Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Fingerprint Art Bookmark
In this activity, you will make some fingerprint art into a bookmark, whether it's for yourself or a unique gift for a special person in your life!
Children's Discovery Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Nature Sculptures
Have you ever wanted to make your own sculpture? You can use materials readily available in your garden, neighborhood, and local park to design a nature sculpture.
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Brooklyn Expedition: Latin America
Excellent site about Latin America from the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Explore ancient beliefs and rituals, celebrations, culture, the land, animals, and the history of Latin America.
National Museums Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery: Big Art for Little Artists Tour
Whether you are planning a visit to the Walker Gallery or just interested in the museum, this quick tour is led by little artists for little artists. Come see what the museum has to offer children of all ages.
Oklahoma Historical Society
Oklahoma Historical Society Home
Find facts about Oklahoma's rich history and famous people, and explore museums and historic sites. An interactive map of the state allows you to choose museums, military sites, historic homes, and other notable locations in Oklahoma,...
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Art Inspired Writing
This resource maintains a gallery of artwork created for the magazine by children from all around the world.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Suki's Bone Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali
Based on the animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, this activity introduces children to informative/explanatory and procedural texts and the purposes they serve. In the video, Molly's dog Suki uncovers a...
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Phmc: Keith C. Wolensky: Child Labor in Pennsylvania
A detailed leaflet descibing the history of child labor in Pennsylvania. Across the state it was never uncommon to find children working difficult and dangerous jobs in factories restaurants, on railways, in mines, as well as on farms....
San Diego State University
Sdsu: John Singer Sargent Female Portraits
A list of female portraits painted by John Singer Sargent. Includes information such as date of painting and what museum the painting is currently at. Links are provided to websites with large images of the portraits.
Other
Seuss in Springfield: Who Is Dr. Seuss?
This is a website focusing on the famous children's author Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel). It provides his biography, information about his books, places he wrote about, a trivia quiz, a timeline of his works, and much more.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Fragonard, Jean Honore
A biography of this artist Jean-Honore Fragonard and several of his more famous works can be found on this page.
Other
Louvre Museum: Joshua Reynolds: Master Hare
Information about and analysis of a child's portrait by Joshua Reynolds, "Master Hare," considered by many to be a masterwork of English portraiture.
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The Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum: The Mexican Children of Diego Rivera
A wonderful resource for teachers and students studying the life and artwork of Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. Includes many samples of his paintings and murals, as well as a detailed timeline.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Virginia
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
EL Education
El Education: First Come the Eggs
First Come the Eggs, a picture book for young readers, was created by 3rd grade students in Rochester, New York. This is a biography of Seth Green, the father of fish hatcheries in America. The research included the study of the life...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Spooky Sound Frizzle Style
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children about how sound is heard in a three-step process using the Magic School Bus materials.
Other
Maison Saint Gabriel: A Present From the Past
Tour a Montreal museum, Maison Saint-Gabriel, to learn the history of this city and of New France and Quebec from the 16th century on. See how early settlers lived. Teachers will appreciate the comprehensive word list for elementary...
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Mandarin Daily News for Kids
The Mandarin Daily News is a well-established children's newspaper published in Taiwan for elementary and middle level students and their teachers and parents. The site includes world and local news stories, as well as news on topics of...
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Indiana: Broad Ripple Park Carousel
Originally located at Broad Ripple Village, this carousel was brought to Indiana in 1917 and is one of three surviving Dentzel menagerie carousels. Its animals predate 1900 and it is now housed in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Changing Seasons: Collection
Join PBS KIDS and explore the seasons: fall, winter, and spring! The lessons have been co-designed by museum and educational partners and feature many of your PBS KIDS friends. Introduce media clips, extension activities, articles, and...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Technology Trip [Pdf]
"The Technology Trip" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children who planned a trip to the museum using the Internet to find the bus schedule. On the way, the bus was hit by a car so another bus had to take them. It is...
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Art Gallery of Nsw: Pissarro, the First Impressionist
The Art Gallery of New South Wales developed this website to accompany an exhibition of Pissarro mounted by the museum in late 2005. The site contains an interesting, although limited, mix of photographs of the artist and reproductions...
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The Art of Kadir Nelson: The Artist
Learn about the career of illustrator and artist Kadir Nelson, whose work has been featured in films, children's books and major museums.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Berthe Morisot
The best part of this page is the extensive reach into many museums to see various works by Berthe Morisot (1841-1895 CE). Many images of women and children.