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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNourish: Food + Community
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Nutrition, Health Education, Health & Physical EducationNourish is a set of six lessons on the story of food. The lessons, which are linked to segmentsof the DVD, do not have to be use...Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommemorations Across the Disciplines (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Principles of Design, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson exploring how cultures commemorate people and events. Students learn how commemorations are created through music, painti...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentKawésqar Community Education Guide (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Geography, United States History, History-Social Science, Native PeoplesTeacher's guide on the Kawesgar people of South America. Discusses oral history, how geography shaped Kawesqar culture, the imp...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCommemorations Across the Disciplines
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceLesson exploring how cultures commemorate people and events. Students research how commemorations are created through music, pai...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Walk on the West Side
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, United States History, History-Social ScienceLesson on the infrastructure needed to make a community of successful, sustainable, and livable neighborhoods. Students document...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Document
Introduction 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 / HyperLinkThe Mind Behind Design (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Principles of DesignIn this lesson plan, students analyze submissions to the annual People’s Design Award. They discuss the reasons why designs are ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerica’s Favorite Landmarks
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson explores America’s most famous buildings. Students research architectural styles and their buildings of choice, and write...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Mind Behind Design (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Principles of DesignIn this lesson, students analyze submissions to the annual People’s Design Award. They discuss reasons that new designs are crea...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Solar Energy: The Science Behind Design
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, TechnologyLesson about energy-related problems and design solutions in which students investigate the sources and properties of energy, co...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInnovations That Stand the Test of Time (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Principles of DesignLesson in which students examine a socially conscious piece from the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition Design for the Other 90% and then ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInnovations That Stand the Test of Time (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Principles of DesignLesson in which students examine a socially conscious piece from the Cooper-Hewitt exhibition Design for the Other 90% and then ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkArt to Zoo: Using the Yellow Pages as a Teaching Resource (1988)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: No subjects selected.The Yellow Pages becomes a source of activities in subjects as various as history, math, writing, consumer education, art, caree...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClass of Cards
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson about the work of influential designers Charles and Ray Eames. Students create their own playing card with symbols and pa...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLASER Programs and Services
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: ScienceProvided by the LASER Center, these programs and services for dedicated individuals are isolated into four categories regarding ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Zoning: It’s Use on the High Line in West Chelsea
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Environmental IssuesLesson in which students come to understand what zoning is and how it shapes a neighborhood.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScience TV: Making It Real
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Science, TheatreIn this lesson, students make connections between science and design and ultimately create a mock science television show that a...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMurals in My Neighborhood
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsIn this lesson, students use grading rubrics to explore and rate murals in their own communities. Students learn about the desig...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking and Breaking the GRID
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThis graphic design lesson explores the importance of grid patterns in everyday life. Students organize information and draw con...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0