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Art resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Adjectives for Describing Art Poster
This is a page/poster that students can use as a reference when writing about art. Great for teachers of art history, art teachers, and elementary teachers teaching art. Also great for gifted and talented learners. It is a great way for any teacher of writing to incorporate new vocabulary and incorporate art into writing.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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3D initials Art Project
Perfect lesson for 6th-12th grade students. It is an intensely fun project that your intense art students will love.The lesson uses recycled materials and beautiful collage of scraps of decorative paper.
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8th - 12th
Also included in: 28 lessons and activities: Beginning HS Art (9th to 12th grade)
Famous Artist Research Project
Have your students research and report on a famous artist. Included in this pack: description of report and visual aid, rubric for project, graphic organizer for research notes, and list of artists with descriptions and images of works to choose from.
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9th - 12th
Also included in: 27 lessons and activities: Advanced Art (High School and Adult Ed)
Primary GATE with Caldecott - BLACKOUT by John Rocco
The beauty of quality “picture book” literature is not only in the fantastic artwork but also in the interplay of pictures and words to create meaning from shared experiences.
As emerging readers, our primary-aged GATE students are becoming adept at solving inferential “puzzles” which bring the world of literature fully to life. In this lesson, we help our young thinkers dig deeper by making visual-language connections. They’ll answer critical thinking questions with inferences through the de
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1st - 3rd
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Brave Irene - Classic Picture Books for Primary GATE - Dress Design Metaphors
Full of hands-on activities and critical thinking, your students will deliver physical metaphors to brighten the day for someone special. They’ll measure, design, and style clothing using miniature dress-making dummies just like Irene’s mother, and they’ll perform and share in an active vocabulary in context activity. Of course, this bundle contains plenty of critical thinking questions to keep those minds humming while the hands are not busy.
This unit is right on target for middle elementar
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2nd - 5th
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Animation and Critical Thinking for GATE and Generation Z -- The Piano FREE
4th Graders through adults find this video and activity fascinating. Let's try it FREE!Maybe your students will ask the same question mine did, "When can we do this again?"Using a short 2 minute video and an accompanying "Visual Inference Guide," students quickly become engaged in a critical analysis as they share insights with classmates--connecting video and literature.This format works for upper elementary through high school honors classes because students respond according to their abilit
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- The House in the Night
The House in the Night gives us a wonderful opportunity to challenge primary level gifted learners—in language and poetry, critical and metaphorical thinking, visually, and artistically.
In this lesson, students will:
a.) discover the pattern of the poem and discuss critical thinking questions about the book,
b.) think critically about symbols, metaphors and language using a graphic organizer and class discussion,
c.) construct a personalized cumulative pattern poem,
d.) And thoughtfully i
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1st - 3rd
Ceramic Bust Lesson
For your 9th-12th grade or adults students as a challenge or final project. lesson includes basic instructions -written and visual, historical bust images, examples of student and master work, ideas for alternative/extension activities.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Giver Culminating Tic-Tac-Toe Activities
This Tic-Tac-Toe menu is ready to go! Students will choose one activity from the board to complete, or can develop their own choice and confirm it with the teacher. These projects are meant to be completed after reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.
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5th - 8th
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Art History Exam and Study Notes (Humanities-Literature class)
Here is a 100-question Art History Exam from the Renaissance to Contemporary periods. The test includes matching and multiple choice, covering a wide array of specific artists, art works, and artistic eras. Also included is an Art Notes handout for student study.
