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Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing
This lesson, which features Mark Twain's “Jim Baker's Blue-jay Yarn,” is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds that contains math/science and language arts components. In the language arts wing, students will explore dialects and personification through this very entertaining tall tale full of the antics of talking blue-jays.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
By Janet Fore.

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American Masters
From children's book authors to jazz greats, this series presents the biographies of America's great creative talent. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: PBS
American Memory Project Learning Page
Use the American Memory web site to teach about United States history and culture with these tips and tricks, frameworks, activities, and lessons that provide context for their use. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Library of Congress
Asia for Educators
Features classroom materials and teaching guides on Asia for use by educators and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Columbia University
EDSITEment
The “best of the online humanities resources on the Web” including museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
National Museum of the American Indian
This website uses Flash technology to present online multimedia exhibitions about the history and culture of American Indians. An excellent online educational resource about codetalkers during WWI and WWII is also available. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Smithsonian Institution
Odyssey Online
Explore the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa through museum objects in this comprehensive and informative site from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and the Memorial Art... (Learn more)
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Provided by: Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University