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Jazz in America
Students explore Bebop in America by listening to music and answering questions.
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Jazz In America
Students explore the Jazz Era in America not only by answering questions but listening to music as well.
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Jazz in America
Students explore the Jazz of today and its future. They answer questions and listen to music.
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Swing Your Partner! It's A Virtual Square Dance
Students explore the Wessels Living History Farm website and research how to do a square dance. They read a story, listen to an explanation of barn dances, and participate in various square dances.
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Quilts, Warmth with History
Students examine numerous quilts that show the culture and history of Nebraska. Using the internet, they view quilts from different points in history and discuss them as a class. They examine the role quilts play in discovering...
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The Civil War
Students examine the events of the Civil War. Using the internet, they research one aspect of the war of interest to them. In groups, they create a hyperstudio stack which they present to their classmates showing the information they...
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Trash or Treasure
Students explore the importance of recycling. Students are read "Can Kids Save the Earth", they are then guided in a recycling project. Students discuss Earth Day, and make poster to promote Earth Day.
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Living Things Depend upon Each Other
Students research animals. They identify the animals' struggle for survival, and internalize the importance of preserving an ecosystem with animal life.They collect information and write a report on their findings. Additional cross...
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California's Mission/Rancho Era
Fourth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the Spanish colonization of California, including the relationships among missionaries and Indians and their interactions with soldiers and people in the pueblos and ranchos.
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Aztec Dance
Seventh graders study Aztec dance to learn about their culture and civilization. In this Aztec study lesson, 7th graders watch a video of Aztec dancers and describe the dance on an index card. Students visit a website to learn the...
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Can Anyone Be a Leader?
Students explore the concept of leadership and identify leaders from the past and present. They brainstorm qualities of effective leaders, research a leader from the past and develop a presentation on their findings and choose a local...
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Indian Music
In this music worksheet, students discover facts about India's musical history and culture. Students read informative paragraphs and answer 7 questions about India's history and music.
Curated OER
Indian Music
In this Indian music worksheet, learners read an article, bullet points, and a graphic organizer pertaining to Indian music and respond to 7 short answer questions and complete 1 extension activity.
National First Ladies' Library
Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More
Learners investigate the concepts related to the extinction of birds while conduct research using the internet and a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a class presentation or set the context for class...
National First Ladies' Library
Science: The Purloined Letter
Pupils examine Edgar Allan Poe's "the Purloined Letter" from the perspective of a profiler. To sharpen search procedures, they examine the text and make lists of items and places in the house that were searched. Then students discuss how...
Other
American Folk Art Museum: Henry Darger
Image gallery of American folk artist Henry Darger's work. Learn about Darger's masterpiece, "The Story of the Vivian Girls," and the Henry Darger Study Center.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Nineteenth Century American Folk Art
This site contains American Folk art pieces from the Metropolitan Museum. Each art piece includes biographic information on the artists.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Folk Art
The biography of the American Art movement Folk art. Use this site out for more information, artist links and images.
Other
American Folk Art Museum
Resource from a museum includes a wide collection of self-taught artists and their work. Also has a comprehensive account of the history of folk art.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of the American Indian: Great Masters of Mexican Folk Art
Explore Mexican Folk Art by looking at different types of material and what they are used to make. Choose from clay, metal, leather, paper, plant fibers, stone, wood, and more.
Other
Museum of International Folk Art
A collection of folk art from around the world including African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Latin, European, and North American art.
PBS
Pbs: Craft in America
An interesting look at how all of us are somehow connected to handmade crafts. Explore the idea of folk art and fine crafts through three major themes: memory, landscape, and community.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Creative Canjos [Pdf]
Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...
PBS
P.o.v. On Pbs: In the Realms of the Unreal (Outsider Art of Henry Darger)
The companion site for independent filmmaker Jessica Yu's exploration of the life and work of Henry Darger, which originally aired on PBS's "P.O.V." series in 2005. Along with a synopsis of the film and Yu's insights about her subject,...