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Tennis Ball Prints

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students experiment using abstract art techniques, tennis balls, and tempera paint in this excellent, outdoor art activity for the early-elementary classroom. The resulting art prints can be displayed predominantly in the classroom.
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Watermelon, Watermelon

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create watermelon slices using red construction paper, paints, and watermelon rinds in this excellent elementary lesson for the end of the school year. The class is also able to enjoy eating watermelon slices during the activity.
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Curated OER

What Arkansans Contributed to the WW I War Effort

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the Arkansas as home front support during World War I. They determine why the troops who were overseas during the War were important to those at home. They look at the war effort and locate the area of Arkansas were...
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Curated OER

Geometry of The World War II Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop an appreciation of the use of geometry in our everyday world and structures. Students collect various picures and multimedia objcets that explain geometric principles and place them in a powerpoint presentation to be...
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Force and Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
In this force and motion worksheet, middle schoolers read six paragraphs with numbered sentences about force and the laws of motion and answer one question.
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KinderArt Drawing for Kids

For Teachers K - 5th
Students illustrate a creative adventure idea. For this arts and crafts lesson, students design drawings based on where they would like to go for an adventure. Before creating their illustrations, students brainstorm the...
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Curated OER

When is a Block, not a Block?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. In this stamped art lesson, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.
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Curated OER

Castles and Forts of Wales and Oregon

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils compare a castle in Wales to a fort in Oregon and design and build a castle or fort. In this structure study lesson, students complete activities to study castles in Wales to forts in England. Pupils then design their own fort or...
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Curated OER

AMACO Gloss Decorating Colors... "Majolica GDC's"

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students use different techniques to apply a decorating gloss. In this informative handout, students are introduced to various techniques for applying Gloss Decorating Colors for Bisque and Majolica.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Ancient Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about ancient architecture and explore 360 degrees panoramas of buildings in Egypt, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Sicily. Includes an interactive plan of a 3D reconstruction of the Parthenon, and features the project page for this...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Ancient Art and Civilizations: Ziggurat of Ur

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100 BC Located in Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq. Includes links to additional information.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Roman Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of 24 introductory videos on Roman architecture and its history, presented by Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner of Yale University.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Real Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Real? Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of architecture from this college-level introduction to the subject, which uses visually rich interactive panoramas and floor plans of important buildings to communicate the essential qualities of the architecture...
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Porter Gaud: Greek Architecture: The Parthenon

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of notes on one of the most famous temples in the ancient world. The author discusses the building of the temple along with a detailed description and an analysis of the various statues.
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Other

Ancient Athens 3 D

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is devoted to documenting the buildings and monuments of Athens from the Mycenaean Period to about 1800 AD. Choose an era and read about the history and structures of that time period. The last section is a complete list of...
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World

For Students 9th - 10th
Massive site for information on the ancient Greek world. Follow the navigation at the top of the page for detailed sections on time periods, daily life, religion and death, economy, and more. Each section includes pictures of artifacts...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: A Global History of Architecture Writing Seminar

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of six videos on global architecture by Mark Jarzombek, presented as a writing seminar with the final project a 1-hour lecture given by the student.
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Other

Ancient greece.org: Minoan Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Captivating collection of information and images of Minoan civilization. Minoan history, architecture, art, culture, and more and covered on this site.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The Art of Asia: Architecture

For Students Pre-K - 1st
View the architecture and understand the history and importance of a reception hall, scholar's library and study, audience hall, and a teahouse.
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Other

American Antiquarian Society: Architectural Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with text and images offering an introduction to the architectural resources available through the American Antiquarian Society.
Online Course
Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Roman Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-three university-level lectures, available in audio, video, or text format, from a course on the architecture of ancient Rome. With coverage of Roman engineering and technology, materials, and significant structures and sites.
Handout
University of Oxford (UK)

Beazley Archive: Architectural Orders

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek standard orders of stone architecture. Provides explanation of the three architectural types as well as picture examples.
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Introduction to Greek Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Smarthistory resource with photographs and diagrams of ancient Greek structures in which historian, Dr. Becker, discusses the range and diversity of building type found in Greek architecture. Links to additional resources.

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