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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: You Decide: Wilderness Preservation

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hetch Hetchy controversy caused Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson to examine their beliefs, and then act upon them in ways that would forever change the American landscape. Should they have been more active in preserving wilderness...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Early National Arts and Cultural Independence

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the national identity developed in the early 19th century in art and literature. See how both landscape paintings and literature emphasized wilderness themes.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cole, the Oxbow

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape paintings which embodied the beauty and grandeur of the American wilderness during the first half of the nineteenth century. When viewed through the lens of nineteenth-century political...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade K: George Washington

For Teachers K
This instructional task asks students to identify an American leader from the past and to explain the significance of his contributions. It contains a set of authentic source documents. Students engage with the sources to build their...
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Other

Ozark Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this extensive site detailing all aspects of the Ozark Mountains, from wildlife to topography to visitor information. Discover the diverse landscape of the Ozarks and the many activities available there.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
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University of California

Hearst Museum of Anthropology: The World in a Frame

For Students 9th - 10th
View representative works from the early decades of photography, 1865 to 1915, during one of the world's periods of extended travel. Discover how the invention of photography opened eyes to Native American, Japanese, and Middle Eastern...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Edward Hopper

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org Webmuseum site contains information regarding Edward Hopper's life, influences, and links to images of his work.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Language of the Land

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Language of the Land uses the metaphor of a journey to tour the rich literary heritage of the US through maps, the words of authors, images of characters, and photographs.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents tell the story of the Hudson River School founded by artist Thomas Cole.
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Curated OER

Nice Colombian Landscape

For Students 9th - 10th
This charming site serves to remind us about all the good things that come from the South American country of Columbia. Many important and/or famous people are from Columbia along with such exports as coffee, emeralds, bananas, coal, and...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Life on the Great Plains

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed lesson plan that explores "the concept of region and how culture and experience influence the perception of regions." Site provides many excellent websites for students and teachers to explore during their study of the Great...
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InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Georgia O'keeffe

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Georgia O'Keeffe, American artist known for her paintings of magnified flowers, animal skulls, and New Mexico desert landscapes.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: William H Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles William H. Johnson, an African-American artist best known for his paintings and prints of landscapes and portraits.
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Other

Ellen's Place: Thomas Moran, Artist of the Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical overview of Thomas Moran, renowned artist of western landscape paintings. Includes gallery of artwork.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Grant Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
CGFA provides five paintings in this online gallery: "American Gothic", "Stone City", "Self-Portrait", "Daughters of the Revolution", and "Return from Bohemia". Images only, with the briefest of information about title, date, medium, and...
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Other

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Located in Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism,...
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Hood Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed by architect Charles Moore, the Hood Museum of Art has a permanent collection ranging from Ancient and Asian to Modern and Contemporary Art. Of special note are American portrait paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries,...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Henry Ossawa Tanner

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography on Henry Tanner, an American painter who gained international acclaim for his depiction of landscapes and biblical themes.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Joseph Mallord William Turner

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Joseph Mallord William Turner, an English Romantic landscape painter.
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Curated OER

American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
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Curated OER

American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
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Curated OER

American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.

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