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Artistic voices shine in every medium, letting creativity take center stage! Learners express themselves through music, theater, visual art, design, and performance. It’s all about exploring feelings, telling stories, and making something meaningful!

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How to Look at Dance

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

How to Look at Dance

ArtsConnection

9 - 12

1 Hour 30 Minutes

In this activity, students will practice discussing dance, by first observing and describing ordinary everyday movements. Then, students will apply a critical framework to describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate dances. Students will write a four-sentence dance review; the same process can be used to review modern dance, hip hop, culturally specific dance, and more.

Dance is found in every culture and time period and is evolving all the time. The goal of this lesson is to demystify the discussion and vocabulary about dance through simple observation, description, guided analysis, and freely interpreting everyday activities. Knowledge of any particular dance technique is not needed for this activity.

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Designer Paragraphs (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Designer Paragraphs (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students use specific words as prompts to write an introduction or scene for a short story. Then, they present and discuss their work with the group.

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Twisted Fairy Tales

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Twisted Fairy Tales

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students read an alternative version of Cinderella and compare and contrast the various versions of the story.

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Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

OregonASK

3 - 12

1 Hour

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

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Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity students brainstorm and choose a name and logo for their invention.

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Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Arts in Action

Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students in grades 3-5 are familiar with completing school assignments of varying difficulty and complexity. They recognize that some assignments are easy to complete, others take an extra effort or revision to get right, and some involve many trials and failures before finally achieving success. In this activity, students discover that the same range of efforts are necessary in the business world, too. They model the job of finding cover photos for 3 books, each to satisfy a different client ,and discover how the opinions and feedback of a client affect a task.

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Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

OregonASK

6 - 8

30 Minutes

In this activity, students brainstorm names and logos for their developed prototypes.

This activity is part 5 of 6 in a series. Start with “Farm to Table 1: Prototype Brainstorm”, “Farm to Table 2: Prototype Selection”, “Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build”, “Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify”. To take this activity one step further, continue on to“Farm to Table 6: Prototype Presentation.”

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Create Your Own Ending

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Create Your Own Ending

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Dance, Music, and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Dance, Music, and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Students use their hands, their bodies, and the floor in front of them to tap out rhythms. They also use simple percussion instruments to create more sounds. This activity shows that music and rhythm can be created anywhere and anytime, with no special equipment necessary.

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Play Dough Pictionary

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Play Dough Pictionary

Foundations, Inc.

K - 5

45 Minutes

Take traditional Pictionary to a new dimension! Practice fractions and measurement to make your own play dough. Then, use the dough to sculpt clues to a partner or team.

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Roll Out the Snakes!

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Roll Out the Snakes!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Rolling out clay coils is a great way to create a snake. Children create their own snakes from clay and decorate them with geometric shapes and patterns.

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Create A Cardboard Self-Portrait

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Create A Cardboard Self-Portrait

Rediscover Center

K - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will use creative reuse materials to create self-portraits.

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How to Look at Dance

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

How to Look at Dance

ArtsConnection

9 - 12

1 Hour 30 Minutes

In this activity, students will practice discussing dance, by first observing and describing ordinary everyday movements. Then, students will apply a critical framework to describe, analyze, interpret, and evaluate dances. Students will write a four-sentence dance review; the same process can be used to review modern dance, hip hop, culturally specific dance, and more.

Dance is found in every culture and time period and is evolving all the time. The goal of this lesson is to demystify the discussion and vocabulary about dance through simple observation, description, guided analysis, and freely interpreting everyday activities. Knowledge of any particular dance technique is not needed for this activity.

Discover Activity

Designer Paragraphs (Grades 6-8)

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Designer Paragraphs (Grades 6-8)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students use specific words as prompts to write an introduction or scene for a short story. Then, they present and discuss their work with the group.

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Twisted Fairy Tales

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Twisted Fairy Tales

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students read an alternative version of Cinderella and compare and contrast the various versions of the story.

Discover Activity

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Making Comics Part 4: Sequential Panels with Action

OregonASK

3 - 12

1 Hour

Comic Panels show the story as it unfolds. Students pencil a story in a four-panel strip.

This is part 4 of 7 in a series. Provide context by first facilitating Making Comics Parts 1-3, and then afterward, Making Comics Parts 5-7.

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Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Amazing Bodies! 5: Prototype Naming

OregonASK

6 - 8

1 Hour

In this activity students brainstorm and choose a name and logo for their invention.

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Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Arts in Action

Satisfying a Client: Finding Cover Photos

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students in grades 3-5 are familiar with completing school assignments of varying difficulty and complexity. They recognize that some assignments are easy to complete, others take an extra effort or revision to get right, and some involve many trials and failures before finally achieving success. In this activity, students discover that the same range of efforts are necessary in the business world, too. They model the job of finding cover photos for 3 books, each to satisfy a different client ,and discover how the opinions and feedback of a client affect a task.

Discover Activity

Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

Arts in Action, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Farm to Table 5: Prototype Naming

OregonASK

6 - 8

30 Minutes

In this activity, students brainstorm names and logos for their developed prototypes.

This activity is part 5 of 6 in a series. Start with “Farm to Table 1: Prototype Brainstorm”, “Farm to Table 2: Prototype Selection”, “Farm to Table 3: Prototype Build”, “Farm to Table 4: Prototype Test & Modify”. To take this activity one step further, continue on to“Farm to Table 6: Prototype Presentation.”

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Create Your Own Ending

Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action

Create Your Own Ending

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In this creative and imaginative activity, students will be reading a story together, pausing before the ending, and writing their own of the story. Then, students will hear the author's ending of the story.

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Dance, Music, and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Dance, Music, and Rhythm (Grades K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Students use their hands, their bodies, and the floor in front of them to tap out rhythms. They also use simple percussion instruments to create more sounds. This activity shows that music and rhythm can be created anywhere and anytime, with no special equipment necessary.

Discover Activity

Play Dough Pictionary

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Play Dough Pictionary

Foundations, Inc.

K - 5

45 Minutes

Take traditional Pictionary to a new dimension! Practice fractions and measurement to make your own play dough. Then, use the dough to sculpt clues to a partner or team.

Discover Activity

Roll Out the Snakes!

Arts in Action, Stories and Perspectives

Roll Out the Snakes!

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Rolling out clay coils is a great way to create a snake. Children create their own snakes from clay and decorate them with geometric shapes and patterns.

Discover Activity

Create A Cardboard Self-Portrait

Arts in Action, Belonging and Community

Create A Cardboard Self-Portrait

Rediscover Center

K - 12

45 Minutes

In this activity, students will use creative reuse materials to create self-portraits.

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Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.