Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: West Virginia
Learn about West Virginia with a colorful map, pictures, and a list of state symbols and links to related information.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Wisconsin
A colorful survey of Wisconsin features a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Bald Eagle
This resource presents a complete fact sheet on bald eagles that includes a look at why bald eagles are "bald," what bald eagles eat, how their vision works, their courtship and mating behavior, their nesting and reproductive behaviors,...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Colorado
This fact sheet about Colorado also comes with a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
Other
Coastal Arts Online Gallery
An interesting site filled with pictures of artwork from the Pacific Northwest coast. Great examples of masks, prints, paintings, carvings, totem poles, and much more!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques Collection
These animated shorts introduce or review literary elements and techniques like theme, setting, figurative language, characterization, and conflict. They can be used when students are just learning how to identify the most commonly used...
Other
Bradfords Woods: Eagles to the Nest [Pdf]
This thematic curriculum which focuses on bald eagles revolves around a three-day field trip to Bradford Woods in Indiana. However, many of the activities could be adapted for other environments, and the background material is useful,...
Other
Wis Travel: Wisconsin History
A concise summary of the history of the state of Wisconsin. Learn about its first explorers and inhabitants through its admittance to statehood. There is also a long list of state symbols given after the text. Click on one to see a...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Montana
This site from Enchanted Learning provides a colorful display of information about Montana. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
National Library of France
National Library of France: Beastiary in Medieval Illumination
A beautiful introduction to the types of exotic animals found in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval Europe. Learn about the symbolic significance of the lion, the ox, the bear, and the dove and view numerous examples of these and...
A&E Television
History.com: What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life
Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Ancient Egypt: The Egyptian Number System
Animated and interactive website from Children's University of Manchester on the Ancient Egyptian Number System. Students can explore the characteristics of ancient Egyptian numbers and use their math facts along the way.
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The Face of the Beast Taotie Images
One of the great mysteries of ancient China is the origin and meaning of the terrifying animal faces on ancient Shang ritual vessels. This illustrated article surveys this Chinese bronze art decoration in great detail.
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The State of Colorado
Features information about Colorado state symbols including the flag, the state seal, the state motto, the state animal, bird, insect and fish, the state tree, the state flower, the state song, and more. Provides numerous links to many...
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Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science Ideas
A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Statue of a Seated Calf
This sculpture with a bright blue glaze depicts a peacefully seated calf. Statues such as this and scenes of the birth of new calves symbolize the rebirth of the tomb owner in the hereafter.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Goose of Amun
The goose of Amun was found between the golden shrines. It was involved in funerary rites and connected with the birth of the sun. However, the complete symbolic meaning of the goose is not entirely understood.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Limestone Eagle Statue
The limestone statue depicts an eagle stretching its wings and standing on a base. The eagle was the symbol of the spirit and stood for the Roman Empire.
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State of Wyoming: Wyoming's E Government Site
The official State of Wyoming site highlighting business, employment, national parks, recreation, news, a kids' page, and a welcome from the governor.
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State of Utah Official Site
This is the official site for the State of Utah provides information on services, the state government, governor, business, employment, education, and facts about Utah.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Decoding Anglo Saxon Art
In Anglo-Saxon art there is always more than meets the eye. The dense animal patterns that cover many Anglo-Saxon objects are not just pretty decoration; they have multi-layered symbolic meanings and tell stories. View examples of their...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Principal Deities of Hinduism
There are many Hindu deities, some with great and others with limited powers. Most Hindus focus their devotion primarily on one of these, whom they regard as supreme. The greatest deities have complex natures and are shown in art in a...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sphinx
Sphinx is a Greek word signifying 'strangler,' applied to certain symbolical forms of Egyptian origin, having the body of a lion, a human or an animal head, and two wings. Various other combinations of animal forms have been called by...
Curated OER
Ar Kive: Tiger (Panthera Tigris)
One of the largest of the 'big cats', the tiger (Panthera tigris) is an instantly recognisable animal and an iconic symbol of conservation. Nine different subspecies of this charismatic carnivore are recognised, three of which became...