Curated OER
Paws in Jobland Job Stars
Young scholars research a fictional character with a job. In this lesson, about jobs, students chose a characters to look at. Young scholars use the Paws in Jobland and a worksheet as a guide. Students understand their fictional...
Curated OER
Extraordinary Explorers
Students, using the Internet, B41460research facts about explorers and travelers. They also state what places they have explored and share with the class.
Curated OER
Jam Sessions
Students examine the connection between sense of humor and jazz improvisation by identifying the musical instruments imitated by comedian Bill Cosby. They listen to another recording by Clark Terry and write what they think he might be...
Curated OER
Art And the Individual: Richard Billingham
Students examine the work of photographer Richard Billingham. They discuss why people produce art, the service it provides in society and how negative and mundance instances and feelings can also inspire artistic expression.
Curated OER
Boys' Attitudes To Work
Young scholars examine the notion of what are students' images of manliness. Young scholars test what represents success for students through a survey. Young scholars ponder the issue can doing school work help you be manly.
Curated OER
Leaders in a Media Age
Students identify ways in which the president can use various media to communicate his messages and intent. They demonstrate ways in which the news media can create public opinion.
Curated OER
Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 14: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Learners explore characteristics of symmetry, write a definition, and locate the line of symmetry on a shape.
Curated OER
Peddling Puccini
Students explore the art of the opera. They listen to examples of opera and conduct research to find out more about the opera world. Then they develop advertisements that focus on aspects that might interest young people about opera...
Curated OER
Exploring Different Types of Written Text
In this text analysis worksheet, learners examine different types of texts and identify each one by matching them from a list. Students determine what each text communicates and for whom.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Tonight's Homework Watch Cartoons
Students will make observations about different types of advertisements. Students will watch distinguish the types of advertisements shown during commercial breaks associated with their cartoons and the news.
Other
Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
University of California
Ucla Library: Film and Television Archive: Preserved Silent Animation
View a selection of animated films from the early 1900s, each with corresponding notes and commentaries from the archive's historian and preservationist.
Other
Kaept'n Blaubaer
This site from the German TV show Kaept'n Blaubaer includes games, contests, and basic learning activities.
Library of Congress
Loc: Oliphant's Anthem Presidential Campaigns
Collection of historically significant political cartoons about past presidential campaigns.
ACT360 Media
Act Den: The Museum of Modern Technology
Informative, fun, and humorous tutorial that uses cartoon characters to provide an introduction to information technology. The tutorial covers operating systems/desktops, email, the world wide web, and networks.
Other
Die Seite Mit Der Maus
This is the companion site for the popular cartoon, Die Sendung mit der Maus, which has been airing in Germany since 1972. It tells the stories of Mouse, Elephant and Goose. Contains stories, cartoons, games and e-cards. There are...
Hunkins Experiments
The Secret Life of Machines
An entertaining site that communicates ideas through cartoon drawings. Discover how simple machines and gadgets operate, such as fax machines and washing machines.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Christmas
Join the characters from the Arthur stories and PBS TV series as they celebrate different holidays. Five cartoons with brief accompanying text take children through Christmas.