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Analyzing Two Dances and Making a Dance Map – Lesson Plan
Students watch and analyze the Arabian and Chinese dances from The Nutcracker and then create a dance map. Length: 1 class period Grades: 4-8 Concepts/Objectives: Students will create a divertissement. Students will understand the basic dance elements. Students will understand the effects of different choices (in terms of the basic dance elements) on the quality […]
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Landscape Assemblage – Idea File
Students analyze La Dent de Jaman (The Artist’s House), a painting by Gustave Courbet, and consider how they can change the two-dimensional image into a three-dimensional sculpture. The class collaborates on a three-dimensional landscape based on Courbet’s painting. Grades: 4-6 Teaching Concepts: Students learn how to interpret a two-dimensional artwork into a three-dimensional artwork. Students […]
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Econ and Me
With Econ and Me, teachers can teach economic concepts to 7- to 10-year-olds; help students gain insight into today’s world; help students make reasoned decisions; and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and problem-solving skills. Grade Levels: Primary-5 Resource Types: Videos, PDF Table of Contents Scarcity Opportunity Cost Consumption Production Interdependence Teacher’s Guide Scarcity Scarcity occurs when […]
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Emotion in 3D Abstract Art – Lesson Plan
Using Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: Angles for inspiration, students create an expressive abstract sculpture using the subtractive process for sculpting. Length: 4-6 class periods Grades: 6-8 Concepts/Objectives: Students explore the expressive qualities of abstract sculpture. Students create abstract sculpture to express an emotion. Students use appropriate art vocabulary to analyze and describe their work. Resource […]
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Performance Spaces and the Production Process – Lesson Plan
Students learn how a performing arts center operates and the process of creating a performance. Length: 50-90 minutes Grades: 6-8 Concepts/Objectives: Student will identify and analyze the uses of different performance spaces/stages. Student will explain the technical elements and collaborative process of theater. Resource Used: Electronic Field Trip to the Kentucky Center for the Performing […]
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
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Discover how the advent of the car brought African Americans new freedom but also dangers.
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Learning to Last a Lifetime | Ashley Judd
Meet first-grade teacher Ashley Judd who was honored earlier this year by PBS for innovative use of technology in the classroom.