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The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
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The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
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This site examines the job of a president, the balance of power ...

This site examines the job of a president, the balance of power with the Supreme Court and Congress, and ways presidents have communicated with the public. Features include the battle sword of George Washington, the lap desk on which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was assassinated.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
07/11/2003
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Be a Movie Director -- Game
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Find the right vehicles for a new movie from the America on ...

Find the right vehicles for a new movie from the America on the Move collection, then watch the movie that you’ve created on the big screen. See how much you know about the history of transportation with the interactive games in this online collection. You can find information, artifacts and photographs in the collection as well.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Game
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Author:
Project Director
Steven Lubar
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Body Parts
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In this online game, learners test their knowledge of human anatomy. Learners ...

In this online game, learners test their knowledge of human anatomy. Learners are presented a mystery image of a body part and use their mouse to select the proper body part from a full size anatomical model (known as "Jerome"). Learners try to match all 10 body parts correctly. Use this activity to review human anatomy and/or introduce learners to the use of anatomical models.

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Subject:
Education
Life Science
Anatomy/Physiology
Mathematics
Psychology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Provider:
Fun Works
Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE)
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Fun Works . . . for Careers You Never Knew Existed
SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Author:
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Botany & Art and Their Roles in Conservation
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Botany & Art and Their Roles in Conservation
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The lessons in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom introduce the ...

The lessons in this issue of Smithsonian in Your Classroom introduce the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, specifically their race to make records of endangered plant species around the world. “Very little of the world’s flora has been fully studied,” says one Smithsonian botanist, “and time is running out.” In the first lesson, students gets to know six endangered plants. They examine illustrations, photographs, and dried specimens of the plants as they consider this question: If a scientist can take a picture of a plant, are there advantages in having an illustration? They go on to consider some of the big questions that botanists themselves must ask: Which of these species are most in need of conservation efforts? Are any of these plants more worth saving than others?In the second lesson, the students try their own hands at botanical illustration, following the methods of a Smithsonian staff illustrator. All that is required for the lesson are pencils, markers, tracing paper, and access to a photocopier.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Life Science
Botany
Ecology
Forestry and Agriculture
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Unit of Study
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
Author:
Smithsonian Institute
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Botany and Art: Their Roles in Conservation
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Students are introduced to the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, and ...

Students are introduced to the work of botanists and botanical illustrators, and specifically to their race to make records of endangered plant species around the world. Students examine illustrations, photographs, and dried specimens of endangered plants and consider the conservation value of an illustration over a photographic image. In a second session, students try their own hands at botanical illustration and follow the methods of a Smithsonian staff illustrator. Pencils, markers, tracing paper, and access to a photocopier are required.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Botany
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Author:
Smithsonian Institutions
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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CivilWar@ Smithsonian
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This site examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include ...

This site examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include slavery and abolition, Abraham Lincoln, the first Union officer killed, soldiering, weapons, leaders, cavalries, navies, life and culture, Appomattox, Winslow Homer, and Mathematics and Statistics. A Civil War time-line is included.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Portrait Gallery
Date Added:
10/05/2004
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Cloud Dreamer
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Cloud Dreamer
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In pretending, we learn to navigate with ease between real and imaginary ...

In pretending, we learn to navigate with ease between real and imaginary worlds while learning the differences between them. Using our imaginations encourages original thinking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and the ability to generate multiple solutions to a problem. Pretend play helps us learn to think visually and spatially and to both capture and express ideas.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Lemelson Center
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
07/10/2003
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Decoding the Past: The Work of Archaeologists
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This site introduces students to archeology -- the study of material remains ...

This site introduces students to archeology -- the study of material remains to learn about past human experiences. This lesson (Grades 3-8) discusses various challenges of an archaeologist: locating a site that will yield clues about the people who once lived there, conducting excavations, and more. Students identify artifacts from a contemporary setting, describe the function of each artifact, identify methods for dating soil layers, and interpret soil profiles.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48
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This site offers geography and history activities showing how two years in ...

