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Lesson Plans by Grade Level
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= Science
= Language Arts
For All Ages
MHC Lesson plans=
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Lower Elementary (Grades K – 2)
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= Math
= Social Studies
Various ages, ways to make interesting maps
Grade 2-3, Learn vocabulary words through movement
Various ages, interesting ways to do book reports
Various ages, interesting ways to learn multiplication
Various ages, visual arts and science
Grade 1, visual arts and science
Grades K-2, Learn geometry and symmetry
Various ages, visual arts and science
Grade K-2, My Neighborhood
Upper Elementary (Grades 3 – 5)
Grade 3, Mime and vocabulary
Grade 3-5, Learn about Civil Rights movement thru music and video
Grade 4, Writing songs using metaphor and simile
Grade 4, Learn vocabulary words using well-known music
Grade 4, Learn to distinguish 1st/3rd person in literature
Grade 3-5, Learn about the Rock art of the Anazasi and create your own
Grade 3-5, Learn about the aftermath of salvery.
Middle School (Grades 6 – 8)
Grade 6-8, Read about the Detroit River and create artwork
Grade 3-5, Learn about the downtown Detroit and architecture.
Grade 3-5, Learn about the University's history and write your story
Grade 8, Memories, Engineering, History
High School (Grades 9 – 12)
Grade 6-8, Learn about the spoken word poetry and create/perform
Grade 6-8, Unity in inauguaration poem
Middle School and up, Learn make tessellations through language arts, math and visual art
Middle School and up, Create paper Icosahedrons
Middle School and up, Recite Shakespeare like the great actors!
Middle School and up, The Boston Massacre through primary sources.
Middle School and up, Visual arts and anatomy
Middle School and up, Visual arts and history, philosophy, and literature
High School, Blackout Poetry
High School, Hurricane Katrina and Graphic Novels
High School, Creative Writing
High School, Black History and Writing
High School, Detroit History and art
High School, Poetry and identity
High School, Using comic books to teach language arts
High School, Using the work of Shostakovich to teach WWII
High School, Use illustration to learn all about botanicals
High School, Through Shakespeare's drama, learn about the Renaissance
High School, More on Shakespeare
High School, Exploring the creativity of Renaissance scientists
High School, History of Belle Isle, Leaf identification, and Printmaking
High School, What does feeling invisible mean?