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Penguin Books

Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A reading of Tanya Lee Stones' biography of Ella Fitzgerald lets middle schoolers get up close and personal with the First Lady of Jazz. Stone recounts details of Fitzgerald's life from her early days through her experiences as a teenage...
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TED-Ed

Will There Ever Be a Mile-High Skyscraper?

For Students 6th - 12th
It seems like skyscrapers are getting taller and taller these days. An interesting video explains the challenges of constructing tall skyscrapers. It uses several examples of existing buildings to show how engineers overcome these...
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PBS

Pbs: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on the PBS special "Frank Lloyd Wright," this excellent site provides background, plans, and photographs of a wide variety of buildings. Mike Wallace's television interviews are available for viewing, along with sections on the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Frank Lloyd Wright, Midway Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video [3:02] explore one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most important but least known commissions. In 1913, Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America's great architects, was commissioned to build Midway Gardens, represented in this model, a...
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West

For Students 9th - 10th
Frank Lloyd Wright helped produce this documentary in the 1950s. It showcases his Taliesin West home and studio in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [7:13] discusses Frank Lloyd Wright's, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1942-1959 Speakers: Dr. Matthew Postal and Dr. Steven Zucker
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: John Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of John Lloyd Wright, an architect who was the son of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mexican American Photographer Pedro E. Guerrero

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [2:31] from the American Masters and VOCES co-presentation of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey introduces to the Mexican-American architectural photographer, Pedro E. Guerrero. Guerrero is most known for his...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Wright, Living Room From the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video [3:01] Met curator Amelia Peck on modern living in Frank Lloyd Wright's Living room from the Little House, Wayzata, Minnesota, 1912-15. The Frank Lloyd Wright Room was originally the living room of the summer residence of...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on Frank Llyod Wright, considered perhaps the greatest American architect ever.
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El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)

E Pd Lp: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a brief bibliography of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Frank Lloyd Wright.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pedro E. Guerrero: Latinos in Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from the American Masters and VOCES co-presentation of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey, Guerrero discusses his reasons for enlisting in World War II. Like many children of immigrants, Guerrero felt a...

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