This site offers geography and history activities showing how two years in history had an indelible impact on American politics and culture. Students interpret historical maps, identify territories acquired by the U.S., identify states later formed from these territories, examine the territorial status of Texas, and identify political, social, and economic issues related to the expansion of the U.S. in the 1840s.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson Plan
Reading
Unit of Study
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/24/2004
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George Washington: A National Treasure
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This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social ...

This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington’s life. The activities should enhance your students’ knowledge of Washington and expand their horizons about this complex and interesting man.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Portrait Gallery
Date Added:
10/05/2004
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Introduction to the Nature Journal
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The purpose of this lesson is to show learners how to keep ...

The purpose of this lesson is to show learners how to keep a nature journal. How to reflect, respond, and question the observations they see in the world.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Ecology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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The Invention of the Electric Guitar
The Invention of the Electric Guitar
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This online exhibit explores the history and development of the electric guitar. ...

This online exhibit explores the history and development of the electric guitar. It includes information about the instrument designers and the musicians who influenced the creation of new guitars and innovations in their sound. Examples of about 40 different guitars are included with descriptions of each. There is also information on how different types of acoustic and electric guitars operate with the sounds of each available for listening. Finally, addition information, references, and links are included.

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Subject:
Career and Technical Education
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Author:
Monica Smith
Date Added:
05/18/2012
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Making Friends with Franklin
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This site introduces students to the world of Ben Franklin and other ...

This site introduces students to the world of Ben Franklin and other natural philosophers at a time when the word science had not yet entered our language. Portraits of Franklin's colleagues, an overview of his life, and experiments showing how electrical charges attract and repel are part of this lesson (for Grades 3-8).

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Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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Mali Empire and Djenne Figures
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Archeology offers the most tangible evidence of earlier civilizations. Although archeology has ...

Archeology offers the most tangible evidence of earlier civilizations. Although archeology has already provided invaluable information pertaining to the life styles and skills of the peoples from this region of West Africa, the archaeological record is still incomplete. The figurative sculptures featured in this resource furnish one part of the historical puzzle of this region. These handsome terracotta sculptures are from the Inland Niger Delta region near Djenne (pronounced JEH-nay; also spelled Jenne), one of several important trading cities that grew and developed during the Mali Empire.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Art and Design
Archaeology
World History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of African Art
Date Added:
02/09/2004
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Minerals, Crystals, and Gems: Stepping Stones to Inquiry
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This site introduces students to mineral science and the scientific process -- ...

This site introduces students to mineral science and the scientific process -- observing things, forming hypotheses, and drawing conclusions. Students watch crystals grow, go on a scavenger hunt for minerals, and create a classroom exhibit of rocks and minerals (for Grades 3-8).

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Subject:
Geology/Earth Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
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This activity “Becoming aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience” is ...

This activity “Becoming aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience” is intended to help students become aware of, and sensitive to, the Japanese American interment camp experience. They will develop a sense of empathy by simulating the situations which Japanese American children faced.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
09/28/2004
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Mystery Skull Interactive | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program
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When scientists discover a new fossil skull, they compare it to skulls ...

When scientists discover a new fossil skull, they compare it to skulls that have already been identified as particular early human species. In this activity, you get the chance to be the scientist!

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Simulation
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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The Online Academy
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The Online Academy highlights artifacts, scholars, collectors, and preservers of African American ...

The Online Academy highlights artifacts, scholars, collectors, and preservers of African American history. Features include the inventor of the multiple effect vacuum process for producing sugar, the first identified African American toolmaker, the autobiography of an African American cowboy, and Zora Neale Hurston's first novel.

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Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Date Added:
02/06/2004
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Plants and Animals, Partners in Pollination
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This site helps students see how plants and animals interact to accomplish ...

This site helps students see how plants and animals interact to accomplish pollination. Students (Grades 3-8) identify plant and animal parts involved in pollination, connections between pollination and food production, relationships between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, and ways flowers have adapted to encourage pollination.

