Lesson Plans

How much do we know about Islamic traditions? Students use their understanding to express what they have learned in a be

Give me a B---for Broccoli! Or Berries! Or Bananas! Students share their favorite recipes for healthy foods with classma

Let creativity soar by building a hot-air balloon replica.

Study the architecture of government buildings then create a suspended bas relief sculpture.

To the rescue on land or sea! Put out the fire! Deliver heavy cargo! Design a 3-D model helicopter and discover how they

Every day has starting and ending points. What time does school begin? What time is soccer practice over? The opening an

How are sounds made? How is sound volume measured? Explore decibels and levels of loudness.

How to choose a healthy array of fruits and veggies every day? Pick several bright colors! Fix them in tasty new ways, t

Create your OWN star and share what YOU can do that makes you special!

Do you have a dream? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did and he wrote about it in his famous speech in 1963. Commemorate his

How can friends help each other? Explore opportunities to share while learning about human differences and similarities.

Find out how chunks of ice break away from glaciers - a natural process called calving.

Create fun and imaginative artwork based on idioms!

What would you do if you were a national leader? Invite students to imagine themselves as the head of a government.

Make a modern day reference to an old style of art with this illuminated manuscript based on a children's book. Students

Where do children feel most at home? Children identify and represent settings where they feel comfortable and cozy.

How do animals blend in with their surroundings? Their coats and feathers help them survive. Use your imagination to imi

Ever try impasto? Famous artists including Rembrandt and van Gogh used this 3-D technique! Create bold paintings with Cr

Make decorative discs by pressing shapes into Crayola® Air-Dry Clay. The possibilities for making detailed impressions a

Students work in groups to create a detailed diorama about the book Pictures of Hollis Woods.

Find out about the Hindu festival of Janmashtami and the nine masquerades of Vishnu.

Travel to India to learn about the invincible Durga. Her strength and regal beauty are celebrated by Hindus each fall.

Learning how to add two or more numbers? This appealing, child-made board game integrates, math, science, and the visual

All systems are GO! Discover human anatomy from the inside out with these see-through illustrated diagrams of the human

Look into the digestive system as you imagine what happens to your favorite foods after you eat them.

What do family members or neighbors remember about the "olden days" or their home countries? Find out in an oral history

Bring some extra culture into your LA program by basing this on a literature selection with an extra focus on a time and

How do people communicate when the landscape is as barren and forbidding as Arctic tundra? Make a stone message board In

What do all inventors have? Creativity! Form a team to design an invention that could change the world.

Styles go in and out of fashion. Take a closer look at another time period and recreate a once-fashionable look in eyewe

Do strangers sometimes recognize you simply because you look like your brother, mother, or cousin? Words belong to famil

The animal sound effects from “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale” by Verna Aardema really resona

Laughter erupts as students learn the differences between literal and figurative language by illustrating common idioms.

Visit the Ivory Coast of West Africa! Join the Senufo people to create a dramatic, less messy version of traditional mud

Storytelling meets visual arts in the style of Jacob Lawrence, African American artist and storyteller.

Recreate the beauty of precious jade in a flower blossom! Sculpt a lotus, the symbol of an open mind in many Asian cultu

What's the secret of the Japanese Crane fable? Explore Asian literature with feathers in this cut-paper project.

The art of Japanese painter Sakai Hoitsu inspires original decorative paintings of flowers and plants.

Celebrate Hina Matsuri Day along with Japanese girls on March 3. This elaborate, traditional doll display will captivate

Take a familiar idea and Jazz It Up to discover new ones. Using Jazz as inspiration, students explore the creative power

Jeremy is a little boy who never leaves his room until the demanding monster he draws to entertain himself forces him to

In Medieval times, a jester’s job was to make people laugh. Create your own jovial jester. Your friends and family are s

What jobs could you do in your classroom? Submit your personalized applications in boxes that advertise the opportunitie

What took nearly 3 years to travel from Washington, D.C., to Galveston, Texas? Celebrate Juneteenth with a replica of Li

Instead of weaving over and under, draw it with Crayola® Washable Markers! Bold and colorful textile patterns from Ghana

Create a mailbox for kind thoughts. Express appreciation for acts of kindness with notes. There’s even space for "grumpi

Lions are awesome animals! With Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils, draw one of these regal creatures, partially hidden b

Fascinated with medieval knights? Put on imaginary armor to recreate epic art depicting the English Middle Ages. A gilde