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Critical thinking art unit plans
Elements of Art Bundle, 60 Art Lessons, Projects and Activities for the Year
60 Lessons on the 7 Elements of Art for your students! Students will learn and create artworks for color, value, shape & form, line, texture, and space! Teach the Elements of Art to your artastic classroom. 60 lessons can last ALL YEAR! Learn a variety of techniques and apply the elements to art projects or sketchbook work. #artteachersoftpt________________________________________________________________This Art Lesson is included in the Artastic Collective Membership.The Artastic Collective
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6th - 9th
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State Report Editable Template - Informational Report Writing Research Project
Looking for an organized way to help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports? The research project includes a student-written example, editable student directions, research pages, writing pages, and an editable rubric. Everything you need to teach and organize this social studies unit is included in this time-saving unit!It includes: A Student Written State Report ExampleList of States (I pull sticks and let the kids choose. This is my checklist.)Student Directions
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4th - 6th
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End of the Year Activities Camping Theme for Last Week of School Camp Days
Our week-long End-of-Year Camping Theme unit is a fun way to end the year! Get ready for a classroom transformation! With engaging activities like an all about me worksheet, camp games, and more where students enjoy camping days while teachers can use the time for work at school. Keep kids engaged while creating memorable adventures during this unforgettable end-of-year camp experience!⭐️ Be sure to open up the preview to see what is inside.Key Features In This Week Long Camp Themed Unit:✓ Daily
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1st - 3rd
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Writing & Creating a Children's Book; Complete Project Grades 6 - 9 - 12 - Adult
Creating a Children’s Book – Complete Project Grades 6 - 9 – 12 – University – Adult, is an exceptional journey by which students will research, strategize and use technology, critical thinking and art to make a complete and professional picture book. This project will be fun. It will also be challenging and by the time it is finished, students will definitely understand more about the picture book industry, the types of books that sell, how a book is actually put together, and how many decision
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Chinese New Year 2024 - Lunar New Year 2024
Chinese New Year 2024 - The Year of the Dragon - Lunar New Year Activities - These Chinese New Year crafts, printables and fact slides are high interest and appropriate for your younger students. It includes facts about Chinese lanterns, the practice of exchanging Red Envelopes (red packets), Chinese dragon parade, Chinese lion dance and zodiac animals. This unit includes three different Chinese New Year crafts. Included in the download is the Lunar New Year version. The same pages are inclu
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K - 2nd
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
High School Art Curriculum Art Lesson Plans, Projects Painting, Drawing, AP® Art
Do you need an art curriculum for high school art? This art curriculum pack includes art lesson plans, art projects, worksheets, guides, and more. Get everything you need to teach every single day of the year in 5 different visual art courses with this comprehensive BUNDLE. That’s 4 years of art projects for high school students where you do not need to play even a single day! With over 2500 pages of art lesson plans, PowerPoints, handouts, critique sheets, rubrics, and so much more, you can st
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Classroom Debate Unit for Grades 4-7
This Let's Debate Mini-Unit is intended to support 4th - 7th grade teachers and students as they prepare to participate in class debates, both as actual debaters and as stakeholder audience members. This engaging activity can be used in many subject areas, and is a great culminating task for any unit. Perfect for that upcoming teacher evaluation you may have coming up!This four day unit includes:► Detailed lesson plans spanning four days► List of suggested topics► Schedules and templates► Deba
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4th - 7th
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Grade 5 Social Studies Ontario - Indigenous Peoples & The Impact of Europeans
Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies Teachers do you need to teach all about the history of Indigenous Peoples and the impact of Early European Explorers in what would eventually be known as Canada. Then check out this comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Strand A of the Ontario Social Studies 2020 curriculum.This inquiry-based unit will allow your students to have more flexibility and choice in their learning to cover learning expectations and spark an interest in this topic.This unit is designed t
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5th
Intermediate Photography Art Unit
This thorough photography unit is an excellent way to introduce students to some basics! Perfect for middle school students. The emphasis is on exploring different photo compositions and challenges rather than equipment. The whole unit is possible to do with nothing more than a smartphone. Designed originally for distance and virtual learning but also works great for face-to-face!Unit Includes: Key terms Example photos Photography challenges Alternate photography challenges Extension activities
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6th - 12th
*Introduction to Art Curriculum for Middle School Art or High School Art
Looking for a comprehensive visual art curriculum for middle or high school students? Look no further than this visual art curriculum This course is jam-packed with classroom management tools, engaging lessons, creative projects, fun worksheets, and more to keep your students inspired and motivated throughout the school year. The full scope and sequence chart makes it easy to implement.With everything you need for a year-long or semester-long course, this curriculum includes 15 quality projects
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6th - 12th
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Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT
Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl
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3rd - 6th
