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Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa other (performing arts) projects for Microsoft Word
Short Research Project: Symbols of the Season for Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa
This short research task for December allows your middle and high school students to investigate and share various symbols of the holiday season. This low prep assignment is very flexible: It could be used to teach MLA and research, review MLA, or in a non English class looking to incorporate research in a fun way. Student Experience: Students will research an important symbol from the Christmas season, design a media presentation, and then present their findings to the class. With this stu
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Research Writing Unit, Curriculum BUNDLE+
The Nutcracker: A Craft-ivity
Students love the story of the Nutcracker. Included in this document is a re-telling of the story and a fun project! Students color and cut out a nutcracker doll, then glue him to an empty paper towel roll for a 3D nutcracker of their very own. This can easily be done in a 20 to 30-minute time period in school, but it is fun to give this as a take-home project so that students can use additional materials (sequins, beads, feathers, etc.) and bring back for a colorful display at school!
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1st - 5th
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Music Tells a Story: A Digital Music Composition Project
Have your students choose between 3 different digital composition projects. The students can also choose to do their project using any Loop-Based Digital Audio Workstation (ie. Soundtrap, Soundation, GarageBand) or using a video editor that has built in sounds (ie. WeVideo or iMovie).Projects include:*1 Minute Sound Story: Retell the events of a well-known story using only a soundtrack and sound effects. Your classmates will have to guess what the story is just by listening.*3 Ghosts: Create
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4th - 9th
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Song Exploder: Music Analysis and Podcast Creation | General Music Unit Project
This exciting unit project outline uses the format of the hit podcast series "Song Exploder" to help students explore modern music analysis and podcast creation! The 5-10 class period unit project gives students the opportunity to listen to and analyze modern music of their own choosing, ultimately creating a podcast episode based on their own song analysis!The 5 part outline walks students through the process of music analysis using guiding questions that helps scaffold in depth, well thought
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Composer Research Poster Project & Presentation
This is designed to help students work together to discover and share information about the life, career, and music of a famous composer or musician!
This includes an example/sample layout of what the final project should look like, as well as headings students can cut and glue into their project. There is a group project grading rubric to hold the teammates accountable for their effort and quality of work. Designed for teams of three, but could be flexible. Directions for the project are i
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6th - 9th
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A Cinderella Christmas: Script for a Dramatic Production-Reader's Theater
This Play Includes:A List of Characters (M/F, # Lines for each Character)A List of PropsScript 1: Teacher Copy (suggestions for scene changes, physical movements and expressions of characters)Script 2: Teacher or Student Copy (depending on teacher's preference (Lines only) May be used for Reader's TheaterA Cinderella Christmas can be performed as a dramatic production or as a Reader's Theater. There are speaking lines for 14 people as well as additional roles for Chri
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5th - 12th
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Careers in Music Project
An interactive research project that encourages students to create and/or demonstrate. Students will choose a career from the provided list (or you can add your own) and research their career by finding the answers to the questions in the file. The students will then create a digital presentation (using any method you like i.e. Google Slides, Prezi, etc) that will teach the class about their chosen career. Finally, the students will create something or demonstrate something related to their c
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6th - 9th
Presentación oral: ¡Navidad alrededor del mundo! / Christmas around the world
Objetive: Use the Spanish language to narrate and improvise information about Christmas traditions around the world. Cultural comparison: Students must compare their Christmas/Kwanza/Hanuka traditions to those they researched. Preferably from a Spanish speaking country.Includes: all Instructions, Rubrics, Sentence Starters, Note taking pages during presentations and more.Keywords: Christmas, Three Kings Day, Posadas, Piñatas, Christmas decorations, good night, Three Kings Day, Candlemas, Fruit
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Pop Music Through the Decades
This is a research project where students work in groups to research the pop music of a specified decade. This is just an outline for the project - you can adjust to your needs. The original project uses Google Slides to be a collaborative digital project, but it is not necessary.
File includes the project directions, grading scale, and list of types of pop music by decade (including historical events)
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5th - 9th
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US History Review: Rewriting "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire" is a great song to review the Cold War era. Why not have your students rewrite the song to review all they have learned about US history? This file comes complete with lesson plan, student handout, song lyrics, grading rubric, and skill breakdown. All you will need is a copy of the song and a karaoke version of the song (not included for legal reasons!). This was originally written based on the South Carolina standards for 5th grade U.S. History,
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4th - 12th
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Musical Composer Research Paper
This Musical Composer Research Paper contains the following:
- Composer Biography Sheet
- Description & Checklist Page
- Bibliography Information
- List of Composers (17th - 21st Century Composers)
- Rubric
*This is a Microsoft Word document that is editable*
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6th - 12th
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Songwriting Project
This songwriting project sets your students up to write a complete song containing at least three verses and two choruses!This is a foolproof method to have lyrics for an original song written within the course of a week or two. Perfect for writing raps, ballads and more. Grading rubric included!
