Michelangelo, Who Painted the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Was Born

Michelangelo (1475 - 1564) was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Michelangelo Art
Objectives: Students will learn about the artist Michelangelo and what it was like to paint the Sistine Chapel.
Grade Level: 2-6
Subject: Art, Social Studies
Materials: Paper, Tape, Crayons, Markers, Paint, Brushes, desks, colored pencils etc.
Time Needed: Two 50-minute class periods
Provided by: Hotchalk - The Lesson Plans Page (Author: Audrey)
Link: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtSSMichelangeloSistineChapel26.htm

Victor Hugo, the Author of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, Was Born

Victor-Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was the most important writer of the Romantic movement in France.

Best known for the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame).

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Martin Luther's Reformation in Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Objectives: Students will:
- Compare Martin Luther’s “95 Theses” to satirical elements in Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- Demonstrate ways in which modern society reflects the concerns of both Hugo and Luther.
- Write a letter to the editor about contemporary abuse of power.
Grade Level: 9
Subject: English Language Arts / Social Studies
Time Needed: Four 50-minute class periods
Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Author: Nancy Webber)
Link: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3490

Valentine's Day - Conversation Hearts Lesson Plan

Saint Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines").

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline (conversation hearts), doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Conversation Hearts Ratio Graphing Activity
Objectives:
- create a tally chart to count the different colors of conversation hearts.
- graph a ratio between two colored hearts.
Concepts / Vocabulary: Valentine's Day, conversation hearts, tally chart, ratio
Grade Level: 5
Subject: Valentine's Day / Math
Materials: Different color conversation hearts.
Time Needed: One 50-minute class periods
Provided by: HotChalk (Author: Patty)
Link: http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OMathValentinesDayConversationHeartRatioGraphingActivity5.htm

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) Was Born

Charles Dickens is considered by many the greatest Victorian-era novelist - best known for his A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Philanthropy in A Christmas Carol
Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will:
- analyze Charles Dickens’ writing as a product of his personal experiences.
- identify and explain the theme of philanthropy in A Christmas Carol.
Concepts / Vocabulary: mood, theme, climax, symbolism.
Grade Level: Middle school, grades 6-8
Subject: Language Arts
Materials: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; A Christmas Carol (video ) with George C. Scott
Handouts: 7 teacher aids regarding A Christmas Carol
Time Needed: Thirteen Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Provided by: Learning To Give (Author: Janice Ubels, Hudsonville Christian Schools)
Link: http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit10/lesson3.html

Cancer Day 2010

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth (division beyond the normal limits), invasion (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues), and sometimes metastasis (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood).

These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, and do not invade or metastasize.

Most cancers form a tumor but some, like leukemia, do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is oncology.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Cancer Research
Objectives: Students will understand:
- current statistics on the incidence of cancer,
- basic information about cancer including types, causes, treatments and prognosis,
- cancer research - the need and the human and financial cost.
Grade Level: High School, Grades 9-12
Subject: Medicine
Materials: Internet access; Power Point software.
Time Needed: Two 90-minute periods
Provided by: PBS & MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
Year: 2002
Link: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/health/cancer.html

Vietnam War Ended

The Vietnam War was a Cold War military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from September 1959 to April 1975 when the last U.S. Marines were evacuated from the US embassy in Saigon by helicopter.

The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations.

The Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam" were signed on 27 January 1973, officially ending direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

The main negotiators of the agreement were United States National Security Advisor Dr. Henry Kissinger and Vietnamese politburo member Le Duc Tho; the two men were awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts, although Tho refused to accept it.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Opposing Views on the Vietnam War
Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will understand:

Richard Nixon’s policies concerning the Vietnam War,

the main arguments of Vietnam veterans against the war,

Civilian different opinions regarding the war.

Vocabulary: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, My Lai massacre, precipitate withdrawal, Viet Cong, Vietnamization.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subject: U.S. History
Materials: Access to the Internet; classroom activity sheets: comparing arguments, interview questions
Time Needed: Two class periods
Provided by: Lesson Plan Library (Author: Betsy Hedberg, freelance curriculum writer and teacher.)
Year: 2008
Link: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/vietnam/

Edgar Allan Poe, Father of Detective Fiction, Was Born

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre.

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Lesson Plan Information
Title: Edgar Allan Poe - the Father of Detective Fiction
Objectives: Compare and understand the stories: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe with "The Second Bullet" by Anna Katharine Green.
Grade Level: High school
Subject: Literature
Materials: Two short passages
Time Needed: 1 Hour
Provided by: Local School Directory
Link: http://www.localschooldirectory.com/lesson-plans/id/60