Film Studies: Full Semester HS Course Curriculum & Presentation Materials
As an undergraduate, I took a few film courses and absolutely loved it. In graduate school, I studied screenplay writing and made a living for a few years writing social media content and making short promotional-type films. Then I became a teacher with the hope of *really* getting to kick back and enjoy some quality writing in all of my spare time (ha!) .Ah well. My loss is the world's gain.Flash forward to a few years ago, and I had the opportunity to pitch a new elective course at the high sc
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Self Portrait Grid Drawing Unit Face Proportions Lesson Value Visual Art Project
This unit plan contains everything you need to teach students how to create a self-portrait using the grid method. This is an excellent beginner visual art lesson for students and helps to build confidence in their drawing skills! This unit teaches students how to draw face proportions correctly and how to use the grid method for drawing. For this project, students create a 16"x20" self-portrait based on their 8"x10" photo. You can adjust the dimensions and requirements for this project based on
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6th - 12th
Mystery Genre Study Unit - Read, Write & Think Like a Detective Activities
Read, write, and think like a detective! Bulk up your mystery genre study with inference activities, short stories, writing projects, secret codes, observation, logic puzzles, fingerprinting, and invisible ink! This unit is guaranteed to engage your third, fourth, or fifth grade students.Open the previews to take a closer look at all resources.Read Like a DetectiveEight inference activities and five short detective stories help kids build critical thinking and deduction skills. These literature
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3rd - 5th
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Elements of Art: Line, Art Lessons, Projects and Activities
10 Lessons on the Element of Art: Line for your students! Students will learn and apply the elements of art through a variety of instructional and informational lessons and worksheets! Learn a variety of techniques and apply the element to art projects or sketchbook work.________________________________________________________________This Art Lesson is included in the Artastic Collective Membership. The Artastic Collective Membership offers a community, virtual Q+A’s and meet-ups, and art lesso
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6th - 9th
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Wonder Crafts, Activities and Pennants
Wonder Novel Study - These Wonder Activities are perfect to accompany your Wonder novel study of Wonder by RJ Palacio or We Are All Wonders Book. Included in this Wonder packet for your younger students are several writing response pages, a Wonder Art piece (Wonder Craft), some activities to focus on kindness, and pennants to for your students to color and display that spell your choice of "WONDER" or "We're ALL WONDERS". Your students will love completing these activities.Included in this Wo
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K - 4th
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Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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James and the Giant Peach Book Companion: A Mega Resource Pack
**Enhance Your Roald Dahl Unit with the Ultimate James and the Giant Peach Resource Pack! Perfect for Independent Readers, Small Groups, and Whole Class Learning.**If you're seeking an all-inclusive companion to Roald Dahl's captivating tale, look no further than our mega resource pack for "James and the Giant Peach." Designed to engage students reading the book independently, in small groups, or as a cohesive class, this pack guarantees an unforgettable literary journey.**What's Included:**- **
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2nd - 4th
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AP Art & Design Portfolio Assignments Sustained Investigation & Selected Works
Unlock your students' creativity and boost their chances of scoring high on their AP Art & Design Portfolio with this comprehensive high school art pack! This AP Art & Design Studio Art product is perfect for high school art teachers looking to provide their students with engaging and challenging assignments that showcase their skills and talents. Whether your students are pursuing AP Art or simply want to build a standout art portfolio, this product is the ultimate resource for achievin
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10th - 12th
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Ontario Grade 4 Social Studies - Early Societies Full Year Complete Inquiry Unit
This complete unit is designed to meet the Ontario Grade 4 Curriculum for Early Societies. Everything you need from start to finish to teach your students history in fun and engaging ways. Help your students learn more about early societies and ancient civilizations from around the world between 500BCE to 1500 CE. This is a complete unit that uses engaging activities, hands-on learning, differentiated instruction and inquiry based learning projects all throughout the unit. Help your student
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4th
Advertising and the Media Bundle - Printable and Google Slides
Teach students to critically analyze advertisements with this comprehensive Advertising and the Media Unit Bundle complete with assessment! Ready-to-go tasks, lessons, fact sheets, QR Code fun and more! Newly updated October 2020. Printable and Google Slides versions included! This bundle includes 2 versions of my best-selling Advertising and the Media resource! You will receive both the printable and Google Slides version in this bundled download. Perfect for hybrid teaching contexts! Please
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4th - 7th
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library - a complete novel study
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. It contains several interactive activities that engage students in critical thinking. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts, and it aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, decoding new words, predicting, critical thinking, analyzing, understan
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5th - 8th
A Wrinkle in Time: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award Winning book, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into three segments: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, and Cha
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5th - 9th
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