a fable, make simple masks, and retell the fable... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Theater Arts Education); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Frogs: A Chorus of Colors: Information on reproduction of frogs, how they protect themselves with camouflage, how they have evolved and how they live in different ecosystems throughout the world. In addition there are fun facts on frogs and taped songs of the frogs of Madagascar. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

MENC - The National Association for Music Education: A comprehensive website for teachers and students of music. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: