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Plaid to the Bone

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study Lady Anges Randolph and other heroic woman using multimedia. They create class presentations with their findings. They write a diary about living in a medieval castle after researching what life was like in them.
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Kansas

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Kansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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1970's Quiz 2

For Students 5th - 10th
In this 1970's worksheet, students complete a quiz about the history and important events that took place in the 1970's. Students complete 20 short answer questions.
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J’adore Blackpool, Chuck*: YouTube Lures the French to the British Seaside Resort

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the British seaside resort Blackpool. In this British Travel ESL activity, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students create a short story about what a person did in Blackpool.
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The Fourth Plinth

For Students 7th - 10th
In this global studies worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph selection titled, "The Fourth Plinth." Students respond to 6 multi-step questions regarding the article about the London landmark.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Inspiration from a Classic

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about "Fuseli's Nightmare" and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Break an Egg

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars research antarctic wildlife and create a diorama and fact sheet to present their research to the class. They create an Antarctic explorer's journal.
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Breaking News English: British Food Best in the World

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "British Food Best in the World," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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The Naked Truth?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this the naked truth worksheet, students, with a partner, complete eleven sentences with words from a word band associated with being naked, match up four nudity jokes with their appropriate punchlines and have a conversation over...
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Summer Festivals

For Students 7th - 12th
For this summer festival worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article about European summer festivals and respond to 6 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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Life During the Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders present information about the Industrial Revolution. In this Industrial Revolution lesson, 7th graders work in groups research inventions and prepare an information poster for the invention. Students present their poster.
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US National Archives

Internet Archive: The Art of England: [Ruskin] Lectures Given in Oxford

For Students 9th - 10th
Access various digital copies of a published version of four lectures delivered by Victorian critic John Ruskin on the art of England. The lectures, originally published in 1883, comment on the work of a number of English artists of...
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Berger Collection Educational Trust: Berger Art Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Berger Art Collection, which comprises two hundred works of British art and spans more than six centuries (earliest work dates from 1395), find access to information about and analysis of all the art in the...
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National Archives (UK)

Uk National Archives: The Art of War

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that looks at historically significant illustrations, cartoons, films, and pictorial propoganda having to do with Britain's war efforts.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Roman Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of Roman Britain in this historical overview and image gallery with detailed descriptions of each object, from the collection of the British Museum.
Handout
Victorian Web

Brown University: The Victorian Web: The Arts in Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
University provides a comprehensive collection of Victorian art topics that are hyperlinked to further information and images. Topics include Victorian painting, sculpture, design, illustration, fashion, and dress.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Online Tours: Enlightenment: Art and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Online tour of objects in the museum's galleries explains attempts by eighteenth-century scholars to classify art according to Enlightenment ideas and ideals.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Art of the First Fleet

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at art showing the environment and wildlife that was done by artists who were in the First Fleet, the first group of settlers to come to Australia in 1787. The artworks have been arranged under four categories: Natural...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (London): The Art of the First Fleet

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at art showing the environment and wildlife that was done by artists who were in the First Fleet, the first group of settlers to come to Australia in 1787. The artworks have been arranged under four categories: Natural...
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Delaware Art Museum: Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources on the history of the brotherhood, along with its aims, interests, artists, and offshoots, from the museum that houses the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art outside of England.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Gm Hopkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides texts of 16 of Gerard Manley Hopkins' poems. Also included is some basic biography information.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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Utah Valley State College: Anglo Saxon Art and Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated notes on Anglo-Saxon art and architecture, particularly jewelry, prepared for a university-level course on Anglo-Saxon language, literature, and culture.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decoding Anglo Saxon Art

For Students 9th - 10th
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...