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8th grade Martin Luther King Day dance resources for Microsoft Word
I Have a Dream Speech Analysis Discussion Guide
This speech analysis discussion guide highlights the rhetorical devices used by King with margin annotations and correlating color coded lines underlined in the text. I use this key to show the students, "How did the author say it?" (a common core step when doing close and critical reading). Using this activity helps the students understand the speech better and helps them with evaluating what King was saying.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Selma - Movie Guide
This seven page download includes 45 thought provoking questions, which are intended to help your students stay focused as they view the 2014 film "Selma," starring David Oyelowo. This is a great fit for a unit on the Civil Rights, or the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. An answer key was added 7/24/2015.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Ontario Drama and Dance Rubrics
Rubrics include success criteria and learning goals. This can be modified to fit any grade.
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PreK - 8th
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Hidden Figures: A Book Study
Hidden Figures is the "untold true story of four African American women who helped launch our nation into space." This book study uses the young readers' edition, but can be adapted to other versions. It includes questions and vocabulary for each chapter as well as introductory research topics. This book is a great companion for almost any class and topic- it has math, physics, and history. Use it to teach about civil rights and science!I read it with my high school seniors and they loved the b
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5th - 12th
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Green Screen Stop Motion Animation to Show Movement over Art
This lesson plan has is for creating stop motion animation with green screen with your students to help them demonstrated movement over their artwork of the same theme. (View the lesson where we created a painting demonstrating movement from figures.) This extends the learning from physical to digital. The lesson has links to all the resources you will need to build your green screen stop motion stations, what apps to purchase for your iPads, a video to introduce the lesson to your students, as
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Dance Research Project
This researched based assignment is used as a summative for the Dance portion of Health and Physical Education. The 4 page document includes: - A detailed outline of the assignment including success criteria - A list of dance genres that students can choose from to research, present and perform for the assignment - Step-by-step instructions broken down into 3 parts - A rubric for assessment I did this assignment with my grade 7's and they absolutely loved it! Seeing as not all students get excit
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6th - 8th
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Writing Your Own Rap Lesson Plan
This 15 page project guide includes step by step instructions to create your own rap songs with your students. Aimed at grades 7 - 9, this project is aligned to the Saskatchewan Arts Ed curriculum and can be easily aligned to all other state or province requirements. Includes teacher notes, step-by-step lesson outlines for the teacher and all student handouts including peer and self assessments and performance checklist guides. Your students will go from creating a topic word web to composing rh
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4th - 9th
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The Butler - Movie Guide
The Butler is a film based on the life of Eugene Allen, who worked as a waiter and butler in the White House for 34 years. He started working in the White House in 1952 and retired in 1986 (as the head butler). This discussion guide is made up of 50 questions and is intended to help make viewing the film more meaningful for your students.
Grades:
7th - 12th
15: A Quinceañera Story: HBO Questions in ENGLISH: Cuba, Guatemala, México & EUU
28 questions for all 4 short documentary films. BEST DOCUMENTARY ON QUINCEANERAS. Finally something new and contemporary that students can relate to. Product is editable to increase or decrease the rigor of the questions. Rated G.Initial release: August 25, 2017Runtime: 110 minutesDirectors: Matthew O'Neill, ThalÃaProducers: Matthew O'Neill, Xochitl Dorsey, ThalÃaNominations: Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's ProgramsKeywords: Cotillion, immigration, quinces
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Movie Guide THE HELP and Jim Crow Presearch Activity
This movie guide comes with a separate "presearch" activity for students to complete in advance of viewing the film THE HELP in order to understand what Jim Crow laws were and how they limited African-American's civil rights in many areas. Students complete the webquest the day before viewing the film THE HELP to discover and discuss these laws. The actual movie guide contains 27 questions that accompany the film in chronological order and 3 topics for discussion. Plan 3-4 days to complete the
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Movie Guides: Racial Justice
Evolution of Dance Assignment
This is an easy all in one, one page download with a dance assignment and checklist. Simply print it off for your students, give them time, and use the same page to assess. It combines inquiry and creativity as students are required students to use space, body, time, and research skills to create an dance that shows how dance has evolved in the last 100 years. Kids absolutely LOVE this dance assignment!
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4th - 10th
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Dance Dance Dance!
