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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: H. C. Westermann Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Useful curriculm for introducing key sculpture and printmaking concepts focuses on the work of H. C. Westermann, whose work is often valued for its criticism of consumerism, militarism, and other social phenomena. Provides overviews and...
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International Institute of Social History

International Institute of Social History:fully Criticize the Chinese Khrushchev

For Students 9th - 10th
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Fully criticize the Chinese Khrushchev from a political, ideological and theoretical perspective" a Chinese political propaganda poster by an unknown designer, 1967.
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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International Institute of Social History

International Institute of Social History: Firmly Grasp Large Scale Revolutionar

For Students 9th - 10th
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Firmly grasp large-scale revolutionary criticism" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists of the Propaganda Group of the Revolutionary Committee of the Shanghai No....
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 8: Sugar

For Teachers 8th Standards
Eighth graders will explore the impact that sugar production and trade had on the economic and social course of world history, including in Louisiana.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Diana and Endymion

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students will be introduced to the Greco-Roman myth of Diana and Endymion by critically analyzing a painting by Fragonard. They will then write and illustrate their own myth to describe a natural phenomenon or social custom.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 10: The Metamorphosis

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Through the study of various fictional works and literary criticism, students explore "magical realism." Students learn about the interconnectedness of texts over time and space as they study how authors transform source material....
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies: Charles White

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay about Charles White from an issue-long portfolio of works by African-American artists published in the "Museum Studies" Journal of the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes brief biographical notes and a critic's appraisal of...
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: John Ruskin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web provides an excellent variety of resources about Victorian author John Ruskin. It takes one from a detailed biography and relative social and political history, to themes, critical theory, and information...
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Other

The Arts a Lifetime of Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read why Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee believes the arts are vital to our education. Some of the key points of the article are academic, social and civil development, economic development and quality of life.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: American Literature by Morris Dickstein

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article by Morris Dickstein traces the history of American poetry, drama, fiction, and social and literary criticism from the early 17th century to the late 20th century. It includes a section for each century providing historical...
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Emile Zola

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth exhibition of Emile Zola's life, thought, and works. This exhibition, presented by the National Library of France, divides Zola's life into three divisions and uses his writings and art to show his devotion to Naturalism....
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Seven Poems, Seven Paintings

For Teachers 12th
When teaching about an event such as the Holocaust, using varying teaching methods helps to bring a deeper understanding of the human victims of this atrocity. Students will read seven poems pertaining to the Holocaust, view artwork...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Artifacts and Fiction: Workshop in American Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This workshop, which is divided into eight segments, teaches how to use primary source artifacts from a variety of genres to support the teaching and learning of specific pieces of literature. The genres include visual arts, political...
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PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Advertising in Schools

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? For this lesson, young scholars examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Ruskin

For Students 9th - 10th
An English author, poet and artist, although more famous for his work as art critic and social critic. Ruskin's thinking on art and architecture became the thinking of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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PBS

Pbs Lesson Plan (Affluenza): Be an Adbuster

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Through an integrated approach from PBS, students examine the messages conveyed in print advertisements. Using parody, students are asked to alter the message of an ad to present a different or opposite point of view. Lesson may be more...
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Other

Aiga: Design Observer

For Students 9th - 10th
A designer's portal featuring writings, news, and critical essays on graphic design, social innovation, urbanism, popular culture, and criticism.
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Other

Uss Constitution Museum: All Hands on Deck!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This thematic unit uses USS Constitution (nicknamed 'Old Ironsides') as a vehicle to explore a wide range of disciplines including language arts, reading, math, science, art, and social studies. Skills covered in the unit include...
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Brown University

Brown University: The Decameron Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Few great books like the Decameron have shaped our very notion of storytelling and its crucial role in the negotiation and production of shared social and cultural values. In its hundred stories, shared in ten days by ten young people...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Walking Down Park by Nikki Giovanni

For Students 7th - 8th
Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement and has won numerous awards. Her work ranges from covering topics on race, gender, the African American experience and social issues to children's literature and...
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Other

Nezavisimaya Gazeta (Ng)

For Students 9th - 10th
Nezavisimaya Gazeta is one of leading national magazines covering important issues of social, political and cultural life in Russia and abroad. Its authors include leading journalists, political scientists, historians, and art critics....