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The Invasion of Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the war in Iraq. They use videos, newspapers, and other media to examine the circumstances leading up to the invasion, the war's major battles, and the post-war situation on the ground. Students read letters from Iraq...
Worksheet
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Only If by Enya

For Students 6th - 9th
In this song lesson worksheet, students learn about the song Only If by Enya. They learn about the song background, as well as the grammar and vocabulary of the song.
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Timeline

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the Holocaust from a chronological perspective.  In this Holocaust lesson, 10th graders create parallel timelines on a poster about the Holocaust. 
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How Does Mining Produce Acid Runoff?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how mining and other industry operations can lead to acid runoff.  In this mining lesson students study weathering and complete a lab on it. 
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Breaking News English: Violence Erupts Across Egypt

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "Violence Erupts Across Egypt," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Striking it Rich with Chemistry

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify the composition of different pennies. In this chemistry lesson, students use a post 1982 penny to observe chemical change. They explain how to turn a penny from copper to gold.
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Trekking to Timbuktu: Making The Pitch to Globe Trekker - Student Version

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create a large poster exhibit to highlight through image and written word the most interesting aspects of each topic investigated. The topics investigated include geography, trade, early years of Timbuktu, Mansa Musa's...
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Children's March Teacher's Guide, Activity 1

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study how political movements involve students as well as adults. They discover that students of all ages have the power to make a difference in the world.
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Photographs as an Artist's Tool

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn about Eakins use of photography as a tool for painting. They apply use of photography in their own painting or drawing. They incorporate time of day, composition and positioning of human subject in their own painting or...
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The History of Film: The 1920's

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about the history of film.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: The Film Experience

For Students 11th - 12th
Use this online course on film to learn about film criticism and analysis. All the course materials are included.
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Other

The Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores the history of film and visual arts. There is a tour, virtual exhibits, and related materials.
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Time

Time: Photo Gallery: A Brief History of Movie Special Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
This image gallery allows viewers to catch a glimpse of the early history of film animation.
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Other

Media History Digital Library: Global Cinema Collection (1904 1957)

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of original publications from other countries that focus on the film industry.
eBook
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History and Discovery of Cinematography

For Students 9th - 10th
Self-published textbook, by film historian Paul Burns, on the history of filmmaking. Covers pre-cinematic technologies and events and ends with the discovery of motion pictures in the late nineteenth century.
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Other

National Film Preservation Foundation: Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Website of the National Film Preservation Foundation, with links to resources, images, and videos.
Handout
Other

The British Film Institute: Charlie Chaplin

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful celebration of the life and work of film great Charlie Chaplin. Fantastic resources including a biography as well as current global projects to restore his films.
Primary
Other

Media History Digital Library: Year Books (1916 1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge collection of original year books and annuals produced by the movie industry and covering the period from 1916 to 1964. These document the evolution of the motion picture industry. Sub-categories of the year books include film...
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University of California

Ucla Library: Film and Television Archive: Preserved Silent Animation

For Students 9th - 10th
View a selection of animated films from the early 1900s, each with corresponding notes and commentaries from the archive's historian and preservationist.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: American History and Film: Time Magazine the Generation Gap

For Students 9th - 10th
These excerpts appeared in "Time Magazine" between 1967 and 1968 and reveal the country's frustration with the growing influence of the sixties counterculture.
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Other

Media History Digital Library

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Media History Digital Library digitizes collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern City in Film

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Magic Lanterns, Magic Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Like fun house mirrors, motion pictures over the past one hundred years have reflected, challenged, influenced, and altered our visions of ourselves and the world in which we live. This virtual Exhibition was produced by the Photographic...

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