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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Early Visual Representations of the New World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that examines how Native Americans were portrayed by artists in the sixteenth century, whose aim was to convey their appearance to a European audience, and thereby encourage investment in future New World explorations. By...
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Sfmoma: Art Think

For Teachers 9th - 10th
ArtThink lessons and activities show how interrelated art is with other disciplines, such as language arts and social studies, and teaches us that there are many way to look at and understand a piece of art. The glossary does more than...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Art Can Help You Analyze

For Students 9th - 10th
Amy E. Herman explains why art historical training can prepare people for real world investigation. [4:50]
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Other

Teach With Movies: Lesson Plans Based on Shorts and Clips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Links to many video-clip based lessons in the areas of health, English language arts & drama, mathematics, music, biology, earth science, inventions, astronomy, physics, chemistry, U.S. history and culture, and world history and...
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California State University

Egyptian Cartouche Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Introduce elementary learners to ancient Egyptian art through this fun clay lesson. Students study hieroglyphics and make cartouches with their names inscribed.