December 12 reading ideas
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Explore gingerbread houses, Edvard Munch, and a media workshop. Check the cards for any observances that move by year.
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The history passage gives context for gingerbread, while the companion how-to makes a gingerbread-shaped puppet from paper and craft supplies. Together they offer a reading-and-making connection, but neither passage teaches students to bake or construct an edible gingerbread house.
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Use Food History Reading Passages as related background or for comparison.
Open collectionUse What Is the Best Christmas Cookie? as related background or for comparison.
Read passageRead the gingerbread history to build background before discussing how the treat became part of seasonal traditions.
Read passageFollow the paper-puppet instructions as a safe, non-edible craft extension to the gingerbread theme.
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A short biography introduces Munch and connects his experiences and emotions with his expressive approach to painting.
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Use Art Movements Reading Passages as related background or for comparison.
Open collectionRead about Munch’s life and discuss how artists can use color and composition to communicate a mood.
Read passageTry an expressionist art activity and explain how color and line can communicate emotion.
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Sound Check Day is an informal December 12 occasion, playing on the familiar test phrase “one, two.” Read a fictional sample media-workshop announcement to identify equipment, preparation and roles before recording. Use its school schedule as part of the example text. The printed schedule belongs to the example text; it is not an invitation to an upcoming event.
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Explore this topic through Backstage Theater Reading Passages.
Open collectionExplore this topic through Behind the Mic: Producing a Student Podcast.
Read passageExplore this topic through Behind the Speakers: The Art of Stage Sound Design.
Read passageExplore this topic through Building a Sound Story: A Step-by-Step Guide to Audio Scene Design.
Read passageRead a sample media-workshop notice and identify what its equipment and preparation details help participants do.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
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Christmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Explore themeChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
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Explore gingerbread houses, Edvard Munch, and a media workshop. Check the cards for any observances that move by year.
