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Curated OER

Art and Sole

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss how culture can be transmitted from generation to generation. In groups, they create a bust of themselves after viewing various artists artwork. They also develop their own dance routine and perform it in front of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ta he thaw nu ha la tu-Traditional Oneida Song

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice singing a traditional Oneida song. They discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages and how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings for the Oneida people.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Sound of Calm

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Star Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a activity of using maps in order to find constellations in the night sky. They also conduct research using three constellations. The research is used to create a project to inform others. The teacher also leads the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Frontiers Decade: CyberDecade

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore robotics. They design and draw a robot that will search for deposits of underground minerals.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Creation Stories

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A learning module with twenty-six links to texts, images, videos, and websites to use while learning about various creation stories from around the world.
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Other

Montana State University: Blackfeet Creation Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the story of creation through the eyes of the Blackfeet Native Americans. This site features a description of their legend of creation.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Indigenous Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Indigenous Geography helps you develop key understandings on nine different dimensions as they relate to six Native communities located in the Western Hemisphere. Learn about the creation stories, place boundaries and landmarks, calendar...
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Library of Congress

Loc: West Side Story: Birth of a Classic

For Students 9th - 10th
View the online exhibit featuring photographs, documents--opening night telegraphs, letters, notes by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, set designs--and other items such as posters, DVD covers, and a pair of slippers worn in the...
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Other

Dept. Of Canadian Heritage: Four Directions Teaching

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this colorful and engaging website, students can come to a better understanding of the First Nations communities as they explore the teachings of the Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwe, Mohawk and Mi'kmaq. Ceremonies, creation stories,...
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Cultural Creation Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This ArtsEdge lesson plan provides strategies for teaching the creation myth to high school learners. Students participate in writing intensive activities which relay the various implications of these myths and their relation to the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Creation Accounts and Depictions

For Students 9th - 10th
Creation stories, myths and art from around the world are presented in this exhibit from the Library of Congress. Each item is briefly described.
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Other

Macrohistory: Babylonian Myths of Creation and a Great Flood

For Students 6th - 8th
The story of Gilgamesh addresses the eternal themes of human audacity, free will, and why people must die. Study the following summary of Gilgamesh and the Babylonian creation story. Pictures and a bibliography are included.
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University of Calgary

Canada's First Nations: Native Creation Myths

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's an introduction to the creation myths of Canada's First Nations, which contains a brief look at the themes and content of these stories, as well as the problems that arise when they are translated. Includes links to the creation...
Primary
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Deucalion's Flood and the Creation of the New Human Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this Greek Mythology story of the destruction of the earth by flood. Try comparing it to the story of Noah's Ark from the Bible.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Leonard Bernstein

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site explores the life of Leonard Bernstein. It provides an overview of his life and accomplishments, followed by articles addressing his overnight success, creation of "West Side Story," and radio concerts for children.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: John Philip Sousa

For Students 3rd - 8th
This three-part biography of John Philip Sousa, chronicles his life, music, and his famous creation of "The Stars and Stripes Forever." Provides historical photos and an audio version of this beloved marching song. (RealAudio or Wav...
Article
Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Charles Darwin [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Charles Darwin highlighting the events that shaped him as a scientist. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific research.
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Other

Powersource: Cherokee Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Powersource gives links to many Cherokee myths, including the "Cycle of the Seasons" and "Rock House: Why the Sun Follows the Moon." These are both good examples of the Cherokee religious beliefs of creation.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Inst. Of Arts: Navajo Ketoh (Wrist Guard)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief history of the Navajo, along with text of a Navajo creation story, and a photograph of a ketoh, a wristguard worn by Navajo archers. Includes a discussion of the symbols in the ketoh, and how they reflect Navajo culture...
Professional Doc
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Best Tech Creation Tools

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Check out this list of terrific tools for tech creation that offer a wide variety of engaging end products kids can create, from stories to animations to music to games.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Japanese Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive unit on Japanese Mythology including key terms, Japanese history including Buddhism and Shintoism, creation story animoto, creative writing, quizzes, tests, final assessment to create a business project as a...
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Other

Oneida Nation: The Oneida Creation Story [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the history of this Native American group - how they were forced to leave their land, but purchased a large section of land in what would soon become the state of Wisconsin.
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Other

Williams College: Iroquois Creation Myth

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an interesting myth of creation developed by the Iroquois people.

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