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African American Artists: Education and Equity
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How did African American artists respond to cultural and educational opportunities? This portion of the Affirmation Today module explains the cultural impact of Supreme Court decisions on the African American community.

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Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
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07/16/2024
African American Artists: Masking Matters
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How did the Harlem Renaissance influence African American artists? This portion of the Affirmation Today module explains the conscious attempt to express ancestral heritage and racial pride through art.

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U.S. History
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07/16/2024
African American Artists: My People, Our People
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How can art, music, and literature combine to provide a multifaceted view of the African American experience? This portion of the Affirmation Today module explores the diverse experiences of and cultural connections among African Americans and how African Americans influenced and contributed to American Culture.

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
U.S. History
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07/16/2024
African American Artists: Myth and Modern Society
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How have contemporary African American artists incorporated classical mythology in their art? This portion of the Affirmation Today module explores how myths transcend time and place and how mythology is used as commentary on experience.

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Arts and Humanities
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07/16/2024
African Voices
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This site explores the diversity of Africa's cultures and their influence on work, family, and community. Sculptures, textiles, interviews, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, and songs are included.

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Arts and Humanities
Education
History
Religious Studies
World History
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
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07/16/2024
American Experiments: Ideals and Images
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Students investigate the question "what are American ideals" through a matching activity. Requires teacher prep to cut cards. Includes a full lesson, warm-up, game procedures, and assessment and reflection.

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Social Science
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Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/22/2024
American Jazz Heritage
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America's Jazz Heritage Website is part of a project generated by a partnership of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund and the Smithsonian Institution that is focused on the preservation and presentation of the history of jazz. This site includes audio clips, interviews, schedules of exhibitions and performances, extensive bibliographies, and links to related sites.

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Arts and Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
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07/16/2024
American Landscapes
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What can paintings of American landscape tell us about the American experience and geography? This tour of twelve great American lanscapes highlights paintings and vistas from the rocky shores of Maine to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California.

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07/16/2024
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
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This site examines the job of a president, the balance of power with the Supreme Court and Congress, and ways presidents have communicated with the public. Features include the battle sword of George Washington, the lap desk on which Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and the top hat worn by Abraham Lincoln the night he was assassinated.

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Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
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Smithsonian Institution
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National Museum of American History
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07/16/2024
Art and Literature
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How are poetry and American art interrelated? This guide pairs American artworks with the lives and poems of the nation's most revered poets including William Cullen Bryant, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Carlos Williams, and Charles Olson.

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Literature
U.S. History
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07/16/2024
Art and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
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How do museum conservators apply science to analyze the condition of an artwork? This lesson will help students understand applications of electromagnetic radiation in art conservation.

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Arts and Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Arte y Cultura Latino: El cruce de culturas y la mezcla de influencias
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ŔCu‡les son las fuentes hist—ricas, sociales, y culturales que informan al trabajo de las artistas latinoamericano? Esta porci—n del m—dulo de Arte y Cultura Latino describe ra’ces culturales del Latino de una mezcla rica de fuentes europeas, ind’genas, y africanas.

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Arts and Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Arte y Cultura Latino: La expresi—n de cuestiones de interŽs social
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ŔCu‡les son las fuentes hist—ricas y culturales que informan al contenido social de la obra de los artistas latinos? Esta porci—n del m—dulo de Arte y Cultura Latino examina el movimiento chicano en los Estados Unidos.

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Arts and Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Arte y Cultura Latino: La nueva vida en los Estados Unidos
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ŔCu‡les son los factores hist—ricos que influyen sobre las modalidades de migraci—n e inmigrac—n a los Estados Unidos de la poblaci—n de origen latinoamericano? Esta porci—n del m—dulo de Arte y Cultura Latino describe c—mo se han adaptado los latinos a su Nuevo entorno, desde la perspective de los artistas mexicano-americanos, puertorrique–os y cubano-americanos.

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Arts and Humanities
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Date Added:
07/16/2024
Arte y Cultura Latino: La tradici—n art’stica del Sudoeste
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ŔCu‡les son las influencias hist—ricas en el desarrollo de las tradiciones art’sticas del sudoeste? Esta porci—n del m—dulo de Arte y Cultura Latino explica c—mo la tradici—n de los santos reflejo de los valores culturales del pasado y presente.

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Arts and Humanities
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Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/16/2024
At Home on the Prairie
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The Western landscape which George Catlin encountered on his travels was dominated by the great expanse of the tall and short grass prairies. Home to countless species of plant and animal life, the great prairies once spanned millions of acres across North America. Today less than ten percent of the complex ecosystem remains, largely under the protection of parks and nature preserves. In this lesson students will gain an understanding of the interdependence of living organisms on the prairie and the fragility of their existence by investigating life on the prairie and relating their findings to their own experience.

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Arts and Humanities
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Lesson Plan
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Campfire Stories
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07/16/2024
Be a Movie Director -- Game
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Find the right vehicles for a new movie from the America on the Move collection, then watch the movie that you’ve created on the big screen. See how much you know about the history of transportation with the interactive games in this online collection. You can find information, artifacts and photographs in the collection as well.

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Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
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Game
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Reading
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Smithsonian Institution
Provider Set:
National Museum of American History
Date Added:
07/16/2024
Blessed by Maria Miranda Maloney
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Chicana poet, publisher and educator Maria Miranda Maloney honors her ancestors through her poem “Blessed." This video is one of the 2021 Dead Poets Open Mic Series created by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino in collaboration with Mouthfeel Press.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
Social Science
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/22/2024
Borders within the United States: Indian Boarding Schools and Assimilation
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This case study explores how indian boarding schools impacted thousands of Native youths and allows students to examine the effects of assimilation. Designed for High School, but easily adaptable for upper elementary or middle school. Full lesson plan included.

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Social Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Date Added:
07/22/2024