National Endowment for the Humanities
Lesson 4: The Phoenicians, the Greeks, the Romans, and Us
Learners review knowledge gained in the three-part unit on the history of the alphabet. Using maps and images, learners consolidate their understanding of ancient Greece, the Romans and the Phoenicians, and their respective impacts...
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The Impact of the Railroad on Western Settlement
Eleventh graders utilize a painting to explore the effects of the railroads on the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They discover how art can reflect the mood and spirit of the time in which they are created.
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The Harlem Renaissance: Awakening the Black Soul
Eleventh graders explore, examine and study about the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on the American culture. They assess and explain how the Harlem Renaissance was a "rebirth" for the African American culture through art, music, and...
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Civil War Photography Lesson Plan
Learners explore photographs from the Civil War Era. For this Civil War lesson, students consider how photography impacted public opinion of the war as they analyze the provided photographs and discuss the evolution of early photography.
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The Great Depression: A World Struggle
Students research the impact of the Great Depression on the United States. In groups, they use the internet to describe each of FDR's New Deal Programs and how it helped unemployment. They also discuss how these programs affected the...
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Landscapes: Real and Imagined
Students examine three landscapes incorporating images from nature and the unconscious. In this art analysis lesson plan, students explore the artists' perception and impact on a subject. Students complete image based discussion and...
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Imaginative Minds
Eighth graders study the lives and creations of several significant inventors as well as designing their own invention and submitting it to a mock patent process. They determine the importance of notable inventions and their impact on...
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Graphing Ozone Chemistry: Introduction
Students discuss Ozone Chemistry. They do research on the subject. They graph their data. They analyze the economic impact of removing CFC's from the biosphere, and graph the worldwide production of CFC's since their discovery.
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Our Eye in the Sky: The TIROS Weather Satellite
Students investigate the political context of the creation of a weather satellite. For this technology and society lesson, students explore the historical, technological, and political context of the TIROS weather satellite. They write a...
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Materials and Process
Students examine the variety of materials an artist uses when drawing and consider the impact of the material choice. In this art analysis lesson, students consider the different materials used to make various drawings. Students compare...
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Analysis of Dorothea Lange's Photographs
Students analyze a photo of Dorothea Lange and make connections to its historical context by creating a written and visual response. In this photograph analysis instructional activity, students analyze Lange's photograph and explain the...
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Dorothea Lange and the Relocation of Japaneses Americans
Learners analyze Dorothea Lange's photographs about Japanese American relocation. In this art and history lesson, students analyze a photograph about the relocation of Japanese Americans. Learners discuss the impact of governmental...
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Biochemical Cycles: Recycling Carbon and Nitrogen
Students construct flow diagrams of the carbon and nitrogen cycle processes. They identify sequences in each cycle that are affected by human impact and present their research to the class.
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LitterFlotsam and Jetsam: A Little Litter Goes a Long Way
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science activity, students investigate data from the International Coastal Cleanup, identify sources of marine debris, and discover the impacts of this debris on wildlife.
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Robert Smalls: Warrior and Peacemaker
Students research the events that led to the Civil War and the Reconstruction. In this Civil War history lesson, students study images of Robert Smalls and research his role in the Civil War. Students review the South Carolina...
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Consumerism
Young scholars identify image and information ads, define consumer goods and services, explain teen consumer spending impacts.
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What's Past is Prologue
Students examine a picture of a Cuban billboard and discuss what the billboard signifies. Students then consider the impact of the end of Fidel Castro's rule by reading and discussing the article ¿What Was Once Theirs.¿ Students...
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Civil War Figures
Fifth graders identify and summarize the impact on the U.S. Civil War of a selected Civil War leader. In small groups they conduct Internet research, and compile a page containing research information and pictures using Kidpix or a...
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Glacial Landscapes
Students examine the impact of glaciers on Great Britain. In this geological history lesson, students examine and measure a glacial valley and look at several types of glacial landscapes in Britain.
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Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes, and Eating Disorders
Learners explore the societal stigma that accompanies people who are overweight. In addition, students research current medical thinking on "ideal weight" and identify how the perception of body image can lead to eating disorders.
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Rise of the Modern City
Students explore industrial design and photography with an emphasis on the history of Paris. In this modern art lesson, students analyze and discuss the images of modern city life in Paris and the Eiffel Tower. Students participate in a...
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Landscape
Students create a landscape or cityscape. In this landscape lesson plan, students discover the definition of a landscape and describe various examples. Students choose three images and write "postcards" from each of the...
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Modern Landscapes
Students analyze the artistic responses to the changing landscape during the interwar period. For this art analysis lesson, students analyze landscape images and consider the ways artists depicted the changing landscape. Students...
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Materials and Process: Plastics
Students investigate the development of plastics in the twentieth century. In this plastics activity, students complete image based discussion activities for the pictures and methods of polymers. Students create an object timeline...