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Library of Congress

Loc: Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
This historic American Civil War Photo Archive is presented as a free public service by the Abraham Lincoln Art Gallery and artist sculptor James J. Nance and provides a free online download of thirty-five famous Abraham Lincoln Civil...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Thomas Eakins

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ibiblio.org site contains a summary on the life of artist Thomas Eakins. Also includes images of some of his most famous work.
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Music Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
Georgia has many musical artists that influenced American music. Read about those that have been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame or listen to interviews from some of those musical legends.
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New York Times

New York Times: Robert Smithson: Earth Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An audio slideshow about artist Robert Smithson narrated by New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman. The slideshow, which illustrates many of Smithson's drawings and works of scuplture, including his famous "Spiral Jetty," coincides...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Faith Ringgold's Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out this site to discover more about the famous author and illustrator Faith Ringgold. This resource features a biography, interview transcript, a booklist, and a link to the author's website.
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Other

Ballet Dance Magazine: An Interview With Evelyn Cisneros

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with Evelyn Cisneros and with the choreographer of a dance, "Lambarena," created especially for her. In it, Cisneros discusses why she started dance, her early training, and the work that went into "Lambarena."
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Reginald Marsh

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides very brief biographical information as well as a look at a few of Reginald Marsh's famous works.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Faith Ringgold

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Faith Ringgold, an American artist and author who became famous for innovative, quilted narrations that communicate her political beliefs.
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Cengage Learning

Gale: Hispanic Heritage Biographies: Carlos Santana

For Students 9th - 10th
In the late 1960s, when the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane and other rock genres were raging, Carlos Santana and his band Santana introduced the music scene to a new Latin-based rock sound featuring an Afro-Cuban beat. This...
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Other

Art, Repetition, and Jacob Lawrence

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A great idea for a lesson including the style of Jacob Lawrence's "Parade." Not only includes lesson, but also a list of artists with similar styles to Lawrence. Lesson is under Instructional Unit Three.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Picturing America: Cole: The Oxbow [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of Cole's famous landscape of a bow-shaped bend in a river conveys all the essential qualities that typify works by Hudson River school artists.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bill Dixon

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bill Dixon, an American jazz artist born Oct. 5, 1925, Nantucket, Mass.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Trumbull

For Students 9th - 10th
John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 - November 10, 1843) was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War famous for his historical paintings including his Declaration of Independence, which appears on the reverse of...
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Other

The Collection: Chicago Architects Oral History Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Choose from an extensive list of Chicago area architects and learn information about their lives and their work. Includes links to interviews and biographies.
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Other

Mary Cassatt the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 300 of Cassatt's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Mary Cassatt

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise biographical sketch that examines the life and contributions of nineteenth century impressionist and Pennsylvania native, Mary Cassatt.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Duke Ellington

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Duke Ellington, one of the originators of big band jazz, and a noted composer.