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Matching with The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 10
In this kindergarten lesson, students participate in a pattern-matching activity based on the nursery rhyme "The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Ordinals concentration
Ordinals Concentration is a matching game that provides practice and review identifying ordinal numbers to ten.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
Reflection designs
Students will be able to illustrate the geometric transformation of a reflection through creating their own unique designs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 Mathematics)
By Karen Boles.
Interior Design Project
Within this lesson, students will role play the job of an interior designer.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 )
By Shannon Braxton.
Picturing America at the turn of the twentieth century
Students link together the literature and the history of the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Questions guide students as they study visual documents. Students also read the teacher's choice of two widely anthologized short stories and an excerpt from a best-selling novel of the period. Two exercises will raise student awareness of the impact that visual images have on their lives: one that is based on internet advertising and a second that results in a student-produced scrapbook.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Scott Culclasure.
Critical thinking and art with The Snowy Day
This lesson will focus on the illustrations from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The students will describe what makes illustrations worthy of a Caldecott Award. In addition, the students will complete an art project that will allow for creative critical thinking to compliment the illustrations in the book.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education and Information Skills)
By Caryn Levy.
A magic carpet ride: Exploring carpet weaving in India
In this lesson, a photo analysis activity helps students learn about carpet weaving in India. Students discuss how this tradition compares to the weaving traditions of other cultures.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
By Eric Eaton.

Resources on the web

Symmetries III
This lesson, from Illuminations, helps students to understand how translations work and what happens when two or more translations are applied one after the other. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Symmetries IV
This lesson, from Illuminations, helps students to understand and identify glide reflections. With the help of a Java applet, students construct glide reflections using a translation and a reflection. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
African Wildlife Foundation
Detailed information about Africa's wildlife, geographical regions, and the African Wildlife Foundation's conservation projects (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: AWF