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Tes: Staging Shakespeare: Costume Design
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides information about using resources from the Victoria and Albert Museum to learn about costuming and staging Shakespearean plays. It includes a downloadable PowerPoint lesson plan.
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Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: History of Costume
Digital scans of the illustrations from a nineteenth-century publication about historic costumes constitutes a pictorial survey of changing modes of dress from ancient times to the mid-1800s. Five hundred designs in all.
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Tes: Designing Nativity Costumes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson on designing nativity costumes including details on using fabrics, colors, and decorations; it includes a downloadable PowerPoint and a Costume Designing Frame worksheet.
Kyoto Costume Institute
Kyoto Costume Institute: Digital Archives: Collections 1920s
Digital showcase of distinctive articles of women's clothing from the 1920s: coats, dresses, shoes, and undergarments.
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New Britain Museum of American Art: Costumes
An interesting way to study the history of American portraiture, by focusing on the clothing of those who sat for their portraits.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?
By exploring historical accounts of events surrounding the Boston Tea Party, students learn about the sources and methods historians use to reconstruct what happened in the past. It includes extended websites for further research.
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Minoan Costume
Brief but detailed account of what typical Minoan men and women would wear. Observations come from a variety of artifacts and show the advanced technology of the culture.
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Tes: Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of images from the 17th to the 21st centuries from the Victoria and Albert Museum inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream including several video links, costume design...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Theater
Take a one-minute quick tour through the history of theater. View a theatrical performance and be a theater critic. Visit the theater and learn about makeup, sound, lighting, costumes and visit the scene shop to learn about scenery...
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Tes: Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This image bank provides a slide show of two prints from the Victoria and Albert Museum of costumes from 19th century Shakespeare productions and ideas for discussion and teaching activities concerning...
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Tes: Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of 16th, 19th, and 20th-century images from the Victoria and Albert Museum which includes three images inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: a 1912 Costume for Viola, a painting...
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Tes: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Design a Fairy
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students pretend they are the director and design a costume for Puck; they brief the designer as to how to create it and then brief the actor as to how to play the part. An example and...
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Japan National Tourism: Japanese Shinto Shrines
Japan's indigenous religion is known as Shinto. Here is a brief look at it with hand drawn illustrations of the shrines, costumes, and masks accompanying the text.
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: Ideas for Enhancing Oral Reports
A helpful review of important parts of your report and ways to strengthen it. SL.9-10.4 Presentation
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Halloween Online: Halloween Safety Guide
Welcome to the Halloween Safety Guide for both children and adults! An excellent source full of tips and ideas to make your Halloween day safe. Included are house, yard, costume, and even pet safety.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Dr. George Archibald Receives Award
George Archibald may be singlehandedly responsible for the survival of the whooping crane. He pioneered revolutionary techniques for helping cranes to survive while in the care of humans, such as having caregivers wear crane costumes. He...
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History.com: How Americans Became Convinced Their Halloween Candy Was Poisoned
These chilling candy poisonings might make you rethink trick-or-treating. Rumors of tainted, poisoned or otherwise murderous Halloween candy handed out to youngsters are as much a part of the Halloween tradition as costumes and sing-song...
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Tes: Staging Shakespeare Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of drawings of the stages and sets of Shakespeare's plays from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Afghan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Afghan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Albanian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Albanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Belarusan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Belarusan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Blackfoot
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Blackfoot. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bolivian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bolivian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bosnian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bosnian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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