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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Sidewalk Capers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The objective of this lesson plan is for students to, "explore spatial relationships by determining the area of various shapes and creating tessellation patterns." Using a variety of hands-on activities, students apply concepts of...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Plant Inspector

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will provide a verbal and visual description of plants that are close their homes. The pictures can be published online.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Favorite Place in Nature

For Students Pre-K - K
As an extension to the "Favorite Place in Nature" episode of PBS Kids' Plum Landing, students will draw a picture to communicate a message about their favorite outdoor place. Students will draw on the site's blank canvas and then publish...
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PBS

Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A geometry lesson plan that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages young scholars in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson plan that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts...
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PBS

Pbs: They Drew Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the military and civilian artists who captured WW II in art at their personal peril.
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Hanover College

Hanover College: Images of Romantic Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hanover College History offers several excellent images of Romantic Art. The site provides the year each one was created.
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Ur Camelot Project: Sources for Arthur Legends

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource includes listings for general Arthurian studies, journals, Arthurian names, bibliographies, overviews and studies of particular periods or genres, Arthurian art and music, and related websites.
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Major Artists of Dada

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to artists who were very influential to the movement of dada.
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They, the People

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a lengthy description of Fernand Leger's works and their possible meanings, with some biographical details.
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Architectonic Research: Meso American Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief outline of the Meso-american time periods. The major architectural sites are shown from the time periods.
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Maya Ruins

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on a location map, this site gives you information and images of Mayan archaeological sites. There is also a time line of architectural styles that links to the sites of each style.
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Spanish arts.com: Murillo

For Students 9th - 10th
SpanishArts.com offers paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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Spainarts: Ribera, Jose De

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Spainarts. Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
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History of Gothic Architecture Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers over 30 pictures of different views of this most famous Chartres cathedral.
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Scotland.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic facts and travel information about Scotland. Information is available about business, community, travel, culture, news, sports, and shopping.
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Tfao: W. Edmondson's Sculptures Gifted to Cheekwood

For Students 9th - 10th
Within this article regarding the donation of several Edmondson sculptures, there is a short biography that details his work.
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Medieval: Hildegard Von Bingen (1098 1179)

For Students 9th - 10th
A discography of Bingen's work accompanied by a brief biography.
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Cupola: Art Nouveau Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on any image to enlarge. There are 2 different galleries at this site. Be sure to see both.
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Tfao: Appleton Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief, yet informative, overview of Lee-Smith's work accompanied by two painting images.
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Other

Andreas.com: Hokusai (1760 1849)

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives a biography of the famous Japanese artist, Hokusai. It discusses his most famous work, "The Great Wave", and other works.
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Other

Personal: Rubbings of the Maya Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides a large collection of rubbings taken from Mayan stelae, etc. Great primary source.
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Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Louvre Museum

Louvre Museum: Imaginary Exhibition: Louis La Caze Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site that describes and depicts paintings from the renown Louis La Caze Collection at the Louvre Museum.
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Native Web: Miguel Andrango, Maestro Del Telar

For Students 9th - 10th
Indigenous artisan, Miguel Andrango, is described as the "master of the loom." Miguel, and others like him in the Andean highlands of northern Ecuador create traditional weavings with the dying method of what is called a backstrap loom....