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Louvre Museum: A Closer Look at the Titeux Dancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich module examines a terracotta figurine that embodies many characteristics of classical Greek sculpture. Expert commentary accompanied by animated overlays demonstrate details of the composition that give it harmony, balance,...
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Foundation of the Hellenic World: Hellenic History

For Students 9th - 10th
A site devoted to presenting the history of Greece all the way back to the Stone Age. Choose which period you want to know more about, then choose English for a translation.
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Foundation of the Hellenic World: Greek History: The History of Greece

For Students 9th - 10th
Covers the different periods of Greece's history from 3200 BC, with the Cycladic Civilization, up to the latter half of the twentieth century.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Race for the Superbomb

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the Cold War race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Content details all the people who were involved in the race for the H-Bomb, as well as notable events during this time period....
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Renaissance Europe

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This educational resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art contains resources about Renaissance Europe including numerous pieces of art from that period with images and lesson plans.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Neo Classicism, an Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to Enlightenment concepts as reflected in the art of the period, illustrated with a painting by English artist Joseph Wright.
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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona Univ.: Symmetrical Binary Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Northern Arizona University contains the meanings of the symmetrical binary principle in Bach's music and several other composers of this period.
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Dulcinea Media Inc.: Grandes De La Musica: Pablo Sarasate

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short biography of Pablo Sarasate who was a Spanish violinist and composer of the Romantic period.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Hugo Wolf

For Students 9th - 10th
Classical Net provides a brief list of songs by composer, Hugo Wolf, and also includes an image.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch

For Students 9th - 10th
Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...
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National Arts Centre (Canada)

National Arts Centre: Arts Alive: Music Resources: Famous Composers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit this site to read about the life and works of great composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, plus many more!
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Archaeology Southwest Magazine: The Mimbres [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Download the entire Fall 2003 issue of the Archaeology Southwest Magazine to read several articles relating to the Mimbres culture and pottery. The Mimbres were a subgroup of the larger Mogollon culture inhabiting the Southwest until...
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The History Guide: The Romantic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site from The History Guide is great background information on the romantic period, though little of it deals directly with music.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Johannes Brahms

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this brief biography of Johannes Brahms, famous German composer in classical music.
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Mocomi: Frederic Chopin

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this brief biography of Frederic Chopin, famous Polish composer in classical music.
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Mex Connect

Mexconnect: Periods of Civilization in Mesoamerica 300 900 Ad

For Students 9th - 10th
Details Teotihuacan, Cholula, and Monte Alban as the foremost Mayan centers. Be sure to see the timeline that places developments in Mesoamerica with developments in other parts of the world.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-four video lectures, this introductory course in Greek history traces the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the...
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The British Museum

The British Museum: Athens

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about life in ancient Athens during the classical period of Greek history (ca. 480 to 323 BC) by following a day in the life of different characters who lived in the city, both citizens and noncitizens. You can also take a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Maya: The Yaxchilan Lintels

For Students 9th - 10th
Yaxchilan was a significant Maya center during the Classic period and a number of its buildings stand to this day. The carved stone lintels above their doorways, commissioned by the rulers of the city, provide a lengthy dynastic record...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Making of Athenian Painted Ceramic Vases

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, we'll examine the process used for making decorated vases in the region of Attica-dominated by the city of Athens and its environs-during the Archaic and Classical periods. Making decorated vases involved several steps:...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Neoclassicism

For Students 9th - 10th
Writers and craftsmen including Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, and Josiah Wedgwood found inspiration in the classical period. This article explores how their works adopted the style, genres, aesthetic values, and subjects...
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Brief biographical sketch of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an Austrian composer of the Classical Era.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Ludwig Van Beethoven

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this brief biography of Ludwig Van Beethoven, famous composer in classical music.
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Teacher Planet

Teacher Planet: Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Several lessons, units, and featured website links for learning about Mozart geared to elementary grades (includes worksheet PDF printouts).

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