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Telling Your Own Story

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
After watching and discussing a video on the Voyage of Cabrillo, individuals craft their own origin story and design and build an artifact they feel best represents their history.
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Heartfelt/Handmade Activity: Hand-Molded Pottery

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars view and discuss examples of pottery. They discuss how pottery has always been made by hand and use a ball of clay to roll and shape into a form of their choice.
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The Home Front

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars describe the effects of World War II on the Home Front, including rationing, female employment, and the end of the Great Depression. They interview someone who was at home during World War II and ask them how the war...
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Now I See You... The Changing Perception of Women

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the changing view of women during the 20th century. Using art, literature and music, they identify the various perceptions used throughout history. They also predict what women's' perceptions are going to be in the...
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Harvesting the River Lesson Plan: Taking an Oral History

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils practice researching history through oral traditions.  In this U.S. History lesson, students examine an online exhibit titled Harvesting the River, in which pupils interview someone from the story.  Students utilize...
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People at Work

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students observe people at work and draw them in pencil or charcoal in high contrast values.
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Botanical Illustration with Watercolor Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine anatomy of flowers as depicted in watercolor drawings, and create their own artwork.
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Pharaoh Phonetics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explain the purpose of hieroglyphics and identify their role in communicating ideas. They research the history of writing and it's significance in ancient Egyptian life and identify the components of hieroglyphics.
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Personal Portraits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars create their own self-portrait or a portrait of someone they know well.
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Still-Life Painting: Arranging Nature—Lesson 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners choose meaningful objects for a still-life arrangement and paint it using watercolors. After reflecting on their choice of objects and composition, students begin to write an artist's statement.
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Made in China

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a power point presentation.  In this Chinese inventions and discoveries lesson plan, students view sample products that are the product of ancient Chinese civilizations and their innovations and discoveries. ...
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A Saint in the City- Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils become more knowledgeable about modern-day Senegal and the significance of one charismatic Sufi leader, Amadou Bamba. They become more aware and examineing of Islam and offset any misexamineings and negative stereotypes about the...
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Arts of Asia in Reach

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the traditions and celebrations of another culture and research a city or community in Japan. They then examine traditional Japanese music as well as practice several dance steps and discover their significance in...
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African Americans in Aviation: The 1940s- A Decade of Change

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate African Americans in aviation. In this primary resources lesson, students examine primary resources to research the history of African American in aviation. Students answer two research questions and write an essay...
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Color Me Happy: Color, Mood, and Tone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This lesson introduces high schoolers to the ways artists use color to set the tone of a painting or to convey a particular mood to the viewer. Students view "The Tragedy" by Pablo Picasso. They fill in an information chart describing...
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Framing the Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Students draw their own drawings after learning about composition of drawings and lines. In this drawing lesson plan, students learn about different lines they can use while drawing. Then they go outside and draw their own.

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