Your green pages: 55 skill-building activities you can use right now!
Teaching Pre K-8, Oct 2003 by Swartz, Elizabeth
Mystifying Magicians
54 RESEARCH/WRITING October 31 is National Magic Day because it's the anniversary of Harry Houdini's death. Have students research Houdini as well as famous magicians and illusionists such as the Amazing Kreskin, David Blaine, Doug Henning, James Randi, David Copperfield and others. Students can write biographies of the magicians, then compare their lives, training and careers, including the tricks for which each magician is most famous.
Real Magic
55 READING October 26 is the beginning of National Magic Week 2003. Have students read biographies of well-known magicians, as well as books about how to perform magic tricks. Challenge each student to learn at least one trick that can be done with everyday objects such as playing cards, coins or rope, and have them perform their tricks for the class. Then have them read the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, or C.S. Lewis' books about the land of Narnia. Ask the students to compare the magic in those books with the magic tricks they have learned.
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