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Detroit Institute of Arts: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Detroit Institute of Arts is the fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States, with over 60,000 works. Individual artworks may be viewed in "Collections". Areas include Asian art, African, Oceanic, and New World art, ancient...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides pictures and a brief introduction of ancient arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: An Introduction to Africa's Arts and Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Museum shares the background of its ancient pieces from Egypt, Aksum, ancient Ghana, Mali, Songhoy, Ile Ife, and the Benin kingdom. Also provided is information about its later pieces from the Asante Confederation, the...
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World Atlas

World Atlas: Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of Africa including Ancient Africa, African colonization, slave trade, and Post-Colonial Africa. Also covers maps, geography, countries, and interesting facts.
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PBS

Pbs: The City of Thulamela

For Students 9th - 10th
Good information from PBS on Thulamela, another archaeological site in South Africa. Thulamela prospered between 1350 and 1650 A.D. and was skilled in mining and creating tools.
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Seattle Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The 23,000 objects in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum represent ancient to modern cultures. Areas include Asian Art, African Art, Northwest Coast Native American art, modern art, European painting, and decorative arts.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Lessons: Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan features ideas suitable for teaching about ancient Africa that generate excitement about this subject.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed by architect Charles Moore, the Hood Museum of Art has a permanent collection ranging from Ancient and Asian to Modern and Contemporary Art. Of special note are American portrait paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: World Civilization Since 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-four college video lectures provides an overview of the interactions among seven major cultural traditions (Judeo-Christian, Graeco-Roman, Indian, Chinese, African, Islamic, American Indian), from c.e. 1500.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Augustus Tolton

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the life and career of Augustus Tolton, an American religious leader who is regarded as the first African American ordained as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Nations Online Project

Nations Online: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a travel guide and country profile of the North African nation of Egypt including a broad overview and numerous links to extensive information on the country's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: In Search of Human Origins, Part I: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan allows pupils to identify and plot the locations of important African finds in the search for early human remains.
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PBS

Pbs: The Swahili People

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site from the PBS series "Wonders of the African World." This brief but detailed article gives information about the origins and history of the Swahili people.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: James Augustine Healy

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features James Augustine Healy, the first African American Roman Catholic bishop in the United States and an advocate for children and Native Americans.
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National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Egypt

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Egypt's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its African location and a video about the ancient civilization that flourished...

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