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Environmental Harmony

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use information from a variety of media to evaluate different artists' views on the human relationship to nature. From these sources, class discussion, and personal experience, students will synthesize a thoughtful,...
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When a Chair is More than A Chair.....

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners research an artist of their choice and design a piece of art that represents that artist to them. They make sketches, plan their armature, cut out armature, pad with newspapers and apply layers of paper mach??.
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Interactive
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Intellectual/Social/Cultural Movements: 1870s - 1914 (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history learning exercise, students answer 12 matching questions regarding late 1870's-1914 America. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Unit Plan
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Architecture Beyond the Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th
Students learn about well-known international architects and how they influenced the United States.
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Geometric Art In Our World

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore ways art and math can be blended together in world around them. They recognizes geometric shapes and designs in artwork, and create their own artwork blending the two concepts.
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Lesson Plan for Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the music of Russian composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. They compare the sounds individual instruments make. They listen to and study the story of "Scheherazade" and compare it to other pieces that also portray a story or...
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American History Through Architectural Masterpieces: Monticello

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the life of Thomas Jefferson, explore great American landmark Monticello, discover relationships between climate, geographical factors, and time as to what kind of architecture was used, conduct research online,...
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Double Exposed Photographs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations. In this artwork lesson plan, students explore cameras, poems, and other art forms to understand line, light, and other attributes that contribute to artwork.
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Opening Lesson Architecture

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars consider the impact of architecture around the world. In this introductory architecture activity, students view a sideshow of historic structures and create their own architectural structures using the listed art...
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More Prisms/Nets

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners calculate the volume and surface are of three-dimensional shapes. In this geometry lesson, students use the nets to prove their calculations of shapes. They identify the different parts of a solid using the nets.
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Jane Goodall

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read about Jane Goodall and complete discussion questions after they read about her. In this Jane Goodall lesson plan, students discuss questions as a group or write answers individually.
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Thurgood Marshall

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read about Thurgood Marshall and answer discussion questions about him. For this Thurgood Marshall lesson plan, students discuss the biography and history of him.
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Spiraling Through the Guggenheim: Exploring 20th Century Masterpieces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars experience original works of art through an online tour of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. They assess the value and unique architecture of the building as well as develop an awareness of its design and...
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Curated OER

Visual Arts - Lesson 9 - Line in Architecture

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the meaning of the term architecture and identify arches and lines in a building in Balimore.
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Other

Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust: Teacher Packet [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teacher's guide will serve educators in discussing the work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Includes biographical information about Wright, a review of his influences, a glossary, book recommendations and learning...
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Website
Other

Oak Park Tourist: Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, 1889 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
Oak Park, Illinois, lays claim to twenty-five buildings designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, purported to be the largest collection in one location. All are featured here in a virtual walking tour of Oak Park. There is also detailed...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater

For Students 9th - 10th
Frank Lloyd's Wright's internationally celebrated house, Fallingwater, is an example of Organic Architecture which stems from Transcendentalism - the belief that human life is part of nature. Read the history and view pictures of this...
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Minnesota Public Radio: Frank Lloyd Wright Gas Station Turns 50

For Students 9th - 10th
This August 2008 article and audio feature from Minnesota Public Radio describes the famous gas station that was the only one designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and celebrated its fiftieth anniversary this year. Includes a...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Frank Lloyd Wright Designs for an American Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
A site covering Frank Lloyd Wright from 1922-1932. Specific information on how his architecture was designed with the environment in mind. The Exhibition was at the Library of Congress from 1966 until 1997.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Rich with drawings, photographs, and text, this site from the Library of Congress is an online exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas for a new American landscape and the place of architecture in it.
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Frank Lloyd Wright and Modern American Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set includes images of Wright's work, excerpts from his writings and speeches, information about his influences, and commentaries on his work. Teaching guide included.
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Handout
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: John Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of John Lloyd Wright, an architect who was the son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1998 to commemorate Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, completed by the famous architect in 1910. With a short detailed passage of the critically acclaimed piece of modern architecture.
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Website
Other

Frank Lloyd Wright Wisconsin Heritage Tourism Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Frank Lloyd Wright, a native of Wisconsin, was unarguably one of America's greatest architects. This resource highlights numerous homes and buildings designed by him that are now heritage sites. The site includes a biography of his life.

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