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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Direct and Indirect Pronouns (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exercise is from the Colby College for practicing the substitution of pronouns for the direct and indirect objects of a sentence, and for using the two pronouns together in the same sentence. A brief English introduction...
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Informal Commands (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice answering questions with affirmative and negative tu commands and direct and indirect object pronouns. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular command forms are included in this exercise.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Informal Commands (Part 3)

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice answering questions with negative tu commands, reflexive pronouns, and direct and indirect object pronouns. Stem-changers, spelling changes, regular and irregular command forms are included in this exercise.
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Se for Unplanned or Unexpected Events

For Students 9th - 10th
In this brief exercise, the student chooses the best Spanish expression to complete each sentence. Feedback on the response is immediate. Great review of third person preterite tense forms. Practices the use of "se" and an indirect...
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Other

Canal Kids: Uniao Cultural (English for Portuguese L1s)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive vocabulary lessons for Portugese-speaking English language learners who are building a basic English vocabulary related to objects found at school, occupations, food, toys, clothes, animals, and songs. By clicking on various...
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Other

Canal Kids: Uniao Cultural (English for Portuguese L1s)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive vocabulary lessons for Portugese-speaking English language learners who are building a basic English vocabulary related to objects found at school, occupations, food, toys, clothes, animals, and songs. By clicking on various...
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Objects and Images

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of objects and images from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum which uses artists' responses to Shakespeare and historical objects from Shakespeare's time to...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: Mozart and the Keyboard Culture of His Time

For Students 9th - 10th
View this collection of documents and objects to find out about music in Mozart's time and music in the present time 250 years after Mozart.
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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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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: African Art, African Voices

For Students 9th - 10th
View objects from a variety of sub-Saharan African countries and cultures, such as the Asante culture of Ghana and the Maasai of Kenya. Ancillary write-ups and audio tours convey the meanings, stories, and ideas associated with them.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Infinity of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about ten North and South American Native American nations by playing the Infinity of Nations Culture Quest game. Examine Native American crafts and artifacts that are part of Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian,...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
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Other

Anchorage Museum: Alaska Gallery: Alutiiq and Aleut/unangan

For Students 9th - 10th
The Anchorage Museum in Alaska provides a lengthy comprehensive overview of Alutiiq and Aleut history and culture. Includes details on daily life, dioramas, art, ceremonial objects, clothing, and more.
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Other

Anchorage Museum: Alaska Gallery: Athabascan Indian History

For Students 9th - 10th
The Anchorage Museum offers a lengthy comprehensive overview of Athabascan Indian history and culture. Includes details on daily life, ceremonial objects, hunting tools, clothing, shelters, and more.
Interactive
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Skulls

For Students 9th - 10th
A skull is an object of sculptural beauty, a machine designed by evolution, a blueprint of an animal's lifestyle, and a protective enclosure for the brain and sensory organs. These are all responses given by scientists on this visually...
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Other

Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Design a Display

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast similar objects from different cultures using images from the Museum of Civilization. Interpreting and classifying the items will challenge students' higher order thinking skills.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Teaching From Objects and Stories: Eskimo People

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The object of these three lesson plans is for the young scholars to use objects and stories to learn about the Eskimo people of the Bering Strait. All worksheets and materials are included. Students will solve historical problems, using...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Present at the Creation

For Students 9th - 10th
A compilation of stories from National Public Radio about the creation of new and extraordinary objects, films, and artwork that have shaped and continue to shape American popular culture. Explore everything from the hamburger, to...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Art of the Personal Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition takes you on a tour of African art that was made to be both seen and used. Find examples of everyday objects - pipes, stools, headrests, bowls - that demonstrate the African ideal of crafting utilitarian objects of great beauty.
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Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: What in the World?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Colourful pictures and clues invite the student to identify objects associated with 10 different Canadian cultural groups. The student has 3 chances to match the clue with the picture. Descriptions of the object are presented as the...
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Other

Cmh: Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Discovering Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A teacher lesson plan, student activity sheet and artifact information packages provide students with the opportunity to interpret items before presenting their hypothesis to the class.
Interactive
Other

Biblioteca Nacional De Chile: Chile Para Ninos

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Culture-related Spanish content for kids: stories, photos of Chilean cultural sites and objects, games, and songs that communicate Chilean traditions.
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Canadian Museum of History

Cmc: Marius Barbean: Virtual Museum Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan uses the internet to help students learn about museum exhibits. Focusing on aboriginal and French Canadian culture, it culminates in an imaginary exhibition.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Imperial China

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical overview of imperial China, with related image gallery of Chinese art objects.