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Resource Type: DocumentIntroduction to Cultural Diversity
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Native PeoplesEncourages students to think about different perspectives. Encourages discussion on how we relate to others, similarities betwe...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKawésqar Community Education Guide (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, Native PeoplesTeacher's guide on the Kawesgar of South America. Includes four lessons where students compare their community to the Kawesqar,...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTour + Workshop = DESIGN: Shape
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson in which students gain an understanding of the types of shapes through a series of art activities.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCreating in the Style of …
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.In this lesson plan, students analyze key components of a portrait, connecting visual elements to the relevant historical contex...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnimal Tracks—What Do They Reveal?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Science, Life SciencesLesson where students do the work of biologists by investigating wildlife through tracks. They collect data, classify animals ac...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Introduction to the Nature Journal
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Life Sciences, Science, English-Language ArtsLesson plan in which students practice writing and observation skills by keeping nature journals. They observe animals on the Na...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSelf-Portrait Poetry
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students learn how artists describe themselves through self-portraiture in this lesson plan based on the National Portrait Galle...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSquirrelly Behavior
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesLesson in which students do the work of zoologists. As they study the behavior of neighborhood squirrels, they learn to identify...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Simple Meter Square
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Ecology & EcosystemsLesson where students learn how to monitor ecosystems by focusing on a square meter on the school grounds or elsewhere in their ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLunar New Year Stamps
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.In this set of four lessons, students examine postage stamps commemorating the Asian Lunar New Year and learn some of the back s...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLatino Family Stories
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students examine the work of American painter Carmen Lomas Garza in this set of four lessons, divided into grades K–2, 3–5, 6–8,...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Blues and Langston Hughes
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Students learn the structure of the blues stanza, both in music and in the blues-based poems of Langston Hughes. This set of fou...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Japanese American Internment: How Young People Saw It
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Through primary and secondary sources, students learn of the experiences of children and teens in World War II internment camps....Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
Learning to Look
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, English-Language ArtsIn this activity, students hone their observational skills by studying works of American art, learning the difference between ob...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Tale of a Whale (and Why It Can Be Told)
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesMultistep lesson in which students do the work of scientists who study the endangered North Atlantic right whale. They compare p...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRetratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: No subjects selected.Teacher resource guide on Latin American art history from 100 B.C. to the present day with classroom activities, vocabulary list...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnnotating Change in Satellite Images
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Environmental Issues, Science, Earth & Space ScienceLesson plan where students observe and analyze land use change over time, using before and after satellite images to create an a...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Getting There Is More Than Half the Battle
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of DesignLesson plan in which students explore transportation problems and design solutions around the globe. They work in small groups a...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRace the Track! Super Slope (Lesson One)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 8Subjects: Music, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Principles of Design, ScienceStudents experiment with Mattel Hot Wheels tracks and steel balls in this lesson plan. They calculate the average speed of a bal...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRace the Track! Super Slope (Lesson One)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Students experiment with Mattel Hot Wheels tracks and steel balls in this lesson plan. They calculate the average speed of a bal...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0