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Columbus Museum of Art: Art and Social Issues in American Culture
Great reference tool for exploring American history and culture through artistic images. The visual images shown relate to issues Americans face today: economics, war, and race & ethnicity. Included is a teacher resource page with...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: The Art of Romare Bearden
Newshour with Jim Lehrer, a nightly news broadcast on PBS, offers a wealth of material on Romare Bearden. Content includes the NewsHour report, a gallery of his artwork, extended interviews with the artist, and a companion lesson plan.
Historica Canada
Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Stratford, Ontario
As part of a video series, this clip profiles Stratford, Ontario which evolved from a small rail town into the Canadian home of Shakespearean drama. Learn about the men who conceived of The Stratford Festival, and make use of included...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Cities and Towns in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they investigate changes in population for different Texas counties, and the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Revolution '67:What Happened in July 1967? How Do We Know?
In this lesson plan, students learn about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. Using primary sources, identify the causes of the disturbance in July, 1967. Links to the relevant information is provided.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Immigration in the Gilded Age:using Photographs as Primary Sources
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource presents a lesson plan about immigration that uses photographs as primary sources.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Land of Plenty, Land of Want
This lesson plan encourages students to explore sustainable agriculture. They are asked to identify problems faced in sustainable agriculture and offer possible solutions. A great deal of supplemental activities and information are...
Rice University
Rice University: Focus on Your Community
A resource page for teachers and students with lesson plans and varied resources to study your local community.
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Environmental Organization Web Directory: Forestry
This site has links and web resources, including teacher lesson plans, about forestry.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: European Union
Explore the European region and consider what makes a successful city and how effective is supranationalism? A video features Berlin and Amsterdam for urban development and then looks into the concept of supranationalism in the European...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Building Up, Breaking Down
Smithsonian in the Classroom presents Building Up, Breaking Down. Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students investigate how buildings weather. See what happens to a building once it has been erected....
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The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens
The Centennial Museum is an academic support and outreach unit of the University of Texas at El Paso focusing on the natural history and the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of the southwestern...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wild Tv: City Horses Part Ii
Wild TV short video in which riders discuss the benefits of coming to the Cedar Lane Stables in New York City. [2:59]
Other
Hands on Civics: An Approach to Increase Community Intelligence
This article outlines a program that the author has used with academically at-risk ninth grade students to enhance their understanding of how communities work and how they can change through individual and group efforts.
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Hands on Civics: An Approach to Increase Community Intelligence
This article outlines a program that the author has used with academically at-risk ninth grade students to enhance their understanding of how communities work and how they can change through individual and group efforts.