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Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico 
http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/default.htm
The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico, Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer web site is a collaborative effort between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and faculty and graduate students at the University of Houston, College of Education, Instructional Technology Program. The works of art are grouped into four sections. The first introduces the many cultures that influenced colonial Mexican art. The next sections focus on art made for the church and for domestic use. The final section introduces new styles inspired by art from ancient Greece and Rome and 18th-century France and England. Resources for Teachers (http://www.fm.coe.uh.edu/resources.html) includes a handbook, standards-based lessons, games and activities. There is also a Timeline that provides links to other sources of information. (added 8/13/04
, reviewed 8/13/04
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Odyssey Online
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/index.html
Odyssey Online is a resource to support the use of museum objects in your classroom and it was developed by the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, and the Dallas Museum of Art. The Middle and Elementary School Site provides content about the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa using cool puzzles, games, and worksheets. The Teacher Resource Site provides: guidance for getting started; overview of technical considerations; ways to integrate art into social studies curriculum; and lesson plans that meet various states and national curriculum standards. (added 1/16/04
, reviewed 1/16/04
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Campfire Stories with George Catlin: An Encounter of Two Cultures
http://CatlinClassroom.si.edu/
Committed to documenting traditional Native culture, Catlin visited more than 140 tribes and painted in excess of 325 portraits and 200 scenes of American Indian life. This site presents and interprets hundreds of George Catlin's artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection. Catlin's prolific works, both his art and his writings, illustrate Indian cultures on the precipice of radical changechange that would come with U.S. expansion into tribal territories. Campfire Stories uses art, artifacts, and primary source texts to bridge American history, geography, art appreciation, environmental conservation, and multicultural studies. Includes multidisciplinary lesson plans adapted to National standards in the Teacher Resource section. Some parts require Flash. (added 9/30/02
, reviewed 4/5/04
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Legacy of Genghis Khan (LACMA)
http://www.lacma.org/khan/index_flash.htm
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It examines the important artistic and cultural achievements that occurred in the Iranian world in the aftermath of the Mongol invasions. It tells the story of Genghis Khan's legacy through more than 200 spectacular works of art from museums and collections worldwide, including dazzling silk textiles, brilliantly glazed ceramics, jewelry and objects fabricated of gold and silver for daily use, rare works carved in stone and wood, and outstanding examples of the art of the book. A teacher resource guide that relates aspects of the exhibition to the sixth-grade Social-Science curriculum is available. See also the extensive information contained in the Press Release (http://www.lacma.org/lacma.asp?mypage=khanpr). Some parts require Flash. (added 9/25/03
, reviewed 7/19/04
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Nortel Networks Kidz Online (NNKOL)
http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/
Nortel Networks Kidz Online Tech Training provides streamed media on an array of topics (Animation, Net Basics, Digital Audio, Online Collaboration, Digital Imaging, Security and Ethics, and more). For each technology topic there are several videos and lessons which: a) help teachers learn new technology skills and b) can be used with students to help teach technology. Technology integrated lesson plans are also available for most topics listed. Once a teacher has learned new technology skills, they can search for standards-based core academic lesson plans (http://www.kidzonline.org/LessonPlans/) that integrate that technology. Lots more on this site! (added 8/13/04
, reviewed 8/13/04
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AIDS WebQuest 
http://haworth.org/wqaids.html
This AIDS project consists of visiting at least three websites containing timelines, disease information and the AIDS quilt project website in order to gain an understanding of the history, signs, symptoms, and risk factors for the disease AIDS. After gathering the needed information into a supplied packet of outline notes/questions, the student will write an essay and create a quilt (of paper or other media)displaying the information they have learned. A scoring rubric is supplied for both teachers and students and teachers can link to a page containing the lesson plan, objectives and NJ Core Curriculum Standards. (added 4/9/04
, reviewed 4/9/04
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