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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Benton: Sources of Country Music [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Thomas Hart Benton.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Bearden: The Dove [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Romare Bearden.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Lange: Migrant Mother [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Dorothea Lange, who documented the affects of the Great Depression on the American poor.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Puryear: Ladder for Booker T. Washington [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Martin Puryear.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Diebenkorn: Cityscape I [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Richard Diebenkorn.
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Anne Frank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore Anne Frank in historical context in World War II. Lesson 2 explores Anne Frank as a writer, and students will have the opportunity to practice Anne's writing strategies.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Holocaust and Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"In this lesson, students reflect on the Holocaust from the point of view of those who actively resisted Nazi persecution." "includes images which should be reviewed in advance for their potential impact on students."
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: On the Home Front

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan that will enable young scholars to experience the at-home, non-combatant roles that young people played during WWII.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: My Piece of History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These social study lesson plans guide students into understanding the historical significance of objects from the past.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Hieroglyphs (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about one of the oldest writing systems, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and then create their own hieroglyphics.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Scroll Paintings (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students apply knowledge about Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and work collaboratively with classmates creating scroll paintings in this lesson. The Book of the Dead is referred to in teaching students about Ancient Egypt and...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cinderella Folk Tales (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
These five activities allow students to explore the various Cinderella folktales, while comparing and contrasting the characters. They provide lesson extensions, links to charts, discussion questions and the like.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Where I Come From

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan directs children to learn about their family histories by visiting sites that connect them to the homelands of their ancestors.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The First Amendment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This resource presents lessons on the First Amendment. It contains many resources for use with children, and links to primary source documents.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Under the Deep Blue Sea (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using language and resource skills to explore the ocean and the life within is what this lesson plan from EDSITEment is all about. The lesson is multi-level and resources and academic content standards are available.