This art history video discussion examines Claes Oldenburg's "Floor Cake," Synthetic polymer …
This art history video discussion examines Claes Oldenburg's "Floor Cake," Synthetic polymer paint and latex on canva filled with foam rubber and cardboard boxes, 58.375 x 114.25 x 58.375 in. (148.2 x 290.2 x 148.2 cm) 1962 (MoMA).
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In this art history video Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker …
In this art history video Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Claus Sluter and Claus de Werve's, "Mourners", Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, installed 1410. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Dijon.
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How can you create beats? You might think of beatboxing, drumming, or …
How can you create beats? You might think of beatboxing, drumming, or even just tapping pens on a desk, but did you know you can code beats? Join us in exploring the intersection of beat-making and coding, with a focus on the beat machine and the origins of Boom Bap. There will also be an interactive session using EarSketch, a platform developed by Georgia Tech that uses code to create beats and music.
This art history video discussion examines Thomas Cole's "Expulsion from the Garden …
This art history video discussion examines Thomas Cole's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden," 1828, oil on canvas, 100.96 x 138.43 cm / 39-3/4 x 54-1/2 inches (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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In this lesson, student groups create a short, simple play based on …
In this lesson, student groups create a short, simple play based on their study of broadsides written just before the American Revolution. By analyzing the attitudes and political positions are revealed in the broadsides, students learn about the sequence of events that led to the Revolution
Drawing on the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection, …
Drawing on the resources of the Library of Congress's Printed Ephemera Collection, this lesson helps students experience the news as the colonists heard it: by means of broadsides, notices written on disposable, single sheets of paper that addressed virtually every aspect of the American Revolution.
This lesson focuses on John Winthrop's historic "Model of Christian Charity" sermon …
This lesson focuses on John Winthrop's historic "Model of Christian Charity" sermon which is often referred to by its"City on a Hill" metaphor. Through a close reading of this admittedly difficult text, students will learn how it illuminates the beliefs, goals, and programs of the Puritans. The sermon sought to inspire and to motivate the Puritans by pointing out the distance they had to travel between an ideal community and their real-world situation.
This art history video discussion looks at the Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium), c. …
This art history video discussion looks at the Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium), c. 70-80 C.E., Rome.
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This video features a Smarthistory conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. …
This video features a Smarthistory conversation between Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of the Colossus of Constantine, c. 312-15 (the first Christian Emperor of Rome). Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, Rome.
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This art history video discussion examines the Column of Trajan, Carrara marble, …
This art history video discussion examines the Column of Trajan, Carrara marble, completed 113 C.E., Rome. Dedicated to Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus b. 53 , d. 117 C.E.) in honor of his victory over Dacia (now Romania) 101-02 and 105-06 C.E.
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September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when, at …
September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when, at the end of a long hot summer of discussion, debate and deliberation, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed America's most important document.
This lesson looks at Thomas Paine and at some of the ideas …
This lesson looks at Thomas Paine and at some of the ideas presented in his pamphlet, "Common Sense," such as national unity, natural rights, the illegitimacy of the monarchy and of hereditary aristocracy, and the necessity for independence and the revolutionary struggle.
When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, they …
When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, they think of Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivering his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. But "the Movement" achieved its greatest results due to the competing strategies and agendas of diverse individuals.
This interactive classroom activity engages students with food conservation during the World …
This interactive classroom activity engages students with food conservation during the World War I by using primary source material from the World War I in Ohio Collection on Ohio Memory. This packet includes three activities using war posters, a newspaper bulletin, and rationing calendar with supplemental materials.
This art history video discussion examines John Constable"s "The Hay Wain", 1821. …
This art history video discussion examines John Constable"s "The Hay Wain", 1821. Oil on canvas, 51 1/4" x 73" (130.2 x 185.4 cm) (The National Gallery, London).
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Witness the unfolding drama of the Constitutional Convention and the contributions of …
Witness the unfolding drama of the Constitutional Convention and the contributions of those whom we have come to know as the Founding Fathers. In this lesson, students will become familiar with four important, but relatively unknown, contributors to the U.S. Constitution Convention: Oliver Ellsworth, Alexander Hamilton, William Paterson, and Edmund Randolph.
To what shared principles did the Founding Fathers appeal as they struggled …
To what shared principles did the Founding Fathers appeal as they struggled to reach a compromise in the Constitutional Convention? In this lesson, students will learn how the Founding Fathers debated then resolved their differences in the Constitution. Learn through their own words how the Founding Fathers created"a model of cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise."
The delegates at the 1787 Convention faced a challenge as arduous as …
The delegates at the 1787 Convention faced a challenge as arduous as those who worked throughout the 1780s to initiate reforms to the American political system. In this unit, students will examine the roles that key American founders played in creating the Constitution, and the challenges they faced in the process.
This art history video discussion examines the "Coronation Mantle" likely made for …
This art history video discussion examines the "Coronation Mantle" likely made for the Norman ruler Roger II in 1133/34 in the royal workshop in Palermo of fabric from Byzantium or Thebes, Samite, silk, gold, pearls, filigree, sapphires, garnets, glass, and cloisonne enamel.
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