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Curated OER

Superhighway Scholars

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the states of their choice by using Superhighway Scholars website. In this Unites States history lesson plan, students create a collage using information collected about a state of their choosing. This lesson plan provides...
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Curated OER

Modern Messages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the aims of artists working in various contemporary art movements, then create works in a similar art style to convey
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Curated OER

Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students view and discuss Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Students interpret works by Miro, Oldenberg, Cornell and de Vlaminck and discuss how they feel when viewing the pieces.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Contemporary Voices

For Students 9th - 10th
When the Museum of Modern Art acquired a collection of contemporary works from UBS, a financial services firm, it developed an exhibition to show off its new treasures. At this technologically engaging site, full of artist interviews and...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Modern and Contemporary Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Institute's collection of modern and contemporary art is one of the most comprehensive of any museum and includes two icons of 20th-century American art: Grant Wood's American Gothic and Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. The museum has...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition traces the creation of paper and mixed-media works by artists working in various European art centers along six different thematic pathways, such as popular culture, idea-driven conceptual art, protest, and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Contemporary African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition of contemporary African art that pulls together the work of 28 artists from 15 different countries. Read artist biographies, view representative works, and think about two prominent themes that emerge from the collection:...
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PBS

Pbs: Art21: Season 1 Educators' Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Access the resource guide developed to be used in conjunction with the first season of episodes in the acclaimed PBS series "Art:21." Use the guide to introduce students to contemporary art, to learn about individual artists (e.g.,...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Del Corazon: Latino Voices in American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia art exhibit of Latino art that focuses on the work of six contemporary Latino artists. You can read artist biographies and see a gallery of representative works where you learn more about the particular cultural experiences...
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Freer and Sackler Galleries by topics including but not limited to Arts of the Islamic Worlds, Chinese Art, and Contemporary Art. An overview of the collection, online exhibit features, and teacher resources are available.
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: 2005 Exhibitions: Basquiat

For Students 9th - 10th
"Basquiat" was a 2005 exhibition of over 100 works by the American master painter Jean Michel Basquiat at the Brooklyn Museum. This page shows selected works from the exhibit and includes an interactive segment on the exhibit.
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Infinite Island (Contemporary Works of the Caribbean)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Brooklyn Museum, this is the exhibit page for "Infinite Island (Contemporary Works of the Caribbean)", featuring selected images from the exhibit and an accompanying artist statement from the corresponding artist.
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Other

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Other

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At the online home of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art find a variety of ways to view and experience the museum's collections and exhibitions, which focus on visual art from 1945 to the present. Interactive content includes podcasts,...
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Other

Contemporary Arts Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Cincinnati, OH. Founded in 1939, the Contemporary Arts Center is one of the oldest, most active, and most adventuresome museums of contemporary art in the US.
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Other

The Denver Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The main page of the Denver Art Museum.
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Other

Arts Council Collection (London)

For Students 9th - 10th
A major collection of work by twentieth-century and contemporary British artists is open to the public online at this site from the Arts Council Collection. All major British artists are represented, including Francis Bacon, Lucian...
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Universidad De Chile: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; from the University of Chile, South America, this is the main page for the Universities museum of contemporary art, with history, exhibit, and collections informtion.
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Other

Portland Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the Portland Art Museum "plaza" to explore current exhibits and the museum collections, which range from Northwest and Native American art to European and American art, silver, and contemporary art. The Gilkey Center for Graphic...
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Lacma Collections Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This Los Angeles museum offers online exhibits of international art. Focuses include contemporary art and collections from Asia, Europe, Africa and North America.
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: Sol Le Witt: Wall Drawing Retrospective

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience over one hundred of Sol LeWitt's large-scale wall drawings at the MMOCA, spanning the artist's career from 1969 to 2007, installed over three stories of a historic mill building.
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PBS

Art:21: Art in the Twenty First Century

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of award-winning PBS television series "Art:21" opens a window into the world of contemporary art and artists. Includes a lessons library, downloadable educator guides, examples of student-created projects inspired by the...
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Norton Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum is internationally known for its collection featuring 19th and 20th century European and American art, Chinese, contemporary art and photography.