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Elementary Black History Month visual arts resources for GATE
Kaleidoscope Lettering Symmetry Project - Designs with Names or Inspiring Words
Kaleidoscope Lettering uses the concepts of bilateral (reflective) symmetry, tessellation, and positive/negative space to transform a name, initials, or an inspiring word into a unique design that looks much more complicated to create than it actually is! This project was so successful and so well-loved by my students that I did it year after year... until I figured out we were doing it the hard way! Here I’m sharing my new and improved method that is faster, easier, and virtually mistake-proof!
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4th - 7th
Wanted: Creature Creator! STEAM Activity for Gifted Students or Enrichment
Your advanced or gifted students and fast finishers will LOVE this S.T.E.A.M. activity integrating Science, Art, and Engineering! Watch your students' creativity ooze as they design an original creature for the New Zoo. Focusing on animal adaptations, this product guides students through the design process of brainstorming, planning, illustrating, labeling, and building. Differentiation made easy- let me do the work for you!
Want a fresh schoolwide enrichment program that's not just for the g
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K - 6th
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Haiku Tunnel Books: Art & Haiku Writing Project using Postcards for Prompts
Tunnel books are unique and fun! A tunnel book is a three-dimensional movable book that you read by looking through it. Originally from the mid-18th century, tunnel books are enjoying new popularity as an art form in their own right. The tunnel books you've seen may look complicated, but I've developed a method that simplifies the process so that students from 3rd or 4th grade and up can be successful making tunnel books of their own. We'll use a postcard as a prompt for writing an original haik
California Missions Overview Informational Reading & Activities
Most information on the California Missions is too detailed, difficult or overwhelming for 4th graders. Our Mission Overview Text is engaging for kids and works as a companion for individual mission projects. This flexible but comprehensive unit works for shorter time frames and includes all necessary background information, a writing assignment based on the text, and a visual arts component suitable for classroom display.Topics covered: Purpose of California missions, construction and locations
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3rd - 7th
PHOTOGRAPHY using iPADS Unit 1 for ART and STEM - 12 lessons Best Seller G3-8
Are you teaching Photography, Art, Digital Technology or STEM, and need an impactful series of lessons that you can teach immediately? All you need is a digital device. Your students will love participating in each of 12 engaging lessons, as they navigate through the digital photography challenges. These lessons are purposely designed for choice and differentiation, while keeping the skills taught consistent across the class, to save your sanity. ⏰ How long will these lessons last me? iPAD PHOT
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3rd - 6th
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California Ranchos Unit Informational Reading Activities Writing Art Project
This California Ranchos Era no-prep unit will give your students an excellent overview of the Mexican Rancho period. Written in a student-friendly and entertaining manner, history will come alive! Student text is included along with 28 text-dependent questions, a writing project and a fun directed drawing art project anyone can do!Topics covered: land grantsdisenos, vaqueroshaciendasfiestas reatas Native Americans during this time periodCalifornia Bank Notesfandangosthe end of the era and more!N
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4th - 6th
Also included in: California Ranchos Informational Reading and Activities & 2 Games Bundle
Black History Civil Rights Leaders Biography Interactive Learning Updated 2023
Try this FREE sample to see more. Help your students learn about important figures in history who helped pave the way for civil rights in America. This digital escape room is a fun and engaging way to learn about these important people. Can they crack the code?Students will learn more about: Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa ParksHarriet TubmanSojourner TruthFrederick Douglass Ruby BridgesEach person includes:a short biography for students to reada short video a puzzle to solve the clue-some puzzles i
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3rd - 8th
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California Missions Poster Project
Students can use this project with any California Mission. Minimal Prep! Students will use higher-level thinking skills to complete. We have included a list of several resource websites for your convenience, but we especially love our own kid-level Mission texts available in our Thank A Teacher store.This 4th grade-geared poster project includes a rubric based on a 100 point scale. Students flex their research skills and their creativity to make this cool poster which doubles as a great display
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3rd - 4th
STEM Black History Challenges
This fun resources will give your STEAM (STEM) challenges for the year a historical "twist"! All the challenges are focused around Black History Greats; there are 15 challenges in all! The African Americans for each challenge are from all areas, such as explorers, athletes, government, scientists, etc.. Your students will have a blast trying to design and build the challenges just like their favorite Black History Greats! Perfect for Black History Month!
The African Americans included are:
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1st - 5th
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Easter Reading Comprehension & Craft | Making Inferences | Spring CSI Mystery
Add a little Springtime differentiation and art to your classroom. Students will love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Bunny BrainteaserThis Springtime Activity is an engaging hands-on workshop that’s super easy to set up. Students start off by reading, Bunny Background: History of the Domesticated Rabbit. Students re-read a CLOSE READ for better comprehension. For the CSI activity, students read, What Happened? and analyze
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Easter Reading Comprehension | Easter Math Activities Escape Room BUNDLE
Black History STEM Activities Civil Rights and February Stem Design Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Civil Rights Monument Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Use your creativity to honor our civil rights heroes and let the STEM adventure be
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3rd - 6th
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February STEM Activities Challenges Valentines Day Party STEM and Close Reading
February STEM and Valentine's Day STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The February STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES that will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun
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3rd - 6th
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15 String Art Designs for Triangles
Directions and sewing pattern template only to sew 15 string art designs based on an equilateral triangle. Easy enough for early grades (with adult supervision) and challenging enough for middle school through adults. You need to supply sewing materials. Great for geometry enrichment or art/math. Fosters hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and ability to follow directions.