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Chinese Dynasty Project: Stop Motion
If you love teaching history through project based learning, this activity is a hit! Whether it is for Chinese History, World History, or Geography (what I created it for), the best way for students to learn is through creating. Attached is project with grading criteria, an example video, and a note sheet to use during their time to "show" their stop-motions. You use your digression as to how they create the stop-motion as well as if you would like to further assess over their class notes with a
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7th - 12th
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Art and Architecture of the Americas and Africa - Group Project
This is a MS Word document that details an art and architecture project related to tribal cultures in the Americas and Africa. It has been used primarily for AP Art History, but could also be used in a World History, Geography or Art setting. Cultures included in the Project:
1. Maya
2. Aztec
3. Inca
4. Central Andean Culture (Nazca, Moche, Chavin)
5. North American Indian
6. Sub-Saharan Africa (Nok, Benin)
Students are divided into groups and required to make a 10-20 minute unit to teach to t
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7th - 12th
Chromatography
This Chromatography lesson produces a tangible memento of the lesson. It also very visually illustrates the use of chemical dissolution methods as used in CSI investigations. The creative writing assignment attached is so challenging and integrated with the project that students may not even realize they are working!
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7th - 8th
"Games in the Orchard" A Scary (yet 'friendly') Theater Script
This is a scary, yet friendly conventional script that will undoubtedly thrill your drama group. [Some discretion is advised.]Parker Ward will be entering Junior High School in the Fall; he and his brother (Evan, a couple years his senior) along with a neighbor friend (Robert Allard), are spending the night at their uncle’s property. Unfortunately, the large ranch has a number of rather ‘scary’ attributes. Many years ago, an horrific accident took place with an itinerant worker (the man was mur
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Classroom Magazine
This assignment is the perfect enrichment activity, especially for advanced or honors courses. It is project-based and student-led! The project is designed to simulate a real magazine company, with the students taking the roles of chief editors, editors, and writing staff. Students are required to communicate with each other, make decisions together, and to create several different types of writing. Students will actually create a professionally printed magazine using design software of the teac
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6th - 12th
Create Your Own Atlas Project
This is a front and back page and lays out step by step how students can create their own atlas. I used this to have them create an atlas of the state of Indiana but it could be used for any state. This sheet includes great project requirements that demonstrate excellent understanding of their state through maps and state info. On the back is even a rubric that highlights the importance of not only accuracy, but also creativity in the product.
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3rd - 6th
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Female Mathematician or Scientist Brochure Project
Give your opportunities an opportunity for learning about an important female mathematician or scientist. It is crucial for females to see themselves in the sciences. Moreover, this assignment is one that is easy to understand, has a rubric to assess that is kid friendly, and allows for students to use technology for research. Not only this, but the end product is a brochure that is interdisciplinary with art, math, and speaking and listening standards. Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Clay Design; Build A Ceramic Slab Formed Container With "Lockable" Lid!
Objective:-“Create Visual Art That Demonstrates Technical Proficiency”-“Demonstrate thoughtful & creative decision making to Communicate through art”-Students must design and construct a slab formed container with a lid that will stay on in a 45 degree tilt test.-The container must have a system to secure the lid in place. I recommend picking up my massive 47 project, "Art Project Bank" to give you the freedom to pick and choose to build your own course emphasizing the skills you want. Y
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Kindergarten Enrichment Choice Board 2
Use for enrichment and creative options for the classroom, distance learning, or at home.
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PreK - K
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"The Buffalo and the Hen, A Readers Theater Script" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sAll profits from this product are donated to the Homeless. This is a Readers Theater Script based upon a silly poem that speaks of a conflict between the Buffalo and the Hen, and how they make attempt at a resolve. It accommodates four players. "Aids Orphans Remembered"
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Art History Web Search activities
Six different Art History websearches that are fun and interactive. Students find information for Art that spans across the ages.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: 27 lessons and activities: Advanced Art (High School and Adult Ed)
Tri-Fold Author Study
This is a great enrichment activity for those students who need a challenge in the ELAR classroom. It can be adapted for an independent study, or to use in partners. I have used this in the regular ed. classroom with my GT students. You will be amazed at the finished product!
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3rd - 6th
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Thematic Questions for Rich Discussion
These "Opinionaires" Include Questions that guide extremely high level class discussion. This is the best way to introduce students to themes and ideas they will encounter in the course of a unit. This bundle includes opinionaires that cover "First Week of School", "Rites of Passage", "What Matters?", and "Human Intelligence.
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Not Grade Specific
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