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Colours of India: People and Colours

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative and colorful site with examples and descriptions of Indian artifacts, textiles, costumes, and performing arts. Students and teachers can use this site to find a brief overview of these topics.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Reel to Real: Twelfth Night

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show presentation lesson about Shakespeare's Twelfth Night including drawings of the characters in costume and a collection of video clips from Into Film and material from the Victoria...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Henry V

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This collection looks at the early years of King Henry's reign and his victorious campaign; it includes video clips, a synopsis, themes, costume designs, and historical background.
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Website
Other

Japan National Tourism: Japanese Culture

For Students 3rd - 8th
The culture of Japan is showcased. Click anywhere on the menu bar to access topics and illustrations ranging from architecture, temples, bonsai, tea ceremony, gardens, costumes, floral art, calligraphy, and many more.
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Storyboard That

For Students 1st - 9th
This resource lets the user create their own story, with many colorful costumes, character types and tools to choose from.
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Japan National Tourism: Japanese Shinto Shrines

For Students 3rd - 8th
Japan's indigenous religion is known as Shinto. Here is a brief look at it with hand drawn illustrations of the shrines, costumes, and masks accompanying the text.
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eBook
Globe

The Globe Program: All About Earth: Our World on Stage [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This delightful storybook provides young learners an understanding of how the Earth's processes work together. The students of an elementary classroom have been making costumes and practicing lines. Each student is playing the role of a...
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Library of Congress

Loc: The New Deal Stage: Federal Theatre Project (1935 1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection from the Federal Theatre Project, part of Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, which provided funds for the arts during the second phase of the New Deal. Find play scripts, posters, and stage and costume...
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Website
Other

Reynolda House, Museum of American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Reynolda House, Museum of American Art site, offers collections of Artworks, Costumes, and Decorative Arts from the 18th thru the 20th century.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Halloween: Fractions (Quarters)

For Students 1st - 3rd
Practice your fraction skills with this game. Erica is celebrating Halloween. Which costume are you wearing?
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Other

The Cleopatra Costume on Stage and in Film

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a detailed description of the clothing, hairstyles, and make-up Cleopatra would have used.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: The Hall of Arctic People

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online version of the Smithsonian Institute's exhibit devoted to the people of the Siberian and North American Arctic. The mannequins around the walls represent the peoples of the Crossroads region, dressed in traditional...
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Website
Other

Common Threads Unraveling the World of Textiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Through the examination of two textiles from opposite sides of the world you will go in-depth to reveal how fiber arts can tell us more about people in other cultures.
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Article
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Ideas for Enhancing Oral Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A helpful review of important parts of your report and ways to strengthen it. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Twelfth Night (2009) Teacher Pack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson from the Royal Shakespeare Company which includes the social and historical background of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, several activities including the use of poems and paintings, and a...
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Website
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
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Website
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Eighteenth Century European Dress

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fashion from the 1700's with the slideshow. Includes a discussion of popular styles, textiles and silhouettes.
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Website
Other

Fashion Institute of Technology: Museum: Collections (18Th Century to Present)

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth collection offers images and background information about fashions and accessories from the 1700's to the present day.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Traditional Dress of Northern Ethnic Groups

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit showcases traditional dresses of 9 ethnic groups of Northern China.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: National Museum of African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A fabulous resource for students and teachers interested in African art! Click any of the icons to search for a specific artifact, or just browse their collection.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Trick or Treating Became a Halloween Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do children dress in costume and knock on strangers' doors to ask for treats on Halloween? Trick-or-treating setting off on Halloween night in costume and ringing doorbells to demand treats has been a tradition in the United States...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Invitation to the Dance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site briefly details various artists and group contributions to the history of dance. Includes some information on costume design and dance manuscripts.
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: A Puerto Rican Carnival

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A look at Carnival celebrations in Puerto Rico. The lesson includes a little bit of background information, suggested tie-in reading, and activities such as making a Carnival mask or learning about costumes by coloring a "vejigante...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Put 'Em on a Talk Show

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson plan, students will write a script for a talk show, based on character traits from fairy tale stories. Scripts will be rehearsed, costumed, and performed in front of the class.

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