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Blast from the Past (PreK-3)
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity analyzing historic artifacts to help gain an understanding of how the past has impacted our lives.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Collars, Curtains & Kings: Exploring the History of Lace
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson explores the history of lace, how and where lace is made, and the role of lace in women's lives. Students create a lace ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Tea for Two (4-8)
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity examining how certain items can link family and friends together in unique and interesting ways. Analyzes how historic...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Tea for Two (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity examining how certain items can link family and friends together in unique and interesting ways. Analyzes how historic...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Collars, Curtains & Kings: Exploring the History of Lace (9-12)
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Principles of DesignActivity teaching students about lace. Explores the history of lace, how lace is made, where lace is made, and the role of lace ...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Objectivity
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 3Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity examining historic artifacts to determine if they were designed to help people survive or to create enjoyment.Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Dwellings Around the Globe
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsActivity exploring dwellings across the globe. Students conduct collaborative research on cliff dwellings, igloos, longhouses, a...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Blast from the Past
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Principles of Design, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsLesson plan looking at design as both the product created and the process of its creation. Students examine the design of past p...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Mythological Creatures and the Labors of Herakles
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsLesson in which students learn about mythological creatures in the Hercules (Herakles) myth. They learn vocabulary and draw a my...Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0Low-Relief Sculpture
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsLesson in which students refer to a Roman gravestone, create a low-relief gravestone for a pet using foam carving medium, and wr...Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0Documentary Photography: Photography and Choreography
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual ArtsLesson in which students engage in visual and written activities that support the creative process of choreographing a solo danc...Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0Goddesses Are Personifications Too!
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual ArtsStudents create allegorical personifications of contemporary ideals inspired by classical Greece and the Neoclassicism.Contributor: The GettyViews: 0Favorites: 0ELA Lesson Template
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: English-Language ArtsAn editable ELA lesson template reflecting instructional characteristics of Common Core.Contributor: Alesha RamirezViews: 0Favorites: 0