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Pbs Learning Media: Nose Ring

For Students 9th - 10th
Video shows tribal people removing their nose ring and prompts students to think about fads and how they know where the line is between fads that are fun and those that are dangerous.
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Bata Shoe Museum: History of Western Footwear Fashions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of Western fashion from this online exhibition of footwear that traces the development of shoes from ancient times through the twentieth century.
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Powerhouse Museum: Electronic Swatchbook of Fashionable Fabrics, 1830 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Powerhouse Museum has collected swatchbooks containing swatches of fabric from the early 1800s through 1923. Click through the swatches to see how fabrics changed over the years.
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Pbs Teachers: Just Desserts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Identify advertising techniques designed to encourage children to overindulge in unhealthy foods. Explore the motives behind advertising and use your knowledge to think critically about ads all around you. Scroll down to "Just Desserts,"...
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Costume Gallery: 20th Century Fashion: Women Fashions: 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore women's fashions in the 1950s. Note: Some external links may not work.