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Drawing with Thread
After a study of work by Wassily Kandinski, have your aspiring artists recreate "Drawing with Yarn." It was one of his works made in 1913 that demonstrates his abstract style. What a beautiful work of art to make with your class!
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Social Studies, Music, The Blues, Urbanization, and Technology
Enable students to use the blues to explore urbanization, technology, and their effects on everyday life in the 20th century. Musicians were among the large number of people who, between 1914 and 1945, participated in the Great Migration...
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Entertainment and Recreation in the Early Twentieth Century and Today
Eleventh graders research entertainment and recreation in the early twentieth century using primary sources and the book From the Hidewood, by Robert Amerson. They compare the rural experience of the time period to the national...
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History at Work
Students study the history of farm machinery with a focus on farming in Ireland. In this farming history lesson, students study a picture of a farm object from the early twentieth century and complete a worksheet about the picture....
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Chrononauts Lesson Plans
Students are told that chronanauts is a fascinating, whimsical exploration of time travel, causality, and possibility covering many fascinating and significant events of the last century or so. They work in small groups to create a...
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Historical Presents
Students research events, trends, and phenomena of specific years in the twentieth century, then design "time capsules" to commemorate those years.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap World His: End of Colonialism and Globalization From1950
AP World History Learning module on late twentieth century from the end of colonialism and globalization, 1950 to present.
US National Archives
Nara: Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography
From the National Archives and Records Administration, this online exhibit has galleries of photographs separated by time period showing a history of the United States.
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Henri Cartier Bresson: The Modern Century
Museum-mounted exhibition of the work of French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, whose photographs often document significant episodes in twentieth-century history, such as pre- and postwar Europe, the death of Gandhi, and the rise of...
Other
Lone Star College Kingwood: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
A comprehensive look at life in the twentieth century complete with timelines and photos. Decades are broken down by art and architecture, books and literature, educational movements, fads and fashion, historic events and technology,...
Other
British Pathe [Video Film Archive]
Archive of film and video documentaries and newsreels, 1890 to 1976, with coverage of war, revolution, historical events, people, entertainment, sport, religion, politics, and other subjects.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Louise
The full-text of Somerset Maugham's short story Louise as well as commentary.
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering: Greatest Achievements of the Twentieth Century
A history of the technological innovations of the twentieth century, told with timelines, essays, overviews, and images.
Library of Congress
Loc: Around the World in 1896
Working in groups, students plan, take, and document a trip around the world in 1896 using World's Transportation Commission. This collection presents documentary evidence concerning the role of technology at the turn of the twentieth...
US National Archives
Nara: Picturing the Century: A New Century
This site has a series of photographs of different areas in the United States during the beginning of the 20th century.
PBS
Pbs: Age of Hope
Read and listen to two eyewitness interviews from people who have lived through the 20th century. What were their hopes for the world when they were young? Site includes detailed lesson plan.
Library of Congress
Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Twentieth Century
Review the history of England in the twentieth century. Look into the homes, religion, clothes, events, and transportation of the time.
CGFA
Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood
CGFA provides five paintings in this online gallery: "American Gothic", "Stone City", "Self-Portrait", "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Return from Bohemia". Images only, with the briefest of information about title, date, medium, and...
Classical Net
Classical Net: Musical Periods
This site contains the most significant artistic output of the most important composers within each historical period.
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Twentieth Century
The National Humanities Center offers this essay, "Roman Catholics and the American Mainstream in the Twentieth Century."