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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame lets visitors journey through the history of rock 'n' roll and discover the talents of the hall of fame inductees. Includes many stylish exhibitions and fashions to sample.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Photographs of the Detroit Publishing Company: 1880 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
An online collection of historical and archival photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company that show American life, industry, agriculture, and more from this period of rapid change.
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Whyville

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Your students can become a citizen of Whyville, an on-line town. They can build a face, build a house, and build a business. There are tons of science experiments for them to try as well as art games at the Getty Museum. This is a great...
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Smithsonian Institution

Freer | Sackler Galleries

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Freer and Sackler Galleries by topics including but not limited to Arts of the Islamic Worlds, Chinese Art, and Contemporary Art. An overview of the collection, online exhibit features, and teacher resources are available.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of the Smithsonian Institution. Explore art and design, history and culture, science and technology, and much more!
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Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of the Hong Kong-based Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum includes a short biographical note of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a few photographs, and descriptions of some of the museum's exhibits, which showcase some of Sun's personal items.
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Alfred Rosenberg Diary

For Students 9th - 10th
Alfred Rosenberg was responsible for looting artwork and books from German-occupied Europe. He kept detailed diaries that were recently tracked down and curated by the Holocaust Museum. Read the background on the mystery of these diaries...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of the Holocaust Musuem

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel's Remarks at the Dedication of the Holocaust Museum" by Elie Wiesel, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a...
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Illinois State Museum: At Home in the Heartland Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present lets visitors experience the kinds of changes that an environment can undergo over several hundred years. Uses historical narratives, images of objects, timelines, maps, and...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Art Institute of Chicago, browse the full scope and focus of the museum's collections of French impressionism, photography, architectural drawing, European decorative arts, American art, textiles, African art,...
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New Mexico Museum of Art: Prehistory: Paleo Indian Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Download a great map of New Mexico showing the Paleo-Indian sites from 10,000 B.C. to 5,500 BC. [pdf]
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Embracing the Impossible [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students explore primary resources to see what people who lived in the early age of flight felt about this innovation. They then compare that response to that towards an invention of today.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Engineering the Wright Way

For Students 5th - 8th
Great interactive provides students with an opportunity to use engineering skills to design and test airplane wings based on the methods of the Wright brothers. Step into the workshop and design a set of wings that will fly your glider...
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Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Pictograph Robes of the Plains Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
Plains Indians often recorded their history in pictograph form on their tipis and buffalo skins. View the original artwork by He Dog (Percy Creighton)as he interpreted the history of the Blood Indians.
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Illinois State Museum: Shamanism Among the Peoples

For Students 9th - 10th
Talks about the training and development to Shamans. Mentions the ceremonial garb and props. Links to other sites.
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Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: See the Colors in Leaves

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step procedure with pictures for the process of chromatography. Chromatography allows students to see the pigments or coloring of the tissues of plants.
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The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Do Animals See Color?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a larger site on sight and the function of the eyeball, this section seeks to answer the question, can animals see color? The discussion centers around the use of cones in the area of sight.
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The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Eye on the Universe: The Hubble Space Telescope

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides information about the Hubble Space Telescope, and its mission into space.
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Curated OER

Aviation Internet Group: Aviation History on Line Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Online museum of airplanes, pilots, airplane engines, and historical background information. Great sound effects are included!
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Curated OER

Plan 59: The Museum of Mid Century Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th
An online museum of mid-twentieth-century illustration. See vintage images from the following categories: cars, wagons, trucks, food, old ads, and decor.
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Deutsches Historisches: 1918 33 Der Versailler Vertrag

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Deutsches Historisches Museumprovides details of the Versailles Treaty that formally ended World War I, and German reaction to th treaty's harsh terms, is presented by LeMO: Lebendiges virtuelles Museum Online (Living...
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Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You can find listings of state and national arts associations, visit online museums or historic sites, and locate resources that promote arts in education.
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University of South Carolina: Robert Burns Bicentenary Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
An online museum exhibit of materials relating to Robert Burns, such as illustrations or pictures of early edition books.
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Erich Maria Remarque

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Lebendiges Museum Online, gives a chronology of the life of German-American writer Erich Maria Remarque. The site is entirely in German.

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