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1st - 5th, Not Grade Specific
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Gifted and Talented Unit: Photography Project/ Theme: Emotions
Imagine:Students will brainstorm as many emotions that they can think of. (Fluency) Provided, is a series of 10 photos with no faces. Students must select an emotion that best categorizes each image and record it on the response sheet provided. For example, photos with bright warm colors and a lot of light might represent happiness. Blurry photos might represent confusion, or a photo with a singular object might represent confidence, independence, or lonliness. There is no one right answer t
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4th - 8th
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Black History Month STEM Biography Activities STEM Challenges
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. These historical Black History STEM Challenges will allow you to seamlessly tie together fun STEM challenges with your social studies instruction. Let the STEM adventure begin!Integrating Social Studies into your STEM challenges has never been easier or more relevant. Use the Black History challenge cards to get the kids pumped up for the challenge that is b
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3rd - 6th
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Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
Dog Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Art Project | Word Search
Who doesn't love PUGS?Dive into the history of Pugs with this fun and engaging informational text activity. Students will use reading comprehension, word banks, a quiz, and more to explore the breed's origins and characteristics. This art project is perfect for a dog-themed bulletin board as well!Did you know that National Pug Day is held every October 15? It is one of many dog and cat holidays founded by Colleen Paige and was launched in 2012.The resource is easy to use; just print, gather some
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4th - 7th
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Winter Seasonal Math Craft Multiplying Decimals Gingerbread House
Are you looking for a way to help your students practice adding or multiplying with decimals that is engaging, creative, and just plain fun? Perfect for December, January, February, or the winter months, this Gingerbread math craftivity gives students an exciting way to practice adding and multiplying with decimals (5.NBT.B.7)The task:Chocolate Chip and Joanna Gumdrop help gingerbread families fix up their gingerbread houses to be the house they always dreamed of. The Gingy family has asked for
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5th
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Also included in: Classroom Transformation Kit Bundle - Gingerbread Edition
Beginning of the Year Collage DIGITAL
This is a fun, digital activity that students can work on from home or at school! Students add information reflecting their own personalities and life to create a personalized collage. This is a great getting to know you activity as well as an awesome keepsake for the parents to have! The pdf file is also available for students to complete in the classroom on paper.
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Digital Growing Bundle
Martin Luther King Day Low Prep Activities Depth & Complexity Black History
️Looking for a way to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day or Black History Month with quality, standards-based language arts and social studies activities for your students in grades 4 & up? This set of six different Martin Luther King Day Print-and-Go Activities is just what you're looking for! You'll find Martin Luther King writing prompts (short and long), an original, beautiful short story about the March on Washington to read and analyze, and two original non-fiction pieces to read an
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4th - 8th
STEM STEAM Challenge: Martin Luther King Jr. Edition "I Have a Dream" Challenge
With young students, a balance scale is a great way to physically demonstrate what equality looks like. Using one to balance two different colored cubes can be a great discussion starter for sharing Dr. King's famous dream. In this challenge, students will design, construct, and test their own balance scales using some simple, every day objects.
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-ch
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1st - 4th
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WE WEAR THE MASK POEM & ART | Inside Outside Poem Dunbar BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In this no-prep, easy-to-use unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside character and personality traits, and represent these findings through a self-created mask. This engaging activity turns this abstract concept into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable!This The Mask I Wear Product Includes 12 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:•Pages
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: BLACK HISTORY MONTH ART POETRY PERSONALITY | We Wear the Mask Dunbar
Math & Art Project-Based Learning: Monet, Perimeter, Area,& Metric Measurement
Welcome to Monet Math! This 3 part-project is an interdisciplinary one that combines area, perimeter, metric linear measurement, art history, reading, research, and drawing and design. This investigation began when we posed the questions, “If we were going to design your own garden, how would we design it? What would we plant in our garden? What features would we include in your garden?”This product includes step-by-step directions for investigating Claude Monet, garden planning using centimete
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4th - 6th
Making Inferences with The Golden Rule
Challenge students to identify the theme of the iconic painting The Golden Rule by Norman Rockwell through multiple "readings," close observation of details in the painting, and discussion of the cultural and historical context of the artwork.What's IncludedSlideshow with the Norman Rockwell painting, versions of the Golden Rule from around the world, and a quote about the painting from the artistDiscussion questions with background/support for the teacherDiscussion question cards (for use in ji
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5th - 8th
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