Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and …
Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for Argument Wars. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students, and best practices around game-centered learning for you! Extension Packs require PowerPoint and are designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explore the nature of court cases about constitutional rights *Analyze the kinds of support used to argue a constitutional rights case *Identify appropriate arguments for landmark Supreme Court cases
Have a question about the law? Go to this site dedicated to …
Have a question about the law? Go to this site dedicated to teaching children about the law and to encouraging law-abiding behavior. Topics include driving laws, "Teen trouble", drug and alcohol laws, and more.
Original unedited footage [27:27] from the Department of Defense ca. 1974 on …
Original unedited footage [27:27] from the Department of Defense ca. 1974 on the mighty war tanks and the role they play in combat. Latest designs of the times are featured.
In this segment of Secrets of Scotland Yard, learn about how Scotland …
In this segment of Secrets of Scotland Yard, learn about how Scotland Yard foiled a plot for a major armed robbery in 2000. The Yard used video surveillance to monitor the suspected gang's activity and were able to narrow down the target to the Millennium Diamond in the Millennial Dome by the River Thames. Watching crowds entering the Dome required the largest secret surveillance operation in the Flying Squad's history. The plan to defy the best criminal brains was complex and detailed, using all of the Flying Squad's detective techniques to apprehend the robbers. [7:28]
Sanaz Mazinani is an artist with a background in political activism who …
Sanaz Mazinani is an artist with a background in political activism who uses art to inspire dialogue about perceptions of cultural identity. In the latest episode of Art School, she describes her current art practice. [5:23]
In this activity students analyze Kipling's famous poem about imperialism and read …
In this activity students analyze Kipling's famous poem about imperialism and read several poems that were written in response to it. Students discuss how effective the poems are as art, political commentary, and historical evidence.
This art video discussion is titled "Art & Context: Monet's Cliff Walk …
This art video discussion is titled "Art & Context: Monet's Cliff Walk at Pourville & Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White." It looks at Claude Monet's "Cliff Walk at Pourville", oil on canvas, 1882 (Art Institute of Chicago); and Kazimir Malevich, "Suprematist Composition: White on White", oil on canvas, 1918 (MoMA).
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Discover ways to protest an injustice and have your voice heard using …
Discover ways to protest an injustice and have your voice heard using this video from the PBS KIDS series ARTHUR. When Mrs. MacGrady opens the cafeteria for breakfast and takes on double the work without any help, Arthur tries different ways to solve the problem. He begs the principal to hire help and even encourages students to boycott! Finally, after a pep talk from Congressman John Lewis, Arthur stages a peaceful protest. His classmates join him, and they refuse to leave the cafeteria until they are heard. But will it make enough of an impact to hire an assistant for Mrs. MacGrady? Support materials are provided. [11:22]
A copy of the original Articles of Confederation presented by Yale Law …
A copy of the original Articles of Confederation presented by Yale Law School. Includes Thomas Jefferson's written discussion on the Articles of Confederation plus early drafts.
The Our Documents group presents information on the Articles of Confederation, including …
The Our Documents group presents information on the Articles of Confederation, including its history, an enlarged image of the document, and a printer-friendly version of the text. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).
In this art history video Beth Harris and Steven Zucker discuss Paul …
In this art history video Beth Harris and Steven Zucker discuss Paul Troost's House of (German) Art (1933-37) in relation to the Great Exhibition of German Art and the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) Exhibitions of 1937 in Munich.
The House of German Art now exhibits international contemporary art in direct opposition to original National Socialist intent.
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Metis women are known for their skills in beading, quilling embroidery and …
Metis women are known for their skills in beading, quilling embroidery and finger weaving. Traditional arts and contemporary artists and their art is recognized through video, print and visual files.
The Art of African Exploration is a catalog of primary sources that …
The Art of African Exploration is a catalog of primary sources that documents the impressions of Europeans who traveled to Africa in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century to explore and conquer. View the work of expedition artists who produced images of African landscapes, wildlife, and inhabitants. With special sections devoted to Livingstone and Stanley and to Victoria Falls.
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life events from …
In this lesson, students use photos of people in real-life events from the Zapatistas Movement as a springboard to write a dialogue between the people in the photograph. Students then work in pairs to create a scene that addresses the issues surrounding the Zapatistas Movement.
Follow this link to the arts base of "Smithsonian, the monthly magazine …
Follow this link to the arts base of "Smithsonian, the monthly magazine published by the Smithsonian Institution. Access arts-related content from the current issue of the magazine; link to ARTiculation, the Smithsonian's art blog; open photo galleries of images from the magazine's pages; and peruse a changing lineup of articles and features.
This video explains the purpose and structure of the Maltese Bransle, a …
This video explains the purpose and structure of the Maltese Bransle, a country dance that was popular in the courts of England and France during the Renaissance.
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