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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Facial Symmetry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study facial symmetry. They explore lines of symmetry, and create illustrations with multiple lines of symmetry.
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Lesson Plan
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The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine what it means to be clumsy before listening to Eric Carle's, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle. They examine the part where the click beetle does flips before drawing three frames that show the beetle flipping. For...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Ndembu

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ndembu inhabit the western portion of Mwinilunga District in Zambia's Northwestern Province. The Ndembu, numbering about 40,000 in Zambia, constitute about 1 percent of the total population. Some 40 percent of Ndembu are now...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Our Way of Making Prayer

For Students 9th - 10th
The native Yup'ik people of Alaska, like many other Native American tribes, once used decorative masks for ceremonial purposes. Here you can read a short introductory piece about the masks, view the masks, and watch several short video...
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Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Shakespeare Death Mask

For Students 9th - 10th
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person's face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been...
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Graphic
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Shakespeare Death Mask (Frontal View)

For Students 9th - 10th
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person's face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been...
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Graphic
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Shakespeare Death Mask (Left Side)

For Students 9th - 10th
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person's face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been...
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Graphic
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Shakespeare Death Mask (Right Side)

For Students 9th - 10th
In Western cultures a death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person's face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or used for creation of portraits. It is sometimes possible to identify portraits that have been...
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Activity
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Story Place: Cucharon De Agua Con Figura De Pato

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Engage in this creative art project where students will learn how to make a large spoon from a plastic milk jug, markers and scissors. This site can also be used to enhance vocabulary words as well.
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Graphic
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Persona

For Students 9th - 10th
A mask. Masks were worn by Greek and Roman actors in nearly all dramatic representations. This custom arose undoubtedly from the practice of smearing the face with certain juices and colours, and of appearing in disguise, at the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Persona

For Students 9th - 10th
A mask. Masks were worn by Greek and Roman actors in nearly all dramatic representations. This custom arose undoubtedly from the practice of smearing the face with certain juices and colours, and of appearing in disguise, at the...