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Fishing for beginning sounds

This lesson introduces the beginning sounds for picture words.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)

By Deborah Kirby.

Balinese boy in red clothes carries loads in baskets hung on a shoulder board

A Balinese boy in a red T-shirt, running shorts, and rubber thong sandals walks along a village path carrying his produce in two baskets hung from a shoulder board. Boys and girls in many parts of rural Southeast Asia begin helping their parents with farm...

Format: image/photograph

Butterfly cycle

Students will understand the life cycle of the butterfly and create various art activities that would model metamorphosis.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science)

By Becky Woolard.

Winter advisory: The effect of salt on the freezing point of water

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.9

In this lesson, students complete a lab to help them understand the effect of salt on the freezing point of water. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using salt as a de-icing and anti-icing agent on roads.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

October 28 - November 1, 1753

In Diary of a journey of Moravians, page 6

Oct. 28. This historical marker stands along the route of the Great Wagon Road. We rose early to continue our journey. One of our horses was sick. After a mile and a half we bought...

Format: diary/primary source

Facial studies through creation of a face jug

In this interdisciplanary lesson, students study the anatomy of the face and use what they have learned to create thumbnail sketches of expressive faces on jugs. The lesson incorporates elements of social studies, earth science, psychology, and artistic meaning.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

By Lori Shepley, Melissa Thibault, and Nelle Hayes.

Nathan Cole and the First Great Awakening

In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.13

Diary of a Connecticut man from the 1760s tells of his conversion experience after attending a revival at which the famous minister George Whitefield preached. Historical commentary explains the differences between eighteenth-century and present-day religion and revivals.

Format: diary

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The Bouquet

In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.2

Story by Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Includes reading questions.

Format: story

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Slipping, sliding, tumbling: Reinforcing cause and effect through diamante poems

This lesson introduces the concept of cause and effect through an activity where students construct their own diamante poems. After introducing the concept of cause and effect, the teacher engages students in a brainstorming activity to compile a list of... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts)

Provided by: IRA/NCTE