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Subject:
Education
Biology
Botany
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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Portraits, Visual and Written
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This site features Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens. See excerpts from ...

This site features Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens. See excerpts from Alcott's girlhood journal and Little Women. Read Clemens' explanation of his white suit in Mark Twain's Autobiography and the last chapter of Tom Sawyer, where Huck Finn has fled the Widow Douglas's civilizing influence. Help students see that their own lives and views can be a basis for creative writing.

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Subject:
Literature
Fine Arts
Performing and Visual Arts
Gender Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
07/05/2006
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The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
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This manual provides you with a variety of creative and engaging strategies ...

This manual provides you with a variety of creative and engaging strategies to help students think about how wars have been defining moments in both the history of the nation and the lives of individual Americans.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
11/12/2004
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Reviled and Revered: Toads, Turtles, Snakes, Salamanders, and Other Creepers and Crawlers
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This site examines misconceptions about herps (the collective name given to reptiles ...

This site examines misconceptions about herps (the collective name given to reptiles and amphibians), how herps have been viewed throughout history, and how reptiles and amphibians are similar to and different from one another.

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Subject:
Education
Biology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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Scientists @ the Smithsonian
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Video interviews with twenty Smithsonian scientists introduce students to the wide variety ...

Video interviews with twenty Smithsonian scientists introduce students to the wide variety of work in the sciences. Students will learn the diverse pathways that these scientists took to enter their fields and they will see that many kinds of people become scientists.

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Subject:
Gender Studies
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Author:
Individual Authors
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian Kids: Collecting
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This site invites kids to start a collection of rocks, shells, postcards, ...

This site invites kids to start a collection of rocks, shells, postcards, posters, or something else that interests them. Three Smithsonian collections are sampled. Rocks and Minerals includes the Hope Diamond; Stamps includes Western Cattle in Storm (1898); Historic Coins includes the Jefferson Indian Peace Medal.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
07/10/2003
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Smithsonian Source: Civil Rights
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons on the civil rights struggle. The teacher-developed resources in the section will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students.
Explore the variety of teaching strategies and guidelines, lesson plans and document-based questions (DBQs), and information about museum objects and other primary sources. You might get started by showing the video, in which Smithsonian curators examine a photograph of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. You can then help the students examine other historic photographs.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian Source: Colonial America
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons on the colonial period. The teacher-developed resources in the section will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students. The lesson plans and DBQs are organized by grade level. The DBQ primary sources can stand alone in DBQ exercises. Images of the primary sources are independent of any extensive explanatory information, so that the images can be used as handouts.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/05/2006
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Smithsonian Source: Invention
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons on American inventions and innovations. The teacher-developed resources in the section will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students. You might get started by showing the video, which traces the development of the electric guitar.
The lesson plans and DBQs are organized by grade level. The DBQ primary sources can stand alone in DBQ exercises. Images of the primary sources are independent of any extensive explanatory information, so that the images can be used as handouts.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian Source: Native American History
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons on Native history. The teacher-developed resources in the section will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students. You might get started by reviewing the video on Lakota winter counts.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian Source: Transportation
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons that demonstrate the importance of travel and transportation in American life. The teacher-developed resources will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students. You might start by viewing the short video, in which curators at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum discuss the achievements and legacy of Amelia Earhart.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian Source: Westward Expansion
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This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you ...

This section is intended to supplement the curricula, textbooks, and materials you currently use for lessons on the expansion of the United States. The teacher-developed resources will enhance the classroom experience for both you and your students. You might get started by showing the video, in which Smithsonian art curator Richard Murray examines Emanuel Leutze's epic painting Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Assessment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Smithsonian TweenTribune
Smithsonian TweenTribune
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Smithsonian TweenTribune allows you to easily create a classroom and assign dailly ...

