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Japanese Arts Council: Noh and Kyogen (Traditional Japanese Performing Arts)

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Noh and Kyogen plays. Details of these traditional Japanese performing arts are provided, accompanied by photos of the masks, costumes, props, and fans used. Includes video clips of some performances.
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Handout
Merna A Forster

Heroines: Pauline Johnson Performs in Winnipeg, 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
Pauline Johnson, "a reader or reciter of talent as well as a writer," performed in Winnipeg in 1897, and this is an account of that performance from the "Winnipeg Free Press." Read about Johnson's costumes, her portrayals of a "heathen...
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Halloween Online: Halloween Safety Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
Welcome to the Halloween Safety Guide for both children and adults! An excellent source full of tips and ideas to make your Halloween day safe. Included are house, yard, costume, and even pet safety.
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Website
Other

Festival Du Voyageur

For Students 9th - 10th
Voyageurs are remembered each year in Manitoba's Festival du Voyageur. It is a special recognition and reinforcement of the province's deep Franco-Manitoban history and roots. This winter celebration is proof that the voyageurs' courage...
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Website
Other

China Vista: The China Experience China Culture Index

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: Small Town America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides pictures to help you understand the way of life during the turn of the twentieth century. Enter the collection and click on "Browse" for a drop down menu of collections of photographs of "street scenes in cities,...
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Handout
Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Dr. George Archibald Receives Award

For Students 9th - 10th
George Archibald may be singlehandedly responsible for the survival of the whooping crane. He pioneered revolutionary techniques for helping cranes to survive while in the care of humans, such as having caregivers wear crane costumes. He...
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Halloween Hop

For Students 1st - 6th
Happy Halloween! Test your reflexes and your knowledge of Halloween trivia by hopping from platform to platform while collecting different costumes and candy! How far up can you get in this hopping haunted house?
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Showtime

For Students K - 1st
Explore wearable science and use materials found around your classroom or your house to create costumes and dress-up a mini Ruff for his next show.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy Was Poisoned

For Students 9th - 10th
These chilling candy poisonings might make you rethink trick-or-treating. Rumors of tainted, poisoned or otherwise murderous Halloween candy handed out to youngsters are as much a part of the Halloween tradition as costumes and sing-song...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Carnival Parade in Rio: Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th
Explore equivalent fractions, fractional parts, and decimals as you help Ana make her costume for the carnival parade in Rio.
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National Arts Centre (Canada)

Arts Alive: English Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtsAlive provides a detailed look into world of professional theatre. Thematically organized content walks through all the processes involved in "transforming a play from the page to the stage," including playwriting, directing, acting,...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This selection of videos and historic objects drawn from the Victoria & Albert Museum theatre collections and Royal Shakespeare Company archives show how directors and designers interpret...
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: The Theater

For Students 6th - 8th
Enter a world of theater in Artopia. Here, you can become a theater critic, meet a thespian, and even create your own Shakespeare production in the virtual theater.
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Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Gone With the Wind: Online Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is on Gone With the Wind. Most information is compiled from the personal archive of David O. Selznick. There is a chronology of the two-year search for Scarlett.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Jean Antoine Watteau

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Jean-Antoine Watteau, along with links to other artists of the period. Includes images and descriptions of some of his art.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Unconditional Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-prose piece shares a poem from a young adult reminiscing about past Halloween celebrations.
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PPT
TES Global

Tes: Staging Shakespeare Image Bank

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of drawings of the stages and sets of Shakespeare's plays from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Handout
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Raphael

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth biography of Raphael from Olga's Gallery including his style and links to his works one being "Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi."
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Afghan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Afghan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Albanian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Albanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Algerian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Algerian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Arab Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Arab Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Asian Indian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Asian Indian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

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