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Curated OER

A Nation in (Some) Context

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders view selected websites to gain information about Puerto Rico and think about its relevance to Rafael Ferrer's "12 Variations on An 18th-century Map of Puerto Rico".
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Daruma

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the significance of the daruma through history since the sixth century. Students discuss good luck symbols used by other cultures. Students make a paper mache daruma, filling one eye and setting a goal.
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Curated OER

Mapping the Changes

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research an aspect of life of their choosing of a western state either before the Civil War, after the war or today. They are to write about the aspect they choose and make illustrations.
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Curated OER

Little House in the Census: Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view copies of the 1880 and 1900 censuses and then create and conduct their own census of their homes, comparing all three.
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Curated OER

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use events of the time to illustrate the significance of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Song Allouette - Oneida

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice singing the song Allouette. 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.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Johnson Antonio

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Johnson Antonio. Antonio was a Navajo artist who, through carving secular human figures, went against traditional Native American...
Handout
Other

Collector's Guide: Indian Territory: Phoenix Rising From the Trail of Tears

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the art forms preserved by the Native Americans who were resettled by the U.S. government in the Indian Territory.
eBook
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...
Lesson Plan
California State University

Lesson Plan: Pictograph Stone Carving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan provides a fun art lesson about stone carving.