The use of informal language and phrases in our writing and speaking is simply part of our culture. Idioms, slang, understatements, and hyperboles help characterize language by region, time period, and groups of people. Language, though, often benefits from precision, and appropriate word choice helps... Read more »
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In conjunction with their peers and teacher, students will investigate the money trail associated with the "booms and busts" of the oil and gas industry. They will uncover evidence of how the "booms and busts" affect the typical person and the economy. Read more »
The Oil and Gas Industry
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In this lesson, students will create a composition using a limited number of musical elements by selecting from a menu of pitches, dynamics, rhythms, and symbols. Students will then reflect on their experience and engage in a discussion concerning the benefits and drawbacks of musical limitations in... Read more »
Embracing Musical Limitations in Songwriting
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Students will use Wacom tablets to make monochrome images, burn them to transparency paper, and make some shirts and/or bags with them. Students also will watch ICAP interviews with a screen-printing business that prints its own materials and will then reflect on this as a career option. Read more »
Making Silk-Screen Prints Using Transparencies
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This lesson provides context for events leading up to World War ll by focusing on the leadership of four dictators: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Tojo. Students will evaluate how these four leaders contributed to the causes of the war and will later determine what enables leaders to obtain too much... Read more »
Rise of World War II Dictators
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In this lesson, students will create a composition using a limited number of musical elements by selecting from a menu of pitches, dynamics, rhythms, and symbols. Students will then reflect on their experience and engage in a discussion concerning the benefits and drawbacks of musical limitations in... Read more »
Embracing Musical Limitations in Songwriting
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The session aims to answer the question of how technology can be effectively utilized to facilitate authentic learning experiences. It will guide teachers in generating action steps to nurture authentic learning with technology. Participants will explore the essential elements of authentic learning... Read more »
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