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Huntington Library: Land of Golden Dreams: California in the Gold Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich site on the California gold rush, 1848-1858. An online exhibit traces the gold rush using primary sources, a teacher page gives lesson plans from 4-12 and a kid's page offers further online adventures. Takes a long time to load.
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Huntington Library: European Art: Jonathan Buttal: The Blue Boy (C 1770)

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of Thomas Gainsborough's eighteenth-century portrait, "The Blue Boy." Accompanied by a brief description.
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Huntington L Ibrary: American Art: Federic Edwin Church: Chimborazo (1864)

For Students 9th - 10th
The painting, Chimborazo, by Frederic E. Church depicts the natural beauty of Ecuador, one of the places this artist traveled to. As explained in this article, it provides an example of landscape art of the 19th century.
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Huntington Library: American Art: Edward Hopper: The Long Leg (1935)

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of the painting, The Long Leg, by Edward Hopper, which shows a sailboat moving peacefully through the waves at the seaside. Sailing was a favored theme in Hopper's work.
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Huntington Library: American Art: George Caleb Bingham: In a Quandary (1851)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief narrative of the content of the painting, In a Quandary, by George Caleb Bingham, which shows boatmen on the Mississippi River relaxing at a game of cards. Boatmen such as these were one of Bingham's main themes.
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Huntington Library: American Art: Mary Cassatt: Breakfast in Bed (1897)

For Students 9th - 10th
Breakfast in Bed, painted by Mary Cassatt, shows a mother embracing her young daughter while lying in bed. The theme of motherhood, found in many of Cassatt's works, is noted in this brief article.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page glossary of terms that might be used by older students when studying plants.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Printing [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An activity where students learn about the koi, an important symbol in Japanese culture, and create a gyotaku fish printing. This is designed to be done in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese garden but can be easily adapted.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Japanese Stone Lanterns [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A study of the stone lanterns that can be found in Japanese gardens. Students will learn about their history and symbolism, and create lanterns of their own out of clay. This is designed to be in conjunction with a visit to a Japanese...
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Huntington Library: Coming to California [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Detailed lesson plan that uses primary sources to help students learn about the people of California from pre-Columbian times to the Mexican rancho periods.
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Huntington Library: American Art: Sargent: Portrait of Pauline Astor (1898 99)

For Students 9th - 10th
John Singer Sargent painted this full-size portrait of Pauline Astor, which has been compared to Thomas Gainsborough's The Blue Boy and to the work of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. The similarities to The Blue Boy are explained in this article.
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Huntington Library: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides guidelines for teaching students how to use primary sources such as images, text, or statistics (e.g., maps, census). Includes a document analysis worksheet.
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Huntington Library: The Latin Legacy: Language as a Cultural Marker [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
In this lesson plan, 6th graders examine to what extent an imported language endures in a place over time. They will look at pages in Latin from the Gutenberg Bible, a Latin version of "The Lord's Prayer," and an English version of the...
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Huntington Library: The Development of Writing and Books [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students examine early civilizations and the evolution of written language, the role of the Renaissance in developing the printing process and in distributing information, and the human desire to record information.
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Huntington Library: Art Wonders: Neighborhood Notes [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this lesson, students observe their neighborhood, record details about it, and collaborate in producing a neighborhood mural.
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Huntington Library: Portrait, Please! [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this lesson, students are guided in how to interpret a portrait and in how to plan a portrait that is a drawing or a photograph.
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Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: A Look at Leaf Color [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Lesson plan that takes young scholars through an experiment to test the effects of light levels and temperature on the color of leaves.
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Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Reading Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 5th
A one-page glossary of words that might be used by elementary students when learning about plants and their habitats.