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7th - 10th
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Charlie Brown Christmas Musical
Based on the original Popular Charlie Brown Christmas I have adapted a script and added music from various resources to create a wonderful Christmas Musical for K - 8.
Parody Song Project & Worksheet
This download will provide you with a Parody Song project and accompanying worksheet to do with your classes!You will be provided with clear directions, a grading rubric and guidelines for your students to be successful on this project! The accompanying worksheet will take some time before the project to get students accustomed to writing parody songs. The products are always fun to read and I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!
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5th - 8th
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Spanish Culture Project
This is an excellent project to do during the last week of school before Christmas break. Students are divided into groups of four and then they research and present about the holiday traditions of another Spanish speaking country. This assignment includes clear roles for each student and a rubric to grade the project. There is one page of instructions for each student that outlines exactly what they should do and what their role is. It is an awesome project and great for keeping students focuse
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8th - 12th
Christmas around the World Glogster Activity
In the Christmas around the World Glogster activity, students research how Christmas is celebrated in the country of their choice. The attached rubric explains the minimum content needed to create a poster displaying various multimedia elements: text, audio, video, images, and graphics. Students love learning about Christmas in other countries and sharing the glogs that they create. Glogster EDU meets or exceeds national educational technology and content area standards for teachers and stud
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5th - 10th
Radio Station Broadcast
Grade 7 or 8 Music Lab unit that has worked very well for me. Kids are in groups of 4-5, and will develop a 30-minute broadcast that they will present to the class. Can focus on a year or a decade and will include music from the time period, as well as news, sports, traffic, weather and ads. Meeting every other day, this takes 3-4 weeks to complete.
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7th - 8th
Chemistry Sugar Cookie Recipe
Though I use this as an extra credit assignment for my AP Biology students (I have them complete it over winter break and give them bonus points on their lowest test), this SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE uses metric measurements and chemical nomenclature for the ingredients - totally fun! Could be adapted to count as a regular credit project, or keep as an extra credit assignment. A fun activity for any Chemistry or upper level science student! Includes teacher key with conversions.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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GarageBand Lesson Plan- Moody Loops in Film
This lesson plan provides a hands-on exploration of the emotional impact of music in film through GarageBand's "Moody Loops" activity. Students will gain practical experience in selecting and arranging loops to convey specific moods associated with different film genres.
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Music as a Powerful Storytelling Tool in Film and TV
Holiday Cookies Project for Math Science and Social Studies
An amazing, fun, assembly line project lets students create cookie mix in a jar for holiday gifts. Another great product by Jean Marie teachers math skills (addition, multiplication, division, fractions) cooperative learning, student leadership. You and your students will LOVE this project! Includes 22 pages of
Complete Step by Step Directions
• Recipe
• Pre-Production Job List
• Production Job List
• Post-Production Job List
• Job Descriptions for Students
• Shopping Lists
• P
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PreK - 8th
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AP Psychology The “Abnormalable” Snowman Project Rationale/Outline/Rubric
The Abominable Snowman Project offers a unique opportunity to integrate various topics in abnormal psychology. Students can explore psychological disorders, cognitive biases, cultural influences on beliefs, and mass hysteria within the context of the legend of the Abominable Snowman. By researching and analyzing the psychological aspects of this phenomenon, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of abnormal behavior and human perception.Advanced Placement Psychology:The “Abnorm
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: AP/Psychology Disorder Project Outline BUNDLE
Christmas Around the World Quilt - Student Project
For this project students will research the Christmas traditions of a country. They will then create an illustration and write a paragraph describing the country's traditions. All of the students illustrations are put together to create A Christmas Around the World Quilt. This makes an impressive and educational display for your school!
This download includes
- Teacher directions
- Resource links for research
- 12 point student rubric
- Country sign up sheet
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4th - 6th
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Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York ~ Holiday Play ~ Christmas Concert
I have created a play out of the Movie "Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York". There are enough parts for a whole class to participate. This fun loving film is now adapted for a School Christmas Concert, Reader's Theatre or School Play. My students had an absolute blast learning all of their lines, making props, wearing costumes, practicing the songs and so forth. All you need is the perfect cast of children and you're in for a very fun adventure! The play covers all of the highlights of the movie
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1st - 8th
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Favorite Musician Project
This project is a great "get to know you" activity for your students, but may also serve as excellent sub material, given your students will have access to a computer. Students will answer questions regarding their favorite musicians/bands while applying research techniques to create a presentation for the class. This project instructs students to answer specific questions and include pictures to have an organized and visually appealing presentation about a musician of their choice. Due to the r
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6th - 9th
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