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The Earliest Americans
The topic of the peopling of the Americas offers the opportunity for a fascinating discussion. Give your class the knowledge they need to understand the migration across Beringia, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, and the impact of...
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Artifacts We Don't Dig Up
Students play a game of artifact show and tell using household items.
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Who Cares About the Forest?
Students explore the natural environment and people's views, in particular the Native Americans. In this environment instructional activity students discover the many uses of wood as it pertains to our natural resources.
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Symbolism in China's Material Goods
Students make a generalization about the process of 'looking' and 'grouping', hoping to show that we, as Americans, show preferences and shared choices. They study examples of American art through time and create a class chart...
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Fun-Factory - NOT!
Young scholars design a solution to a problem based on the Industrial Revolution. In this design lesson plan, students come up with architectural designs and present them to teachers in a simulated factory.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Sports: Breaking Records: Breaking Barriers
A virtual exhibit featuring sports legends and great Olympians from more than a dozen sports. See artifacts from the Smithsonian's sports collection, and explore the exhibition spotlights on athletes who dominated their sports.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: West Point in the Making of America
Online part of a Smithsonian exhibit to honor the 200th anniversary of West Point, the site includes history, interactive maps, historical documents and artifacts.
Other
American Artifacts: Early Cow Milking Machines
Developement of the early cow milking machines. Brief history on agricultural advancements in milking of cows.