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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: How Van Gogh Made His Mark

For Students 3rd - 8th
An exhibition that focuses primarily on Van Gogh's drawings. Includes many illustrations and tools to help learners develop a deep level of understanding of "how Van Gogh made his mark." Helpful extras include a glossary, interactive...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Little Brick Plant in the Middle of Nowhere

For Students 9th - 10th
The Claybank Brick Plant is in the Dirt Hills of south-central Saskatchewan and the only complete example of such a plant in North America. Its equipment and structures are intact and functional, preserved as they would have been in the...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: A Mother's War

For Students 9th - 10th
Clara Hawker was a mother who sent two sons to fight in the First World War. While they were away she kept diaries of her family's daily life so they could read it when they returned. Accompanied by photographs and audio files in this...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Alberton: A Typical but Unique Small Town

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit portrays the history and evolution of the town of Alberton, PEI. People who went on to gain renown in their fields are profiled. The paintings of a local artist, Hubert Rogers, show the beauty of the area and the...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Arnprior Through the Eyes of a Tourist's Postcard

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit of early postcards about Arnprior, Ontario give a glimpse into life there in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The postcards show what people there considered notable - the buildings, the places, the industries, the activities.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Arrival of the Mounted Police

For Students 9th - 10th
Through photos, documents, and audio and video files, this exhibit tells the story of the North West Mounted Police from its creation in 1873 and then its bases at Roche Percee, Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Century Settlers of the Edison Westlock Area

For Students 9th - 10th
As the population continued to spread through northern Alberta in the early 1900s, communities were established to provide services for the surrounding areas. Edison was one of these service communities, established just north of...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Twentieth Century Todmorden

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit looks at the twentieth century history of the Don Valley, which is located in central Toronto and has played a key role in its development and sense of place. Todmorden Mills is frequented by school groups, tourists, Toronto...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: War Years Remembered

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, an exhibit entitled "The War Years Remembered" reflects upon the experiences of Wetaskiwin, Alberta during the Second World War. A plethora of photographs, documents, and personal anecdotes overwhelmingly tell the story of a small...
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: One Man's History in Wood: The John Mc Crea Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this collection of models created by artisan John McNeely. The exhibit features furnishings, homes, and buildings used by Ontario pioneers. Excellent annotations accompany each artifact.
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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: The French Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit features narratives and pictures that recount the history of French settlers to the banks of the Detroit River in the 1700s.
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Other

New Bedford Whaling Museum: William Bradford: Sailing Ships and Arctic Seas

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit of the life and work of nineteenth-century American marine artist William Bradford, whose lifelong interest in the sea led him north from New Bedford to Labrador and to the Arctic Ocean. See examples of Bradford's...
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National Museum of Australia: Flemington on Cup Day

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive virtual exhibit, explore Flemington, Australia's largest racecourse, on Melbourne Cup day. Learn about the fashions, horses, and people who have impacted this event in history.
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Brooklyn Children's Museum: Pattern Wizardry!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Interactive exhibition answers all kinds of questions about patterns, symmetry, and tessellations. With games that reinforce concepts and loads of great illustrations. [Requires Shockwave.]
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Del Corazon: Latino Voices in American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia art exhibit of Latino art that focuses on the work of six contemporary Latino artists. You can read artist biographies and see a gallery of representative works where you learn more about the particular cultural experiences...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Picturing the 1930s

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter a virtual movie theater and learn about art of the 1930s in the United States. Exhibitions include: The Depression, The New Deal, The Country, Industry, Labor, The City, Leisure, and American People.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Looking Both Ways

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interactive exhibit from the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center featuring the Alaskan Native Alutiiqs. Learn much information about the people, their culture, and see where they live.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian: Native Words, Native Warriors

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent online companion site to a traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition on the World War I & World War II American Indian Code Talkers. Features information on Native languages, boarding schools, code talking, and lesson...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Charles Demuth

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Demuth's "The Figure 5 in Gold" from 1928 is exhibited here, with descriptive text and biographical information.
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Imperial War Museums

Imperial War Museums: Media and War

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibition for teachers and students of citizenship, history and media studies, which examines the use of propaganda during the main conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Race to the End of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia-rich exhibition documents the race, in 1911, to be the first to reach the South Pole. Two teams undertook the perilous journey, one British, led by Robert Scott, and one Norwegian, led by Roald Amundsen. With digital dioramas,...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Even if you aren't a stamp collector, this is a fascinating stop in your search for US postal service history. Be sure to click on their special selections like "Inverted Jenny, A famous stamp error." Excellent exhibits explain the...
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Fossil Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a larger online exhibit on fossils and what fossils are, this site specifically deals with the formation of fossils. A six-step, detailed chart is provided with specific information explaining each step.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: What Is an Emblem?

For Students 9th - 10th
This tour divides the Smithsonian's collection of 278 radiator emblems into different groupings to demonstrate how similar objects can be interpreted to emphasize certain themes and relationships. The exhibition uses the radiator emblems...

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