Have fun teaching dance to any age group! This booklet provides the K-12 teacher different types of dances that are not only easy to do and teach, but fun as well! This booklet also has fun creative dance ideas and alternatives to dance that will help you meet curriculum requirements! Dances included are Roger Robot, the Hamsterdance, Swing, Gangnam Style, Don't Mind, JuJu on that Beat, Circle Dances, and others!. Also included are rubrics to help grading the older students in dances like swing
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K - 12th
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African Culture: Music and Dance
This engaging activity will have your students out of their seats as they work together to produce polyrhythmic music and then use two brief video lessons to attempt basic African dance moves. At the end, students watch two brief video clips of African toddlers dancing with the isolated body motions that the class just struggled to imitate. The form and function of music and dance in Africa are completely different from European-based cultures. So, the lesson provides valuable insights into c
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8th - 12th
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Dance Assignment + Alternative Assignment (without dancing)
I like to teach dance in December as it is a crazy month. So I call our dance classes Dancember! However, this assignment can be given at any time of the year.This file is easy to edit and contains the two dance assignments I use for my classes.1. Use this assignment to assess students in dance using the elements of dance to create their own Just Dance Video. Included: Assignment instructions, Response sheet, Rubric, Self and Peer Evaluations.2. Use this assignment for students who are not able
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3rd - 10th
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Identity Dances Mini-Unit
This package includes everything you need to teach students about how to create a dance based on identity! Each lesson includes detailed descriptions on how to lead each lesson and activity, so it is even great for sub plans! It can also be easily adapted to suit many different grade levels. These lesson plans are not formatted into formal lesson plans so there are no curriculum standards or rubrics attached, but it does align with the Arts Ed curriculum in Saskatchewan, Canada.
This bundle wi
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5th - 8th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Webquest
The assignment contains 27 questions about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Students will watch a three-minute video clip and use an internet article to answer the questions. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *Great lesson plan!*The assignment is designed for grades 4-8*The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Topics: MLK's Early Life Reasons for the Civil Rights MovementNon-viole
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4th - 8th
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LIP-SYNC PROJECT - DRAMA
This activity includes a rubric and guidelines for students to perform a Lip-Sync Project. Students can be enrolled in Drama class (really any level of knowledge) or Music class.
ACTIVITY: Students choose an appropriate song, and for this rubric up to 3 people may perform one song and receive credit, if ALL performers are singing throughout the entire song.
RUBRIC: This activity also includes a rubric as to how the lip-sync will be graded on the following criteria:
1) Time / Timing (min
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5th - 12th
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Talent Show Audition Rubric
The ultimate audition tool for Talent Shows.
Teacher or Student Assessors can easily show why a student act was or was not chosen to be included in a Talent Show, using a quick and easy rubric. Provides documentation and accountability for teachers and feedback for improvement to the students who auditioned.
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6th - 12th
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No Prep Drama / Dance / End of Year Lip Sync Battle Assignment
This assignment is all laid out and ready to go. It will guide your students through a class lip sync battle which is a fun and hilarious addition to a dance/ drama program and suitable for pretty much all ages.
*Notes- This assignment only works if you have technology that connects to the internet as each group will need at least one device to connect to YouTube (or another music-sharing website). I find that enough kids have cell phones now that we had more than enough.
*Having a class wit
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3rd - 10th
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Mask Making in Drama
Working with masks in drama is an essential skill for students to experience. Making their own masks is fun and with this lesson, revealing. Have students make their own masks according to the criteria listed below and see what amazing results you will obtain. Once the masks are created, have students wear them and reveal to the class more about themselves. Some of the most amazing results I have ever seen in my drama class.
Enjoy,Laurie
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7th - 12th
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Black History Month Martin Luther King Jr MLK Discovery Channel Video Sheet
Video Viewing Question sheet (with answers) that will help students actively watch the Discovery Channel show "Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Movement"A great video that is both interesting and informative, less than 30 minutes long makes for a perfect MLK Day history lesson. Viewing sheet can be graded or collected to keep students watching the video. Questions are written in order that they will be viewed during the show.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVbs0RVm6E8or connect to my Y
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4th - 12th
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Start a Talent Show at Your School (RECENT UPDATE- LOWER PRICE)- top seller
Start a talent show at your school. Included in this download are all the documents you can edit to, within minutes, create a talent show. These documents have been used and tweaked for the last 10 years to provide the optimal set of requirements for a smooth talent show that even the most skeptical principal will agree to. Included documents are: the sign up form, a rubric for the judges to initially bring the total amount of acts down to 25, the "congratulations" letter for those students w
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K - 12th
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Martin Luther King Jr. Webquest
The assignment contains 31 questions about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Students will use an internet article to answer the questions. The webquest is designed for upper-middle and high school students. I have included an answer key. Please message me if you have any questions. *Great lesson plan! *The document can be uploaded to your website or Google Drive; however, please make sure it is password protected. Topics/Key Vocabulary:Civil Rights Movement Goals of MLK Peaceful protest Montgo
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7th - 11th
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Also included in:Â American History Webquest Bundle (1877-2001)
Reader's Theater -- News of Ruby Bridges
This small group reader's theater is for 4 students. The names are girls but could be changed to include boys. This story is about Ruby Bridges told from the perspective of children living during that time. It was written for Black History Month. Most of my students have never heard of the people we study during this month. This is why I place such an emphasis on heroes of this caliber. I tie in their fluency study with history. It makes it both fun and educational. If you want more of these, th
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3rd - 9th
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