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The Victorians Fact Cards
Want to learn some quick facts about Victorian England? Check out a series of fact cards that include information about class structure, education rights, public health, and Queen Victoria herself.
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Louvre Museum: Visitor Trails: Daily Life in Egypt in the Time of Pharoahs
Take a tour through the Louvre and discover examples of art depicting daily life in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharoahs. Read descriptions of the scenes and click to learn more about the details of the artwork itself. A very...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 18th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 18th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 20th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a modern 20th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common. Each image...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 17th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 17th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
Geffrye Museum
Geffrye Museum: Life in the Living Room 1600 2000: 19th Century
An exhibition of the material belongings that were typical in a well-kept 19th-century living room. Covers furniture and furnishings, lighting, heating, ornamentation, domestic life, and the types of townhouses that were common in that...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s
See images painted by famous Dutch artists during the Baroque period. All images are scenes of daily life. Follow a link to learn more about painting in the 1600s.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Using the Scientific Process to Study Human Evolution
View a real-life use of the scientific process by looking at Paleoanthropology in this Click and Learn. The Click and Learn is an interactive slideshow.
University of Michigan
Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Storage and Cooking
Pottery used for food storage and transportation of liquids offers insight into Egyptian daily life. See pictures of many different styles of pottery.
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Life Long Earning: Communication Skills
Brief definitions of communication skills terms along with examples of how a student might combine these skills into projects and real-world applications.
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Time & Life Pictures: Defining Visions of an Enduring History
This database of images contains hundreds of photographs from TIME and Life Magazines from a span of over 70 years. This is a wonderful resource for the study of history, culture or photojournalism. Images are searchable by photographer,...
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Vida: Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Use these images to study the monarch butterfly's life cycle.
Sumanas
Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Life Cycle of a Moss
Studying mosses? Here is a great animation on the reproductive cycle of a moss.
NOAA
Noaa: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: North Pacific Ocean
This site shows a map of the North Pacific Ocean and the surrounding seas. You can study the islands, or the ocean currents in detail.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Timeline: Exploring College Options
This infographic Khan Academy resource gives the reader a guideline to explore college options.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare's World: Image Bank
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of artwork and objects from the British Museum which represents life in Shakespeare's world.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate in Early Colonial America
Several examples of pots for coffee, tea, and chocolate from the colonial period. Learn how Americans adopted the practice of drinking coffee and tea, and how this practice affected society, daily life, and the decorative art created by...
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Calgary Board Education: Our First Nations: Blackfoot
Educators will find this a useful research model for their students. Each slide addresses a different aspect of the Blackfoot tribe's daily life and culture.
Sumanas
Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Dna Chip Technology
A new way of testing DNA samples uses a chip. This allows scientists to examine thousands of genes instead of just one at a time.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University: Measuring Plate Motions [Pdf]
This slideshow gives an advanced-level explanation of how to calculate the distance that tectonic plates move by using Physics formulas and concepts. Includes a discussion of marine magnetic anomalies and how these impact plate movement....
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Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: Land and Sea Animals [Pdf]
This PDF graphic organizer is a t-chart that will help students organize how land and sea animals are alike and how they are different. There are also color photographs of both types of animals at the top of the page. Requires Adobe Reader.
Arizona State University
Archaeological Research Institute: A Walking Tour of Plimouth Plantation
A visual exploration, supported by interpretive text, of Plymouth Plantation as it existed in the 1600s. Includes photographs of buildings, a wigwam, European and Native American clothing, and tools used.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Museum Collections/ Chaco Culture National Historic Park
One of the earliest peoples living in the Southwest of present day America were the Chaco, also called the Anasazi. Learn about their history and culture and the great contributions made by this civilization, view preserved artifacts and...
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Medieval Painting in the South of France
This website shows through paintings, the daily life, visit of the chapels and religious life in the Southern Alps (South of France).
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