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China Daily: China Culture: Ancient Chinese Architecture: Concrete Music

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of ancient Chinese architecture, culture, and art.
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Villanova University: Ancient Maya Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
View photographs of pre-Columbian Maya architecture in the regions from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
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University Press

University Press: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
A good basic reference on the main types of temple architecture in ancient Greece, including Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Also includes information on architecture, the Parthenon, and sculpture in ancient Greece, with accompanying links...
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Agram: Architectural Information

For Students 9th - 10th
An architectural database that contains photos, drawings, models, and information on historically important architects.
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: History of Landscape Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains dozens of links on information about the history of landscape architecture.
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Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies

Famsi: Architectural Transformation in Quexil Petenxil (2003)

For Students 9th - 10th
Archaeological research and inferences are made through an architectural lens, offering a nine century history of the Quexil-Peterixil Basin.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ancient Maya Art

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes different forms of Maya art - architecture, sculpture and carving, stucco, murals, written works, ceramics, textiles, and body art. It also notes the many collections of Maya art in museums around the world.
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Digital History

Digital History: Popular Culture During the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
A great description of the tension in popular culture during the Great Depression with a focus on tradition abutting modernism in the arts and architecture. Read about the new comic book and radio superheroes, and commonality in American...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The History of Museums

For Students 9th - 10th
Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years- but they weren't always like the ones we visit today. J.V. Maranto uncovers the evolution of museums, from the first museum in 530 BC (curated by a princes) to PT Barnum's...
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Agrigento

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of Agrigento, Greek city-state founded on the south coast of Sicily, and provides information on architecture and life of ancient Greek civilization. Site contains photos, maps and links to further reading.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Things to Do at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Families can come together through games designed to make history something fun and integral to family life. Build a sod house like prairie settlers did in the 1800s. Go back in time to visit five families that lived in the same house...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Medieval Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Islamic art from the early medieval period (approximately A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1150) that begins with a historical overview of the shifting Islamic politics of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful...
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World History Encyclopedia

World History Encyclopedia: Aztec Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Entry references the history of the Aztec Empire with a focus on Tenochtitlan, religion, architecture, art, and its eventual collapse.
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School History: Roman Roads [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-page worksheet on Roman roads in England.
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Theban Mapping Project: Anatomy of a Ancient Egyptian Tomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed analysis of the various architectural elements found in ancient Egyptian tombs located in the "Valley of the Kings."
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Islamic Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent introduction to the earliest period of Islamic art (approximately A.D. 700 to A.D. 1000) that includes a historical overview of the rise of Islam. With informative descriptions and wonderful reproductions of art from the...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: City Dionysia: The Theaters

For Students 9th - 10th
Three-part resource on Greek theater that includes an overview, a roll-over diagram that highlights and defines key architectural elements of ancient Greek theaters, and examples of the influence of ancient Greek architecture on...
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Building a Nation: Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs that were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums,...
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Forum Romanum

Outlines of Roman History: The New Civilization

For Students 9th - 10th
With Rome's conquest of foreign lands, she assimilates many ideas for literature, architecture, art, religion, and philosophy.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Thematic Essays: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Short thematic essay on the architecture of ancient Greece touches on a number of different aspects of Greek architecture, including the Greek architectural orders, the role of the architect, the quarrying of stone, and building practices.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek Art: Architecture in Ancient Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses architecture in Ancient Greece.
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Leo Masuda Architectonic Office: Roman Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
The Leo Masuda Architectonic Office provides a history of Roman architecture. Select a specific building for a general description of its architecture.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: The Amazing Middle Ages

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
History for Kids presents a website with learning modules on the Early, Late and High Middle Ages, including topics such as medieval literature, architecture, and daily life. Offers elementary level format with pictures, and links to...
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Columbia University

Columbia Univeristy: Architecture of New York City: Birth of the Skyscraper

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how and why skyscrapers were first built, and why they became a major symbol of New York City. This highly interactive site includes video lectures on the development and importance of skyscrapers, a timeline of commercial...

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