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Curated OER

Opening Lesson Architecture

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the impact of architecture around the world. In this introductory architecture lesson, students view a sideshow of historic structures and create their own architectural structures using the listed art supplies.    
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Curated OER

Exploring Restoration Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, after taking a field trip to a museum, use paint to try to restore old objects.
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Curated OER

Research Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use research, word-processing, graphic skills and a multi-media presentation. They complete a research project that meets the requirements for the Grade 6 Renaissance report.
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Curated OER

Passive or Active?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL passive/active verb worksheet, students read 7 pairs of sentences with the verb missing. Students choose to use either the passive or active form of the verb to fill in the blanks.
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Curated OER

Learning About Firemen

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the job of a fireman. In this career education lesson, students brainstorm what they already know about firemen and take a field trip to a fire station.
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Curated OER

History Trivia For Kids

For Students 4th - 7th
There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Students have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many different...
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Other

Courtauld Institute of Art: Courtauld Gallery: Michelangelo's Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Three videos about the past exhibition Michelangelo's Dream at the Courtauld Gallery in London, England. Topics include: an introduction to the exhibition, a closer look at the painting The Dream by Michelangelo, and the relationship...
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Smart History

Smarthistory: Michelangelo: Last Judgment: Sistine Chapel

For Students 9th - 10th
Art history and culture website teaches us with great detail and depth of analysis about Michelangelo's High Renaissance work, Last Judgment fresco that appears in the Sistine Chapel. With video [7:29], informational text and images of...
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Handout
Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Lengthy biography detailing Michelangelo's life, his works, his achievements, and his influence on other artists. Links to his works including the Sistine Chapel.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art provides an amazing online collection of Michelangelo's (1475-1564) art. Not only can you view high-quality reproductions of his drawings, paintings, sculptures, and architectural commissions, you can also click...
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Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev

Olga's Gallery: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Olga's Gallery on Michelangelo. There are 71 images with a biography of the artists. This is a great site on Michelangelo!
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Other

Michelangelo.com: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore and discover the life and work of Michelangelo.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Michelangelo and His Early Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
Michelangelo's drawings offer a unique insight into how the artist worked and thought. They are beautiful artworks in their own right but also provide a crucial link between his work as a sculptor, painter and architect. Michelangelo was...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
Ibiblio WebMuseum offers a detailed biography of Michelangelo and links to some of his famous paintings including The Sistine Chapel.
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Other

Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive and thorough biography of Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. Great information but a heavy read.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to Michelangelo's sculptures, paintings, drawings, and architectural works including the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
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Other

Michelangelo/painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
An Italian site containing a comprehensive biography of artist Michelangelo. Also includes images of some of his paintings.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides a biography of Michelangelo, celebrated artist of the Renaissance. The resource features links to famous works at museums around the world, articles, and other resources.
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Handout
Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Many Meanings of Michelangelo's Statue of David

For Students 9th - 10th
We typically experience classic works of art in a museum, stripped of their original contexts, but that serene setting can belie a tumultuous history. Take Michelangelo's statue of David: devised as a religious symbol, adopted as a...
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Robin Chew

Lucid Cafe: Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief composite of Italian artist Michelangelo 1475-1564. The site mentions various work of art; Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel. Site also offers links to other painters.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography: Michelangelo Art for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the biography of Michelangelo, Italian artist, sculptor, and painter of the High Renaissance art movement on this site.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti: Pieta

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from the Web Gallery of Art discusses Michelangelo's Pieta. The site provides information about "the seated Madonna holding Christ's body in her arms." Discusses Divine Beauty and the artistic changes made by Michelangelo.
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Tomb of Pope Julius Ii by Michelangelo

For Students 9th - 10th
The Web Gallery of Art contains high-quality images of sculptures from Pope Julius II's tomb by Michelangelo. Each thumbnail image can be enlarged by clicking on it. Includes a link to a biography of Michelangelo.

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