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Meet the Artist

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students produce a video essay in iMovie about an artist told from the artist's point of view. They also create original works of art in the style of the artist for an iPhoto slide show.
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Jazz in America

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the Jazz of today and its future. They answer questions and listen to music.
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World War II Veteran Interview Project

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students learn interview skills by formulating questions and videotaping an interview with a veteran.
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Minoan Pottery - A History Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Accent your next ancient pottery art project with easy-to-follow background information. An article describes the background, significance, and history of Minoan Pottery. It includes links to images, sites and ideas. Tip: This is a great...
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Day 4: Folk Dance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Day four of this dance lesson teaches the steps to a Mexican folk dance. It uses chunking and dance to aid them in memorizing the steps. Note: This lesson appears incomplete.
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Hockey and Violence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research various aspects of hockey violence. They check the Internet (with sites below and others) and see what has been done to prevent violence at the professional level and/or the amateur level.
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Voter Fraud: Are Ghosts Going To The Polls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research background material about voting in their community. They interview local/county election officials to see what is going on in the community. They also interview teachers, and students to determine if they are...
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Laura Bush

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read an article about First Lady, Laura Bush's visit to the Midway Atoll, in which she was hoping to focus attention on preserving wild places. They discuss what role they think First Ladies should play while their husbands are...
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When Work is Done

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create an album based on a thesis statement about life in the 20th century after completing the introductory lesson for a lesson on the web site "When Work is Done".
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The Value of a Museum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners view a video about the value of museums. They discover how they preserve history and culture and at the same time educate the public. They discuss other ways they can learn history.
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Lesson 4: A Field Trip to the Maine State Museum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze the Maine State Museum's exhibit 12,000 Years in Maine. They create an artifact and write a description of that artifact that demonstrates their understanding of the way technology shapes culture.
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Moving Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the history of the United States by examining the Great Migration.  In this U.S. History instructional activity, students research the immigration movement on the Internet and complete a worksheet about the large...
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Looking At An Object

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students observe the attributes of an object, infer their uses, and discover how archaeologists use objects to explore the past.
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For the Last 10,000 Years...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and discuss why they have important cultural artifacts.  In this estuarine weather lesson plan students use the Internet and complete a worksheet.
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Mystery of the Maya

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the Mayan civilization and complete an artifact dig. In this archeology lesson, students watch an IMAX video about the Mayan civilization. Students discuss archaeology related vocabulary and then work in teams to...
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Then and Now: Art or Fact

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students complete worksheets about Parliamentary procedure and institutions. They research artifacts, and write a class play based on one artifact.
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the history of Lincoln's home.  In this American History lesson, 8th graders examine artifacts from his home to learn about his beliefs.  Students participate in a webquest on Lincoln's home. 
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Beauty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students bring an object to school that is of significant sentimental value to them. They arrange the objects in a class display, examine each other's artifacts and discuss the implications and cultural bias of the word 'beauty'.
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Exploring Historic Cemeteries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how artifacts vary at different times and in different places. They examine gravestones, observe both the individual markers and the larger context or setting of the graves.
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State of Mind: Inventing the American Identity

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners define national identity, explain importance of having national identity, describe America's national identity, work together and formulate class vision of what America's national identity is, identify United States symbols and...
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Family: The Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm family meal traditions and the meaning of "The Circle of Life" while viewing artifacts. They plan a traditional family Thanksgiving meal and write/discuss their own Thanksgiving family meal traditions. Students listen...
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Inventor's Project

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners conduct research about different inventors and their inventions. They use various types of resources to obtain information. Students use the information to create a class museum that contains artifacts, written reports, or models.
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Long, Long, Ago

For Teachers K
Students discover details of pioneer life. In this history instructional activity, students examine artifacts and play games from pioneer times.
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Major Archaeological Discoveries of China in Recent Years

For Students 6th - 7th
In this archaeology of China worksheet, students complete a 12 page packet of activities and questions. Students learn about restoration of relics and the history and culture of China as revealed in archaeological artifacts. Questions...