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Chinese New Year Celebrations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Gong He Xin Xi! Happy New Year! Planning a Lunar New Year/Spring Festival Celebration? Check out the activities and resources in a packet that encourages pupils to research the cultural values and traditional practices associated with...
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Peabody Essex Museum: A Late Qing Dynasty Home

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia-rich exhibition that explores the traditional Chinese home of the Huang family. With excellent photographs and cross-sections of the structure of the home and its surroundings. Includes a fascinating genealogy of the family...
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Peabody Essex Museum: Luxury and Innovation: Furniture Masterworks, Federalist

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an in-depth exploration of American furniture masterworks from the Federalist period by John and Thomas Seymour, called "Luxury and Innovation." This on-line accompaniment to the actual exhibition contains videos...
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Peabody Essex Museum: Samuel Mc Intire: Carving an American [Neoclassical] Style

For Students 9th - 10th
Examination of the Salem architect who helped to shape a uniquely American approach to neoclassical architecture.
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Peabody Essex Museum: Perfect Imbalance: Exploring Chinese Aesthetics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exploration of Chinese Aesthetics. Includes images and descriptions of artifacts, the history of Chinese art, and lesson plans.
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Peabody Essex Museum: Joseph Cornell

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about American artist Joseph Cornell.
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Peabody Essex Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Salem, Massachusetts. America's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and...
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Peabody Essex Museum: The Art of American Embroidery

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition overview about fiber arts. A selective history with representative examples of American Fiber Arts.