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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Barbara Bosworth

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Barbara Bosworth is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with photography (primarily landscapes and nature).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Timothy H. O'sullivan

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Timothy H. O'Sullivan is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography including landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Pfahl

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, John Pfahl is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his published books on photography and his landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: William B. Post

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William B. Post is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Andrew Joseph Russell

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Andrew Joseph Russell is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sweeping landscape photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles L. Weed

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles L. Weed is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his photography, including landscape photography (as seen in his Mirror Lake).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Franklin White

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Franklin White is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with landscape photography which he collect in "viewbooks."
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Carleton Wiggins

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Carleton Wiggins is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his landscape painting.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Joseph E. Yoakum

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Joseph E. Yoakum is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his interesting landscapes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Walter Ufer

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Walter Ufer is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his impressionist paintings of Native Americans and landscapes.
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The Pew Forum: Changing Faiths: Latinos and the Transformation of Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of a survey taken (in 2007) of American Latinos showing how they are "transforming" the American religious landscape through traditional and non-traditional religious practices. The full report is available at the bottom of the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Postcards From the Southwest

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Southwest region of the United States is filled with beautiful landscapes and marvelous cities. Use this site to see and learn about some of the wonders of the Southwest. You'll look at postcards from an imaginary trip. Then you can...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Travels in America 1750 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of narratives by Americans and foreigners telling of their travels in America. Information about the people, the landscapes and the times.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: William Merritt Chase

For Students 9th - 10th
Web Museum profiles the American painter William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) and presents nine examples of his work.
Article
American Public Media

American Radio Works: The Legacy of Agent Orange

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the how the herbicide Agent Orange has impacted, and still is impacting, the lives of people of Vietnam as well as the landscape of Vietnam.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Rich with drawings, photographs, and text, this site from the Library of Congress is an online exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas for a new American landscape and the place of architecture in it.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Gregory Gillespie

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on Gregory Gillespie in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Other

American Society of Landscape Architects: The Roof Is Growing! [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
This Teacher's Guide explains what a green roof is, how they are made, and why a green roof is beneficial.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Artist in American Society

For Students 9th - 10th
See how the creation of visual art in its many forms developed over the first half of the 19th century. In addition of the painters in the Hudson River School of Art, read about the beautification of natural spaces such as parks, and...
Article
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: What Is Glacial Erosion?

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the formation and existence of glaciers, and the effects of their movement.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Glacier Slide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students describe how a glacier carves land and label the characteristics formed by the glacier's movement.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Albert Bierstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Albert Bierstadt, a German-American landscape painter.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Winslow Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical profile of Homer Winslow, 19th-century American landscape painter.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Doughty

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Doughty, American landscape painter who was associated with the Hudson River School.

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