"Below you will find several playlists for you and your family to use during our time of distance learning. All the music in the playlists have been recommended by staff and students of Masonville Public School as pieces which provide calm, relaxation, renewal and the opportunity to recharge. Most playlists are between 20-30mins long."
This is an activity to help children develop visual recognition of basic sight word vocabulary at the kindergarten level. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. The words covered are: I, am, can, like, it, and is. This is a simple, quick activity that adds a new dimension to sight word building with the help of the computer.
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This art history video discussion looks at Eva Hesse's "Untitled (Rope Piece)", 1970, rope, latex, string, wire, variable dimensions (Whitney Museum of American Art).
Students read a work of realistic fiction about bullying and gain understanding through writing, Readers Theatre, and discussion.
This art history video discusses the Damien Hirst sculpture, "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living," and issues of interpretation.
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Hundereds of artist studies- examples of their work, brief autobiographies, sections for students to experiment and reflect
This art history video discusses the Historiated capitals from the crossing of the Church of Sant Miquel of the castle of Camarasa (Noguera), early 13th century, stone, 77 x 1.65 x 77.5 cm (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Palau Nacional, Barcelona).
Students will work in groups to visually analyze a work of art and then research what was happening in the time period when the work was made. Students will then discuss what impact their research had on their original perceptions. Students will finally be given background information about the work of art and will discuss how their ideas are different or similar to what they read.
Students will focus on the life and times of the artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. They will also discuss the historical narrative that Turner depicted in his painting "Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters." Students then explore how the Romantic Movement influenced both literature and painting in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Students will observe a watercolor painting that depicts a view of a landmark in a dramatic setting -- "Longships Lighthouse, Lands End" by artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. Then they will experiment with a variety of techniques to create a dramatic setting, such as the scene depicted in Turner's historical narrative watercolor painting. Students will then create their own watercolor of an accident at a landmark using various watercolor techniques.
In this 14-minute video lesson, Sal gives an overview of the cycles of regulation, de-regulation and government in 20th century US capitalism. [History playlist: Lesson 13 of 26]
In this 15-minute video lesson Sal gives an outline of the 1973 Allende Coup in Chile and Pinochet's Junta. [History playlist: Lesson 11 of 26]
This 6-minute video lesson looks at the American Civil War from from Lee's Surrender to Grant to Lincoln's Assassination. [History playlist: Lesson 2 of 26]
This 14-minute video lesson discusses the Bay of Pigs Invasion. [History playlist: Lesson 7 of 26]
This 15-minute video lesson provides an overview Communism and the Marxist-Leninist States. [History playlist: Lesson 5 of 26]
This 19-minute video lesson provides an overview of the Cuban Missel Crisis. [History playlist: Lesson 8 of 26]
This 17-minute video lesson discusses Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia. [History playlist: Lesson 24 of 26]
This 17-minute video lesson covers part 1 of Sal's series on the French Revolution: from the Convocation of the Estates General to the storming of the Bastille. [History playlist: Lesson 14 of 26]
This 16-minute video lesson presents part 2 of Sal's series on the French Revolution. It covers the royals trying to escape, the Champ De Mars Massacre, the Declaration of Pillnitz, and the movement towards becoming a Republic. [History playlist: Lesson 15 of 26]