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Hindu Gods Batik

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the major Hindu gods and describe the relationship between them. They examine symbols and determine their meanings. They create a batik of a Hindu god of their choice and research them.
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Hanging Scrolls

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore prospective content for art, then select and use appropriate subjects, symbols, and ideas to make art meaningful in this lesson suited for upper-elementary and middle level classrooms.
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Translating Traditions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students analyze art reflective of traditions and cultural heritage. In this art analysis lesson plan, students complete image based discussion.
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The Third Question

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners reflect upon the rewards of providing services to others, and whether by giving they might perhaps be gaining at the same time. They explain how or why Knowing a foreign language can help people make new friends and build a new...
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Cultural Calendar

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students design their own cultural calendar.  In this calendar making lesson, students decide on a culture for a calendar theme and discuss how calendars differ from the US calendar.  Students create their own calendar using a...
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The Chinese Produce Paper as We Know it Today

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore where paper originated and its importance from the Chinese to the rest of the world. They list ten ways that they use paper on a daily basis and rate that use on a scale from one to ten. Each group also brainstorms...
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The Silk Road

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the Silk Road of Asia in this multi-day lesson that includes a "Silk Road roll play" and a mapping activity. This lesson can be used in a social studies or language arts classroom.
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Curated OER

Dialogue: Languagae Learning

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this dialogue about language learning worksheet, students read questions and answers concerning learning various languages.
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University of Chicago

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Role of Women [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students could use a copy of Hammurabi's Laws to discover what rights women did and did not have in ancient Mesopotamia. They could then do research to compare the lives of women in Mesopotamia with the roles and social status of women...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Family and Household

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Turn from the typical studies of society's politics, economics, etc. to focus on the way the family unit fits into society in this unit.

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