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National Humanities Center

Teaching The Great Gatsby: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar

For Teachers 11th - 12th
The 41 slides in a professional development seminar model how to use close reading techniques to examine the many layers of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. In addition to passages from the novel, slides provide biographical...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City in Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Modern and Contemporary Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Institute's collection of modern and contemporary art is one of the most comprehensive of any museum and includes two icons of 20th-century American art: Grant Wood's American Gothic and Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. The museum has...
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts provides a fun and interesting site to explore! Click on a time period to view examples and descriptions of various pieces of art from the modernism period. To see a larger image and more information of...
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th
Course handout discusses the complexities of the artistic and philosophical movements of Modernism.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A succinct definition of modernism, with examples of authors and styles.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: World War I and Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th
With the development of lethal technologies which led to incrementally more loss of life during WWI, Europeans altered their views of war. Examine the impact modern technologies had on this war with supplemental videos, lessons and...
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Destination Modern Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Museum of Modern Art invites young readers interactively learn about Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Umberto Boccioni using sound, simple language, and engaging animations.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on Modernism, a period characterized by writers and artists use of new forms in an attempt to find a new truth and a break from existing institutions, forms, and...
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Modernization, Unification & Imperialism (1850 1914)

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the modernization of Europe, the unification of Germany and Italy, and the New Imperialism in Africa and Asia with these resources. Find videos, lessons, and PowerPoint presentations.
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: Destination Modern Art

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a virtual tour of the Museum of Modern Art from a child's perspective. There are lots of stops along the way where one can try a game, explore a piece of art, and learn about the artists.
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National Gallery of Modern Art (India)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of India's National Gallery of Modern Art. You can take virtual tours of various sections of the museum, and view various current and previous exhibits going back to 1995.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Woman

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Faith

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Daily Life in Early Modern France

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Primary source documents are used in the exploration of the written word asks how handwritten documents shaped life in the early modern period and what can they tell us about the experiences of early modern people.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Democracy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Airplane as a Symbol of Modernism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through art and text, lesson explores Modernism through the airplane as a symbol in the 1920s. Content includes questions for analysis and discussion, follow-up, and guide for discussing art.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Modern Civilization 1750 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course, Professor Lynn Hunt gives 12 video lectures on Modern Civilization 1750-Present. She covers a broad, historical study of major elements in Western heritage from the world of the Greeks to that of the 20th century.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City in Film

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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University of Southern California

Usc Viterbi School of Engineering:illumin: Worthy of Praise: Modern Flush Toilet

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing the history of the modern flush toilet and the under-appreciated impact it has had on modern civilizations. Includes an animation showing how a flush toilet works.
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The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Trade, Diplomacy, and China's Modern Transformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with primary resources and questions for critical thinking explores how China's economic and diplomatic ties to the outside world shaped its modern history
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Blackface Minstrelsy in Modern America

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Modern Music: 1900 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes complete course material.

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