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Earth, Wind & Water

Is there poetry in the ocean? How can the wind inspire dance? How dramatic can a mountain be? Explore how the earth and weather inform people and the art they create.

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The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Exploring Weather Conditions Through Painting
Students will learn about how weather influences culture, daily life, and mood by examining paintings depicting different types of weather.
Lesson
Hula dancers
Island Breezes: Exploring Hula Dance
A hula dance is a choreographed interpretation of a poetic text, or mele, that tells a story through hand and arm gestures and rhythmic patterns.
Lesson
Mountains
Mountain Creation: A Drama Exploration
After examining a poem about mountain creation from a Native American perspective and watching a scientifically-accurate film about mountain formation.
Lesson
ocean
Oceans: A Sensory Haiku
After exploring a virtual ocean with their five senses, students capture the sensory experience by writing haiku, bringing science and creative writing together as one.
Lesson
The Starry Night
Who Has Seen the Wind?
In this lesson students are introduced to and encouraged to explore characteristics of the wind through poetry and van Gogh’s paintings.
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trees
Trees In Nature And Art
Students will explore the use of trees in paintings and poetry
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Weather Patterns
Weather and Wind
This lesson introduces the expanding and condensing properties of air masses and the unequal heating of Earth as the force behind the wind.
This Day in the Arts
Cave Painting of a Horse
The Writing on the Wall
September 12, 1940: Cave painting are discovered in Lascaux, France
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