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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Teachers' Guide to African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Guide to African art answers key questions of interest to any student of the subject. Covers diversity of the continent's geography and cultures, the functions of African art objects, the aesthetics of African art, and traditional and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art | African Mosaic

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify and understand this exhibit of African art presented by the National Museum of African Art. A brief video provides and overview of the exhibit. Experience the tour virtually and quiz your observation skills with the Gallery Hunt.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian: National Museum of African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A fabulous resource for students and teachers interested in African art! Click any of the icons to search for a specific artifact, or just browse their collection.
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National Museum of African Art: Artful Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
African artists commonly base their work on animals observed in their natural habitats. Artful Animals lets you view African art that takes animals as its subject and inspiration. Learn about animals as symbols in African art, the beauty...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Contemporary African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition of contemporary African art that pulls together the work of 28 artists from 15 different countries. Read artist biographies, view representative works, and think about two prominent themes that emerge from the collection:...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Big and Small Are Tricky

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition that uses African art to explain the concepts of bigness and smallness. In the world of art, big and small can refer not only to physical size but to relative size, to the impression an object makes, or to the largeness of...
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African Art Museum: On Line Reference to the Artistic Styles of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This online museum features images of over 1200 authentic African tribal masks, sculptures, statues, and bronzes from 100 ethnic groups.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: El Anatsui: Gawu

For Students 9th - 10th
The work of Ghanaian artyist El Anatsui is presented in this on-lone companion to the travelling ehibit of his work created by the Arts Council of Wales.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
View twelve representative works of African art from the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago. With useful contextual notes, suggested activities, enlargeable reproductions, embedded glossary, and similar resources.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Teacher Tools: African Arts and Music Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the world of African Art and Music when you check out this lesson plan. This site features learning objectives, activities and more.
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Emory University

Michael C. Carlos Museum: Permanent Collection: Sub Saharan African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Image gallery featuring selections from the Carlos Museum's collection of nineteenth and twentieth century African art. Also includes descriptions of the art.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art:the Diversity of African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Students who visit this resource can conduct an image search through both traditional and contemporary African art. The search can even be specified to an African country or a specific ethnic group.
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National Museum of African Art: Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the crafts that the African American culture exported from native African lands, basketry and cultivation of rice. With the lessons provided in the downloadable document, students will weave together history, geography, social...
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University of Iowa

University of Iowa: Art and Life in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource about African art and cultures.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Africa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains 216 pages describing numerous pieces of African art with images and lesson plans included.
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National Museum of African Art: Diversity of African Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an article and clickable, illustrated links to show the deep, rich site of African art from many places and times, and taking many forms.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: African Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the largest collections of African art in the United States can be viewed at this online exhibition site. Organizes objects into three thematic group (masks, figurative arts, objects of power and prestige) and by time period,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: A First Look at the Disney Tishman Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of traditional African art in a variety of media--wood, ivory, metal, and ceramics--from an impressive collection donated to the National Museum of African Art by Walt Disney in 2005. Includes examples of masks from the Yoruba...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Museum: African Connections

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an online exhibit with a wealth of information on many aspects of African art. Find examples of masks, sculptures, fiber arts, and much more. Browse through the exhibit using the toolbar on the left.
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: The Arts of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
The Arts of Africa website lets you view objects from the Brooklyn Museum's collections of African art, including masks, ceremonial items, statues, jewelry, royal regalia, and household objects. With more than twenty audio tours that...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: African Vision: Explore African Art: At Home

For Students 1st - 8th
This printable guide is to be used in conjunction with the African Vision web site from the NMAfA. It offers six different activites to try on your own including connections between art and science as well as some games.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: African Art, African Voices

For Students 9th - 10th
View objects from a variety of sub-Saharan African countries and cultures, such as the Asante culture of Ghana and the Maasai of Kenya. Ancillary write-ups and audio tours convey the meanings, stories, and ideas associated with them.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
These works of art reveal symbols and graphic systems that help to communicate values and ideas of the African people.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Art of the Personal Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition takes you on a tour of African art that was made to be both seen and used. Find examples of everyday objects - pipes, stools, headrests, bowls - that demonstrate the African ideal of crafting utilitarian objects of great beauty.

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