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Curated OER

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Shemini Atzeret-Simhat Torah

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Jewish traditions through Jewish art. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students research art by Moshe Rynecki, Chaim Goldberg and Emmanuel Levy. Students replicate the artistic styles in their own pieces.
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Unit Plan
National Library of France

National Library of France: Books of the Word: The Torah, the Bible, the Koran

For Students 9th - 10th
Sacred texts--the Torah, the Bible, and the Koran--have been interpreted through artistic mediums since the founding of their respective faiths. This online exhibit provides images of sacred texts through the ages as well as pieces of...
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Graphic
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: World Religions in Art

For Students 9th - 10th
At World Religions in Art, the world's major religions--Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism--serve as lenses through which artistic production is examined in terms of its subject matter, sources of inspiration, meaning,...
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Activity
Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jewish Museum presents a virtual array of artwork focused on Jewish immigration to the United States. Classroom activities are provided in conjection with art pieces.
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Lesson Plan
Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum: Jewish Holidays [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Resources created for elementary and middle-school teachers, but adaptable for high school teachers, connecting works of art in the Jewish Museum to Jewish holidays. Each work of art has links for information about the art, information...
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Other

Chicago Public Art Group: Techniques of Community Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
Street murals in California, and the cultural influences on these murals are presented here. Murals dating back to the 1970s are examined as well as mural techniques.