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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Save Animal Tracks as Plaster Casts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Engage students in the outdoors by searching for fresh animal tracks and making molds of them. Then investigate which animal might have been there.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: The Ballot and Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity focuses on a voter's need to be fully informed prior to casting a vote on Election Day and how to acquire the necessary information.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a one-minute tour through the history of sculpture. View a variety of sculpture techniques and be a sculpture critic. Visit the sculpture studio and learn about carving, casting and modeling. Meet artists, and see them at work....
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Princeton University

Princeton University Art Museum: Creating a Bronze Vessel

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful photographs and animations explain how the Chinese of the Shang and Zhou dynasties (ca. 1600 B.C. to 256 B.C.) cast bronze. Excellent site for studying how the Chinese made bronze, one of the important technologies of ancient...
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British Library

British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: The Challenges of Staging the Play

For Students 9th - 10th
These activities encourage young people to join the debate about how to stage and cast Othello. They will debate the pros and cons of different productions and plan how they would stage the play if they could do so themselves. Included...
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Other

Components of Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A theory and practice that is becoming more familiar to teachers today, this article introduces differentiated instruction, and describes components and helpful guidelines for differentiating instruction.
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Read women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony's 1873 speech on women's right to vote, given the year after she was arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
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Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Graphic
Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Graphic
Curated OER

How to Cast on and Off Yarn on a Knitting Needle

For Students 9th - 10th
Directions on how to cast on and off with pictures to use as a reference. Great for the knitting beginner.
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Nuristanis

For Students 9th - 10th
The area known as Nuristan is located at the southern end of the Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan. There are limited amounts of arable land in the Hindu Kush, but there are abundant amounts of pastureland well suited for...
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University of Chicago

Oriential Institute: Carved Black Limestone Kudurru From Ancient Babylonia

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the casts known as kudurrus of Ancient Mesopotamia and learn what they were used for.
Article
Other

Wet Canvas: Art School Online: Sculpture: Pottery Clay in Sculpting

For Students 9th - 10th
Ceramic sculptor Andrew Werby explains sculpting using clay. He explains different types of clay, the tools that he uses, building clay armatures, firing clay, casting clay, and various clay finishes. Site by WetCanvas.com.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made

For Students 9th - 10th
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity 4: Lighting a Character

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, return to your live action set but now swap out the orange for a toy character. Now try lighting your character in at least two different ways: Can you get them to cast a long shadow or look mysterious? Can you light...
Handout
wikiHow

Wiki How Category: Make Things From Duct Tape

For Students 9th - 10th
Join one the latest fads and make something from duct tape. 19 different ideas with instructions for projects from wallets to jackets.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: 8 Ways the Original 'Star Trek' Made History

For Students 9th - 10th
When "Star Trek" premiered on NBC in the fall of 1966, it promised "To boldly go where no man has gone before." More than half a century later, it has done just that. The original "Star Trek," which lasted for only three seasons, birthed...
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Glassmaking in Roman Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Glassware was used in everyday life during Roman domination of the Mediterranean world. Glassware was used for foodstuffs, wine, perfumes and furnishings.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Across the Curriculum Lesson: This I Believe: History

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This writing assignments asks students to assume the voice of a person from history they have researched. Focusing on a topic or belief the person showed passion about as history unfolded, the students write an essay modeled after NPR's...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A r.a.f.t. Writing Prompt: This I Believe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This writing assignments asks students to assume the voice of a character from a novel they are reading. Focusing on a topic or belief the character shows passion about in the novel, the students write an essay modeled after NPR's "This...
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Sculpture & 3 D Design Unit

For Students 9th - 10th
ArtLex provides a unit of lessons dealing with three-dimensional design. A quiz with questions on sculpture, art criticism, and qualities of art is included, centering on the sculpture "Vaquero" by Luis Jimenez. There are links to the...
Article
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Glassmaking in Antiquity

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful illustrated article that describes various glass forms created over the years, from ancient times through the eleventh century A.D. Intriguing videos on ancient glassmaking techniques accompany the article, making this an...
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Other

Net History: General History of the Internet Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Substantial list of Internet history resources for the beginner to the techy. The descriptive list includes links to EBooks, timelines, video clips and reference material. The referenced sites come from a variety of organizations and...

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