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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Portrait of a German Officer, Marsden Hartley

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Portrait of a German Officer", a painting by German modern artist Marsden Hartley.
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International Institute of Social History

International Institute of Social History: Art to the People Gerd Arntz

For Students 9th - 10th
From the exhibit at the International Institute of Social History, "Art to the People", the work of the German communist artist Gerd Arntz is examined with descriptions and images.
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History of German American Relations: 1683 1900: History and Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
From the U.S. State Department, a comprehensive reference tool about the history of Germans in America starting in 1683 up until the present. Provides background, exhibits, digital images, statistics, teacher resources, internet links,...
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German Culture: Famous Germans

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical profiles of famous Germans recognized worldwide in the arts, military, movies, politics, sciences, and sports.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: East German Man Receives Contest Prize 45 Years Later

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Columbus Museum of Art: Curator's View: Nolde's "Sunflowers in the Windstorm"

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Curator's View series at the Columbua Museum of Art, this is the piece profile on the Emil Nolde paiting 'Sunflowers in the Windstorm'.
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Frye Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles and Emma Frye rose to prominence in Seattle's business community in the late 1800s. This museum was established from the Fryes's extensive personal collection of over 230 works of art. "In the belief that art should be accessible...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Hans Hofmann

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, presents this short biography, a photographic portrait of the artist and an example painting with a map to its exhibit location in the museum, by the...
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Goethe-Institut

German Visual Arts From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German visual arts sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German visual arts, visual arts guides from Germany, art projects world-wide, and even brief...
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Goethe-Institut

German Design and Fashion From Goethe Institut

For Students 9th - 10th
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German design and fashion sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German design and fashion, home and furniture designs from Germany, German designs of...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Last Jews in the Last Months of the German Reich

For Students 9th - 10th
As WWII drew to a close and a loss seemed imminent for the Germans, the SS were ordered to clear the concentration camps so no witnesses would be left. The Jews were led on extreme marches which culminated in 200,000-250,000 deaths. Read...
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Kunstmuseum Basel ( Fine Art Museum of Basel, Switzerland)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the Fine Art Museum in Basel, Switzerland. You can browse through the artworks in the collection online. Among the paintings on exhibit are ones by such renowned artists as Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh....
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Adam and Eve

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the German Renaissance engraving "Adam and Eve" by Albrecht Durer, with a description and images from the book.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Coming to Terms With the Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine the work of German artist Anselm Kiefer and discuss how art might be a means of understanding and coming to terms with history. Students will follow in Kiefer's practice by creating their own works of art that...
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: The German Bauhaus School

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography of the German Bauhaus school founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
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Other

Cincinnati Arts Association: Wwi German Soldier [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This study guide in pdf was originally designed to accompany a specific artist-in-the-schools outreach program. The guide covers the causes of WWI, the course of the war, Germany during WWI, the treaty of Versailles, the armor of a...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Neoclassicism

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Neoclassicism in Europe during the latter half of the 18th century. Explore the artwork of 13 artists and descriptive paragraphs.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Poster Art of World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
In this American Experience site about Woodrow Wilson and his tenure as president, find a gallery of posters published to encourage the public's support for entry into World War I. The posters were produced as part of the Committee on...
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Other

Kids Web Germany

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site was designed by a mother, Claudia Buchczik, for young Internet users. It includes games, arts and crafts ideas, a quiz and book suggestions. Very kid-friendly: kids can contribute their own ideas. Site is in German.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Telling Time in German

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart goes along with chapters 2 and 3 of Deutsch Aktuell 1. Students learn how to tell time using hours, half hours, minutes past and minutes until. There are also links to two German websites...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: German Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will learn German terms for animals.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: German Clothing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will learn basic terms from German clothing.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: German Hobbies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will learn basic German terms for hobbies.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: German Restaurant

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn basic German terms for restaurants.