Smithsonian TweenTribune allows you to easily create a classroom and assign dailly AP news articles that are Lexile® leveled for K-12 students. It also includes: self-scoring quizzes customized by Lexile® level, critical thinking questions, student commenting, Espanol AP articles, weekly lesson plans and videos and weekend "Monday Morning Ready" newsletter as prep for the week ahead.

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Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Interim/Summative Assessment
Reading
Self Assessment
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
12/21/2016
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Tale of a Whale
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Tale of a Whale
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In this issue’s lesson, students exercise their observation skills to do some ...

In this issue’s lesson, students exercise their observation skills to do some of the actual work of marine biologists who study the endangered North Atlantic right whale. They identify an individual whale by examining photographs taken at sea. They then examine a record of sighting of the whale in order to track its movements.

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Subject:
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Tinker Ball
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Exploratory play is about asking questions: “What happens when I do this?” ...

Exploratory play is about asking questions: “What happens when I do this?” “What if I did it this way?” Experimenting with materials and pushing their limits encourages us to consider a wide range of possibilities when problem-solving. Playing around with objects and ideas helps us see that there may be more than one solution.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Lemelson Center
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
02/25/2000
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Under the Spell of ... Spiders!
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Spiders are endlessly fascinating and a great school subject because they offer ...

Spiders are endlessly fascinating and a great school subject because they offer plenty of teachable topics that span the curriculum. We've tried to provide some of those topics here in these lessons, as for all their amazing physical features and unusual habits, spiders, with just a few notable exceptions, pose little threat to humans and are creatures deserving of understanding and respect. It's our hope that, as you work through the activities, your students will gain a new appreciation for spiders.

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Subject:
Education
Biology
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
Date Added:
09/10/2004
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Vote: The Machinery of Democracy
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This site looks at the history and variety of voting methods in ...

This site looks at the history and variety of voting methods in the U.S. -- the voice vote, party ticket (paper ballots listing candidates from just one party), Australian ballot, gear and lever machine, and others. Voting reforms of the early 1900s, when the U.S. electorate doubled, are described. Kinds of voting equipment used in counties across the U.S. are shown on a map. Innovative design improvements are discussed.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
01/07/2009
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West Point in the Making of America, 1802-1918
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These activities will have student look at the history of the U.S. ...

These activities will have student look at the history of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, its contributions to American history, and accomplishments of selected West Point graduates. Proposed by George Washington in 1783 and created 20 years later, West Point became an important American institution before the Civil War.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
01/06/2005
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Where's Everyone Going -- Game
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Match a variety of vehicles with their destinations and time periods to ...

Match a variety of vehicles with their destinations and time periods to learn how much transportation in America has changed over time. See how much you know about the history of transportation with the interactive games in this online collection. You can find information, artifacts and photographs in the collection as well.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Game
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Author:
Project Director
Steven Lubar
Date Added:
01/22/2018
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Within These Walls
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Within These Walls...tells the stories of five families who lived in this ...

Within These Walls...tells the stories of five families who lived in this house over 200 years and made history in their kitchens and parlors, through everyday choices and personal acts of courage and sacrifice. In this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will learn how the Smithsonian acquired the house at 16 Elm Street Ipswich, Massachusetts and saved more than a dozen family stories and 200 years of American social history. They will also learn some of the methods historians and curators used to learn about this house's past, the ways that it changed over time, and the people who lived in it.

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Subject:
Fine Arts
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
01/06/2005
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The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
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This online exhibition celebrates the centennial of flight with a thorough presentation ...

This online exhibition celebrates the centennial of flight with a thorough presentation of Wilbur and Orville Wright's biography, their technical achievements and the cultural impact of their breakthrough in the decade after 1903.

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Subject:
Technology and Engineering
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Air and Space Museum
Date Added:
10/27/2006
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You Be the Historian
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You Be the Historian
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This site invites students to examine clues and determine what life was ...

This site invites students to examine clues and determine what life was like for a family that lived in New Castle, Delaware, during the 1700s. Students also discover what historians in the next century might learn about us if they found our homes the way they are today.

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Subject:
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
07/12/2007
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