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- Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections
- Documents the music, history and culture of Florida. Completed as part of the Florida Works Project Administration program this collection includes the music and stories of the various ethnic groups throughout Florida. Also included are performances by Zora... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Library of Congress
- Navajo weaving
- In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore various aspects of Native American cultures and Navajo weavings. Using the patterns on the Navajo Rugs, they devise dance patterns and perform a traveling pattern based on Navajo weavings. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–3 Visual Arts Education, Dance Arts Education, and English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ArtsEdge
- Women in Africa: Tradition and change
- While a single lesson plan cannot fully explore the variety and complexity of African life, in this lesson students can gain insight into the lives of some black women in Sub-Saharan Africa by adopting a perspective that is in part traditional, based on... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Second Languages and Social Studies)
- Provided by: 94
- La vie en cave!
- Speleology, the scientific study of caves, began in France with Edouard Martel. It's only appropriate that elementary French students learn their cave-art vocabulary by studying the caves of France. In this highly kinetic lesson, students will explore cave... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
- Provided by: 94
- Behind the masks: Exploring culture and self through art and poetry
- This ReadWriteThink unit engages high school students in a study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Students research mask making from various cultures, draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Visual Arts Education, Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink