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Episode 26: LA84 Foundation with Renata Simril

…and philanthropy. Simril has brought new resources to communities to remove barriers to access to sports and play for children. Inspired by the many organizations working to improve the lives of youth, Simril founded the Play Equity Movement to drive meaningful change, this gave rise to the Play Equity Fund, the LA84 Foundation’s charitable partner…

Episode 4: Out of School Learning with Benjamin Dickow  

…paths. We need to make sure that everybody has access to that—especially kids who are marginalized, underrepresented, and under-resourced access to those experiences. Expand LA is going to work hard at that. That’s part of the power of this collective action of getting resources that support that work and kind of break down at least…

Episode 12: Statistics In Schools with Victoria Glasier & Jessica Palmer  

…resources and activities in Social Studies, Math, English, Geography, Sociology, and more. Statistics In Schools is designed by teachers for teachers, and the resources are easily customized and completely free. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Transcript Nati Rodriguez [00:42] I’m very excited to learn more about this topic and trends around…

Episode 32: Sparking Social Impact By Using Math to Inspire Young Minds

…the physical learning spaces? Is that something considered down the line?  Omo Moses [20:18]  Absolutely. Right now, we’re developing the MathTrails; even though we’re starting with younger kids, we want them to be a resource for elementary and eventually middle school kids. And so, we see a natural application there. With the MathTrails, when you…

Episode 14: LabXchange with Marty Samuels

…designs free online virtual labs, animations, and other interactive educational science materials. The LabXchange mission is to make interactive, high-quality science materials widely and freely available. LabXchange resources invite learners to see themselves as scientists and make science fun, inspiring, and accessible, with the ultimate goal of making science more inclusive and diverse. Before joining…

Episode 29: Understanding Wildlife Conservation and the Importance of Early Math Interventions

…differently. I just did a talk for Secretary Wade Crowfoot’s leadership team, so of all the natural resource agencies across the state, and like just get outside your usual thinking; and I think in the P-22, what we did is replicable. Not everybody has a mountain lion in their city, but you don’t need it….

Episode 27: LA84 Foundation Part II with Jason Morgan

…The data science course, I don’t know if that’s typical as a math offering in high school. Can you speak about how that came about at your school site and district? Jason Morgan [09:34] In working through different approaches for math reform, I came across Stanford’s YouCubed nonprofit. I’ve been using their resources within the…

Episode 7: Communities In Schools Los Angeles with Elmer Roldan

…engage them in not only having their own voice, having their own agency, but having a real seat at the table where they get to determine what resources come to their children and how those resources are spent to better the outcomes for those youth. Nati Rodriguez [26:46] Thank you for sharing about your background….

video: Population and Resource Distribution

Video Summary: How are resources divided among the world’s population? Who are the “haves” and the “have nots”? What is life like for each group? What actions can citizens of the world take to rectify inequities? To help her students understand the complex issues surrounding the distribution of resources throughout the world, Becky Forristal uses…

section: Interview with Edward O. Wilson

…the edge of them. We should allow humanity as a whole and humanity on into the future to have no less. As a simple precaution we should not let an irreplaceable resource, human resource if you want to call it that, the natural places in the world disappear. Because once they’re gone, they’re gone forever….

section: Online Textbook

video: Collaborating With a Cultural Resource

Fourth-graders from Lusher Alternative Elementary School study the work of local artist Will Henry Stevens at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, teams with the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, an affiliate of the University of New Orleans, on a unit of study…

section: Compare: How Can Artists Use Images to Serve or Resist Institutions of Power?

Books! Artist / Origin: Aleksandr (Alexander) Mikhailovich Rodchenko, (Russian, 1891–1956) Region: Russia, Central and North Asia Date: 1924 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Color poster Medium: Prints, Drawings, and Photography Location: Rodchenko Archive, Moscow, Russia Credit: © Estate of Alexander Rodchenko/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Courtesy of SCALA/Art Resource, NY Fish and Rocks Artist…

section: Examining Common Attitudes and Perceptions of Refugees Through Photographs

…heavily upon them. According to the Cultural Orientation Resource Center, in general terms, the Syrian society is patriarchal, and everyone is under the protection and authority of the oldest man. Women are believed to be in need of protection, particularly from the attention of unrelated men. The fear of sexual violence from other refugees or…

section: Repercussions of the Loss of Coherent Community and Culture

…agencies; and the stigma and negative perceptions of refugees in host countries, among other issues. Refugees’ inability to find employment, compounded by language barriers, can often lead to depression. This is especially the case for male refugees coming from patriarchal societies where familial expectations fall heavily upon them. According to the Cultural Orientation Resource Center,…

section: Compare: Why Do We Depict Visionary Experience?

…UK Credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY The Ecstasy of St. Teresa Artist / Origin: Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) Region: Europe Date: 1647–52 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Marble, stucco, and gilt bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 11 ft. 6 in. (3.5 m.) Location: Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy Credit:…

section: Interview with Lonnie Thompson

…the global resource base. Can it happen? If every family in China had a car, China would have to have 80,000,000 barrels of oil a day. The world only produces 79, and it looks like it’s topping out; it’s likely never to produce more. And so if you look at this, and you look down…

section: Compare: How Can Imagined Scenes Speak to Real World Concerns?

…1/8 in. (97 cm.) (each) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing The Jungle Artist / Origin: Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982) Region: Mesoamerica, Central America, and the Caribbean Date: 1943 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Gouache on paper mounted on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H:…

section: Compare: What Can Images of War Tell Us About Attitudes Toward War?

…of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the River Ulai) (detail) Artist / Origin: Unknown artist(s), Nineveh, Iraq Region: West Asia Date: Neo-Assyrian, ca. 660–650 BCE Period: 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Material: Limestone relief Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: approx. 6 ft. (1.82 m.) Location: The British Museum, London, UK…

section: Compare: How and Why Do We Represent Scenes of Conflict?

The Execution of Emperor Maximilian Artist / Origin: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) Region: Europe Date: 1868–69 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 8 ft. 3 3/16 in. (2.52 m.), W: 9 ft. 10 7/8 in. (3.02 m.) Location: Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo…

section: Compare: Why Has the Modern City Inspired so Many Artists?

…Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing The City Rises Artist / Origin: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) Region: Europe Date: 1910 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 78.5 in. (199 cm.), W: 118.5 in. (301 cm.) Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Credit: ©…

video: Creating a Culture — The Story Begins

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School FAIR School (Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource School) Location Crystal, MN Grade 6 Disciplines Theatre Music Visual Art Social Studies Language Arts Math Description Students develop their own island cultures. The Integrated Instruction Rick Wright, 6th-Grade Teacher We are working on a unit that we call “Island Cultures.” We’re trying to…

section: Interview with Tom Maddock

Interviewer: Can you tell us what you do? TOM: I am a Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona where we have a Department of Hydrology and Water Resources in the College of Engineering. Interviewer: What is hydrology? TOM: Hydrology is the study of water. We have four disciplines on the…

section: Compare: Where Do We Draw the Line Between Word and Image?

…(24.8 cm.) Location The British Library, London, UK Credit Courtesy of HIP/Art Resource, NY OOF Artist / Origin: Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) Region: North America Date: 1962, reworked 1963 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 71 ½ in. (181.6 cm.), W: 67 in. (170.1 cm.) Location:…

section: Interview with Wendy Graham

…resources fits into a larger context looking at the sustainability of human civilization on the earth, and how we can use our natural resources and manage our natural resources, and understand the influences of various actions we have on the natural system. We study water, but others study air and plants and animals and that…

section: Compare: What Is the Role of Painting in Domestic Life?

Theatrical decoration with figures Artist / Origin: Unknown artist, Pompeii, Italy Region: Europe Date: ca. 1st century Period: 1 CE – 500 CE Material: Fresco Medium: Painting Location: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Grapevine in the Wind Artist / Origin: Korean artist Region: East Asia Date:…

section: Compare: Where Is the Art in Design?

…Museum, London/Art Resource, NY “Wassily” Chair Artist / Origin: Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary, 1902–81). Manufactured by Standard Möbel, Germany Region: Europe Date: 1927–28 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Chrome-plated tubular steel, canvas upholstery Medium: Other Dimensions: H: 28 ¼ in. (71.8 cm.); W: 30 ¾ in. (78.1 cm.); D: 28 in. (71.1…

section: Compare: What Can Art About Death Tell Us About Life?

…cm.) Location: The British Museum, London, UK Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY Triumph of Death Artist / Origin: Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569) Region: Europe Date: ca. 1562 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material\: Oil on panel Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 46 in. (117 cm.), W: 63.8…

video: Analyzing a Culture — The Story Continues

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School FAIR School (Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource School) Location Crystal, MN Grade 6 Disciplines Visual Art Social Studies Language Arts Description Students analyze artifacts and create exhibitions. The Integrated Instruction Rick Wright, 6th-Grade Teacher After spring break, the creation part of the unit is over. The kids bundle up all of…

video: The Classroom Mosaic: Culture and Learning

“Learning is essentially cultural, that is, we live in a culture – it comprises our experience. We use that whenever we learn something new. So teachers need to know how to understand the cultural context and experiences their students bring to the classrooms. They also need to help students find themselves in the school curriculum…

video: The Teacher’s Role in a Literary Community

…Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli further enriches the theme. As a way of enriching literary readings, an important component of the literature discussions involves linking issues from the literature with the students’ personal experiences. For resources that can help you use this clip for teacher professional development, preservice education, administrative and English/language arts content meetings, parent…

video: Returning to the Classroom

…The teacher’s role in an envisionment-building classroom is to: Serve as an expert reader, guide, resource and facilitator, bringing about complex discussion and questioning and lending the expertise of an experienced reader. Provoke students to think, write, and talk about their ideas, their responses, questions, and their understandings of the text itself, and to listen…

section: Online Textbook

video: Finding Your Voice

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School FAIR School (Fine Arts Interdisciplinary Resource School) Location Crystal, MN Grade 8 Disciplines Visual Art Dance Music Theatre Language Arts Social Studies Description Students explore ideas of conflict and protest through original artwork. The Integrated Instruction Rachael Hoffman-Dachelet, Visual Art Teacher The important concept tying this interdisciplinary arts unit together…

section: Resources

unit: Additional Project Resources

WEBSITES, BOOKS, ETC. Provided are additional project resources to further supplement project-based learning. It is our hopes that educators and students alike will use this book as a jumping off point and be inspired to explore other resources beyond these pages. This playbook is just one resource among a plethora of others that continue to…

unit: Bringing It All Together – Mathematics

Introduction You have now had a number of opportunities to consider what it looks like to incorporate the disciplinary literacy practices of reading, writing, speaking, and listening into mathematics classrooms. As a way to revisit what it means to engage in these disciplinary literacy practices, solve the Harvesting the Field Problem [PDF], drawing on the…

section: Art: Human Races (Las Castas)

…Mexico Credit: Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY As early as the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors were procreating with local Indian women in Mexico. By the end of the eighteenth century, sexual interaction and intermarriage among Spanish, Indians, and Africans in Mexico had resulted in a population that was approximately one-quarter interracial. Casta, or caste, paintings…

section: Art: Dream, Caused by the Flight of a Bee (Around a Pomegranate, a Second Before Waking Up)

…(41 cm.) Location: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain Credit: © 2009 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Salvador Dalí’s distinctive style is evident in the elaborately named Dream, Caused by the Flight of a Bee (Around a Pomegranate, a Second Before Waking…

video: Envisioning

Introduction What actually happens when readers encounter a text for the first time? How do they make sense of it and what processes do their brains go through as they get further immersed in the literature? Why are some readers successful and others are not? More importantly, how does our teaching impact the success of…

Free K-12 Educational Resources (online and for noncommercial broadcasting)

…can use directly from www.learner.org. Search classroom resources by grade levels and subject areas. Some video resources also include coordinated online materials, such as user guides, downloadable textbooks, labs and interactives, and more. Or look at the full list of available content and professional development resources, under Series Availability in our FAQ. You can also find…

section: Art: The Broken Column

…Mexico City, Mexico Credit: © 2009 Banco de México Diego Rivera-Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is best known for her often wrenching, always mysterious self-portraits. Although each of these images presents a consistent, iconic likeness of the artist, collectively…

section: Art: Lintel 25 of Yaxchilán Structure 23

…Location: The British Museum, London, UK Credit: Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY The city of Yaxchilán, located along the Usumacinta River in Chiapas, Mexico, was founded in the Early Classic period (250–600) and became a major center of Maya culture in the Late Classic period (600–900). Buildings in Yaxchilán were known for their elaborate decorations, particularly…

section: Art: The Ecstasy of St. Teresa

…Courtesy of SCALA/Art Resource, NY Born in the Castilian town of Ávila in 1515, Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada entered a Carmelite convent around the age of twenty, but it was not until the 1550s that she began to experience divine visions like the one to which Gian Lorenzo Bernini gives tangible form here….

section: Art: The Scream

…Museum/The Munch-Ellingsen Group/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY/Courtesy of Art Resource, NY The Scream is perhaps the most famous painting by the most famous Norwegian artist. Many of Edvard Munch’s images from the 1880s and 1890s are dark and unsettling. Sickness and death were common themes in his work. Munch rejected naturalistic detail in favor of…

section: Compare: How Do We Represent Dreams in Art?

…Madrid, Spain Credit: © 2009 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Utatane soshi emaki (A Wakeful Sleep) Artist / Origin: Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1434–1525) Region: East Asia Date: Late 15th–early 16th century Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Ink, color,…

section: Art: Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons

…Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing In eighteenth-century France, a hierarchy existed among genres of painting. An ambitious artist who aspired to fame and true greatness took up those subjects ranked as the most noble, namely those related to religion, mythology, and history, all of which fell…

Press Release: NOLA-PS Partners with Annenberg Foundation to Provide Free Educational Programming to Families and Teachers

…life, and Against All Odds: Inside Statistics which shows the relevance of statistics in real-world settings. In the American Cinema series, over 150 Hollywood insiders document American culture through film. Additionally, The Constitution: That Delicate Balance series is a timely resource that probes beliefs and biases about the Constitution. “Broadcasting Learner programming via television ensures…

section: Interview with Chris Field

…And from the time that I was old enough to have a job, I either worked cutting down trees in the woods or sawing them up in the sawmill. One of the reasons that I decided to become an ecologist is that, having grown up in an environment in which the sustainability of forest resources…

section: Art: Fragment of a wall relief showing the sister of Djehutyhotep

…¼ (33.5 cm.) Location: The British Museum, London, UK Credit: © British Museum/Art Resource, NY This painted relief comes from the tomb of Djehutyhotep, a nomarch, or “governor,” of the Fifteenth Upper Egyptian nome (province). The figure shown, which belongs to a group believed to represent Djehutyhotep’s female relatives, is thought to be the governor’s…

section: Art: The Jungle

…Art, New York, NY Credit: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris/Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource, NY Cuban artist Wifredo Lam, like many of his Surrealist colleagues, was deeply interested in mysticism and mythology. Many of the most prominent European Surrealist painters and writers, among whom…

section: Compare: What Kinds of Messages Can Be Conveyed Through a Body’s Posture and Pose?

…(71.5 cm.), W: 12 ¼ (33.5 cm.) Location: The British Museum, London, UK Credit: © British Museum/Art Resource, NY What kinds of messages can be conveyed through a body’s posture and pose? For thousands of years, the female body has been a primary subject in art. How this body has been represented can give us…

section: Art: Garden of Earthly Delights

…5/8 in. (220 cm.), W: 38 1/8 in. (97 cm.) (each) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Hieronymus Bosch, famous for his fantastical, often monstrous, hybrid creatures, might in some ways be seen as a forerunner of the Surrealists. However, while the Surrealists played in the…

lesson: Activities and Discussion

…What grades would you combine? Why? With which classroom teachers, specialists, local artists, or other resource people would you collaborate? What subject matter would you cover? Why? What standards would you address? What questions would you want students to ask and be able to answer as they create a multi-arts performance? Improving Practice Here are…

section: Compare: What Makes a Work of Art Appealing to a Foreign Audience?

…Drawings, and Photography Dimensions: H: 14 1/5 in. (36.3 cm.), W: 10 in. (25.3 cm.) Location: Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art. Prints and Photographs. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. The New York Public Library, New York, New York Credit: Courtesy of the New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY What makes…

section: Art: Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the River Ulai) (detail)

…of Werner Forman/Art Resource, NY This is one of several huge panels from the Nineveh palace of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BCE), king of Assyria, a political state in Mesopotamia (now present-day Iraq). The shallow stone relief depicts the Battle of Til-Tuba (ca. 653 BCE) between the Assyrians and the Elamites at the River Ulai. It is…

section: Art: The Railroad Stations Were at Times So Over-Packed with People Leaving that Special Guards Had to Be Called in to Keep Order from the Migration Series

…board Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 12 in. (30.5 cm.), W: 18 in. (45.7 cm.) Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Credit: © 2009 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Digital Photo © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY The subject of…

section: Controversial Public Policy Issues — Other Lessons

…121-25. Instructional Materials for Teaching Controversial Issues The following partial list of instructional materials, published by commercial or non-profit organizations, will be useful for implementing most approaches to teaching about controversial issues. ACCESS Resource Briefs present impartial two-page overviews of major events and developments in international affairs today. Contact ACCESS, 1511 K Street, NW, Suite…

video: Introduction to the Library

…of teachers using different assessment strategies in foreign language education. The video also introduces the companion resource to the video library, an eight-session methodology workshop. The workshop features teachers and researchers talking about the current research in foreign language education and what it means to have a standards-based classroom. Watch this video to familiarize yourself…

section: Compare: When It Comes to Art, How Do We Define Historical Accuracy?

…1599–1660) Region: Europe Date: 1634–35 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Oil on canvas Medium: Painting Dimensions: H: 121 in. (307 cm.), W: 144 ½ in. (367 cm.) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing When it comes to art, how do we define historical accuracy?…

section: Compare: How Do We Picture Our Gods?

…Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Credit: Courtesy of Vanni / Art Resource, NY How do we picture our gods? Ironically, while our gods have often been understood as artists sculpting the human form, it is humans, in turn, who give shape to the divine. People have chosen to represent the divine in all kinds of ways…

section: Art: Vishnu Reclining on a Serpent from the Bhagavata Purana

» Kalurama (Indian, n.d.) Vishnu Reclining on a Serpent from the Bhagavata Purana Artist / Origin: Kalurama (Indian, n.d.) Region: South and Southeast Asia Date: 1863 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Paint on paper Medium: Painting Location: The British Library, London, UK Credit: Courtesy of HIP/Art Resource, NY According to Hindu teaching, the…

section: Class Context

…a resource and to direct their learning. – Leslie Birkland     YEAR AT A GLANCE Yesterday Talking about the past Culture: Bathrooms, weekends, chores, and after school School Where things are located Culture: Toilet, uniforms School Subjects Expressing needs; Descriptions Culture: Sports, college entrance, homeroom teachers, foreign language education in Japan, holidays and annual…

section: Compare: Why Do We Visualize Creation?

…and the artist Vishnu Reclining on a Serpent from the Bhagavata Purana Artist / Origin: Kalurama (Indian, n.d.) Region: South and Southeast Asia Date: 1863 Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE Material: Paint on paper Medium: Painting Location: The British Library, London, UK Credit: Courtesy of HIP/Art Resource, NY Why do we visualize creation? Virtually…

section: Art: Ascension Dome from the Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark’s Basilica)

…Cameraphoto Arte, Venice/Art Resource, NY Over the course of the ninth through the eleventh centuries, three major building campaigns focused on the church of San Marco in Venice. Construction of the first incarnation began in 829 with the intention that the church would serve as a shrine for the body of St. Mark, believed to…

section: Compare: What Is the Relationship Between Art, Ritual, and Belief?

…© Mohamed Messara/epa/Corbis Ascension Dome from the Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark’s Basilica) Artist / Origin: Probably Greek or Byzantine artist(s), Venice, Italy Region: Europe Date: 1150–1200 Period: 1000 CE – 1400 CE Material: Mosaic Medium: Other Dimensions: Diam.: 42 ft. (13.8 m.) Location: Venice, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Cameraphoto Arte, Venice/Art Resource, NY…

section: Art: Funeral Portrait of a Woman

» Unknown Artist, Egypt Funeral Portrait of a Woman< Artist / Origin: Unknown Artist, Egypt Region: Africa Date: Roman Period, 1st – 3rd century Period: 1 CE – 500 CE Material: Encaustic wax painting on wood Medium: Painting Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing Egyptian beliefs held…

Have You Flipped Your Classroom Yet?

…many resources for teachers interested in implementing a flipped classroom. Since a flipped classroom does not necessarily introduce all core concepts via video lectures, Annenberg’s online student interactives can serve a similar purpose and be completed by students as ‘homework.’ For example, there are three interactives (Stem Plots, Wafer Thickness, and Control Charts) at the…

section: Art: Death leading a doctor holding a vial of urine. La Danse Macabre.

…Resource, NY La Dance Macabre or “Dance of Death” is a medieval parable on the universality of death. Its lesson: Death will come to everyone, no matter what his or her status in life. A scene from the Dance of Death is the focal point of the manuscript page seen here. The illustration, set above…

section: Art: Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon)

» Unknown Artist, Greece Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon) Artist / Origin: Unknown Artist, Greece Region: Europe Date: ca. 460 BCE Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE Material: Bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: approx. 7 ft. (2.1 m.) Location: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Credit: Courtesy of Vanni / Art Resource, NY Created in…

section: Art: Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (The Ambassadors)

…National Gallery, London, UK Credit: © National Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY On the left of Hans Holbein’s painting stands Jean de Dinteville, the ambassador to England from the French court of King François I. His companion is Georges de Selve, a French bishop and diplomat. Between them is a two-tiered shelf holding an array of…

section: Art: Surrender of Breda

…Madrid, Spain Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing In the early 1630s, a massive project to build and decorate a new palace for Philip IV was underway outside of Madrid. Called Buen Retiro, the palace was intended as a retreat for the king and his court. In addition to the temporary spectacles…

section: Art: Carnival au Cap Haitien

» Rony Leonidas (Haitian, b. 1946) Carnival au Cap Haitien Artist / Origin: Rony Leonidas (Haitian, b. 1946) Region: Mesoamerica, Central America, and the Caribbean Date: 20th century Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Oil on board Medium: Painting Location: Collection of Manu Sassoonian, New York, NY Credit: Courtesy of Manu Sassoonian/Art Resource, NY…

section: Art: Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight

…Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY A number of manuscripts or albums documenting events from the life of the emperor in both text and illustration were produced during the Mughal period in India. Images from such books or collected works included everything from military engagements and hunting excursions to entertainments and ceremonies…

section: Art: Basin (known as the Baptistère of Saint Louis)

…(22.2 cm.), Diam.: 19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) Location Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Credit Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY The Mamluks, the majority of whom were ethnic Turks, were a group of warrior slaves who took control of several Muslim states and established a dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria from 1250 until…

section: Compare: What Is the Significance of Location in Ceremonies?

…ca. 1639 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Medium: Calligraphy, Illumination, and Illustrated Books Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Credit: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY What is the significance of location in ceremonies? Ceremonies can happen anywhere. An intentionally chosen…

section: Art: Feathered helmet (mahiole)

» Hawaiian artist, Polynesia Feathered helmet (mahiole) Artist / Origin: Hawaiian artist, Polynesia Region: Oceania Date: Pre-19th century Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Plant fiber, feather Medium: Textiles and Fiber Arts Dimensions: H: 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) Location: British Museum, London, UK Credit: © British Museum/Art Resource, NY Traditionally featherwork was a…

section: Art: Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull’s Back Fat, head chief, Blood Tribe

…DC Credit: Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC/Art Resource, NY In 1830, the United States Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which initiated the forced, government-sanctioned western migration of numerous Indian people from their homelands. Determined to document what he saw as a “vanishing race,” George Catlin devoted the large part of his…

section: Compare: How Can Dress Convey Power?

Feathered helmet (mahiole) Artist / Origin: Hawaiian artist, Polynesia Region: Oceania Date: Pre-19th century Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Plant fiber, feather Medium: Textiles and Fiber Arts Dimensions: H: 12 ½ in. (32 cm.) Location: British Museum, London, UK Credit: © British Museum/Art Resource, NY Royal Crown (adènlà) Artist / Origin: Yoruba artist,…

section: Art: Coronation Sword and Scabbard of the Kings of France

…(1.05 m.) Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Daniel Arnaudet Although studies suggest that it is comprised of parts created between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, this sword has long been known as La Joyeuse, or the Sword of Charlemagne. From 768 until 814, the year of…

section: The Risks and Challenges of the Displaced

…a Turkish university found that three out of four Syrian youngsters had lost a loved one in the fighting. [1] The UNHCR reports that LGBTI refugees face a particularly heightened risk of arrest, harassment, and violent abuse — including murder. Some non-governmental organizations such as the ABAAD-Resource Centre for Gender Equality in Lebanon have begun…

section: Compare: What Role Do Objects Play in Ceremonies of Power?

…m.) Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France Credit: Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Daniel Arnaudet What role do objects play in ceremonies of power? In every culture, there are objects and symbols that are associated with leadership. The prominence of these arts in investiture ceremonies around the world testifies to their ability to…

lesson: Black Elk (1863-1950) and John G. Neihardt (1881-1973)

…Deal . . . held two purposes. One was the conservation of the biological Indian and of Indian culture, each with its special purposes. The other . . . was the conservation of the Indian’s natural resources.” As an acquaintance of Collier (and later an employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]), Neihardt was…

section: Art: Guernica

…of Pablo Picasso/ARS, NY. Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing The 1937 World Exposition in Paris took place during a period in Europe that was fraught with political unrest and armed conflict. Strong, aggressive, dictatorial regimes were in control of both Germany and Russia, and Spain was in the midst of a civil…

section: Art: Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class)

…Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art. Prints and Photographs. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. The New York Public Library, New York, New York Credit: Courtesy of the New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY Kitagawa Utamaro was one of the preeminent printmakers in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in the late eighteenth century. He…

section: Art: Portrait of East India Company Official (probably William Fullerton)

…(22.7 cm.) Location: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Credit: Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY In 1600, Queen Elizabeth I granted a royal charter to the newly formed East India Company, giving the company exclusive trading rights to India and the Far East. Over the next two hundred and…

section: Art: Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”)

» Unknown artist, Nineveh Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”) Artist / Origin: Unknown artist, Nineveh Region: West Asia Date: Akkadian Period, ca. 2300–2200 BCE Period: 3000 BCE – 500 BCE Material: Bronze Medium: Sculpture Dimensions: H: 12 in. (30.7 cm.) Location: Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq Credit: SCALA/Art Resource, NY In the earliest…

section: Art: Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace)

» Unknown artist(s), Rome Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) Artist / Origin: Unknown artist(s), Rome Region: Europe Date: 13–9 BCE Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE Material: Marble Medium: Architecture and Planning Dimensions: W: approx. 35 ft. (10.7 m.) Location: Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Scala/Art Resource, NY…

section: Interview with Deborah Balk

…cities that have a contour that may end at a mountain range or may end at a seacoast. Coastal cities can’t grow the way interior cities can. They have coastlines, so they may be more elongated, for example. They may grow differently because they have different resources available to them or different constraints that inhibit…

section: Art: OOF

…Credit: © Ed Ruscha. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo courtesy of Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY After attending art school in Oklahoma, Ed Ruscha relocated to Los Angeles in 1956. He soon became associated with a group of young Pop artists attached to the Ferus Gallery in L.A. Although…

section: Art: Lindisfarne Gospels, fol. 29 (Cotton MS, Nero D.IV)

…H: 13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.), W: 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) Location The British Library, London, UK Credit Courtesy of HIP/Art Resource, NY In the Middle Ages, scriptoria, or scribal workshops, in religious institutions were the chief producers of illuminated manuscripts. The creation of prayer books, gospels, and other texts served not only as…

section: Interview with Pieter Tans

…more than just physical resources and biological resources. It’s also knowledge, that’s also a resource, to cope with problems that come our way. So, I’d say sustainable would be the society in which you could say total wealth doesn’t decrease from one generation to the next. And, total wealth is the sum of natural resources…

section: Compare: How Can Portraits Convey Authority?

…Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY How can portraits convey authority? For thousands of years, rulers and would-be rulers have used portraits to assert their legitimacy, proclaim their power, and solidify their authority. Portraits could be especially important for a sovereign whose actual right to rule was questionable or contested. Such is the case with Napoleon…

section: Art: Grapevine in the Wind

…© The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY The Chosôn (or Joseon) period in Korea lasted over five hundred years, from 1392 to 1910. Among the most privileged members of Chosôn society were the yangban, a class of elite men who held government offices and were students of Confucian thought. These men sought to live…

section: Scientists

…and teaching interests include alternative energies and material resources, and the environmental impacts of resource exploitation.   Featured Scientists Andy Aden Andy Aden is a senior chemical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. Since 1999, Andy has specialized in process design, simulation, and economic analysis of biomass conversion and biofuels processes….

section: Art: Theatrical decoration with figures

» Unknown artist, Pompeii, Italy Theatrical decoration with figures Artist / Origin: Unknown artist, Pompeii, Italy Region: Europe Date: ca. 1st century Period: 1 CE – 500 CE Material: Fresco Medium: Painting Location: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing In the year 79, the eruption of Mount…

section: Art: Saint George and the Dragon

…Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, Germany Credit: Courtesy of Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY Before the sixteenth century, landscape elements in European paintings were invariably secondary to figures constituting the primary subject matter. Most often, these works were religious scenes or narratives for which landscape provided a historical or symbolic backdrop. Gradually, however, the prominence of landscape and…

section: Art: “Wassily” Chair

…¾ in. (78.1 cm.); D: 28 in. (71.1 cm.) Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Credit: Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Herbert Bayer/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY Marcel Breuer was trained, and later taught, at the Bauhaus in Germany. A school and collective, the Bauhaus…

lesson: Art: Table

…Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY Beginning in the 1830s, design reform was an issue of serious concern in England, where it was linked to physical, economic, and moral well-being. Various reform movements cropped up over the course of the nineteenth century. Among these was the Arts and Crafts movement, led…

section: Art: La quema de los Judas (The Burning of the Judases)

…Court of the Fiestas, Level 1, West Wall, Ministry of Education, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico Credit: © 2009 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./ARS, NY. Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY Often called los tres grandes, or “the big three,” Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros were the…

section: Art: Henry VIII, King of England

…Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Rome, Italy Credit: Courtesy of Scala/Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali/Art Resource, NY In 1526, Hans Holbein the Younger, his career in religious painting disrupted by Reformation iconoclasm, traveled from Basel, Switzerland, to London, England, hoping to find employment. With a letter in hand from the humanist scholar Erasmus of…

section: Art: La Trahison des images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe)

…of Art, Los Angeles, CA Credit: © 2009 C. Herscovici, London/ARS, NY. Courtesy of Banque d’Images, ADAGP/Art Resource, NY The Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte often challenged viewers’ expectations and perceptions through the juxtaposition of unrelated objects in his works. Extending this strategy, Magritte also included text in many of his paintings, sometimes labeling images…

section: Art: One and Three Chairs

…2009 Joseph Kosuth/ARS, NY. Courtesy of CNAC/MNAM/ Dist. Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Philippe Migea American artist Joseph Kosuth is one of the primary figures associated with the 1960s movement known as Conceptual Art. Along with Sol Lewitt, Lawrence Weiner, and other conceptual artists, Kosuth approached art-making from a radical new perspective. For…

section: Art: Ancestral Effigy (Rambaramp)

…Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Credit: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ms. Terry Beck/Art Resource, NY In many Pacific Island cultures, the head is considered the seat of the soul. It is considered the most powerful part of the body and is often preserved as a relic after…

Immigration: Push, Pull, or Both? (Part 3)

…neighboring countries. Now you and your students can simulate the disruptions to resources that occur in both the push and pull countries, and see how attitudes might harden against refugees who seem to threaten resources. There are multiple ways to keep this simulation going over time: switch countries, so the previous push nation at war…

section: Compare: How Can Art Make the Absent Present?

…Ms. Terry Beck/Art Resource, NY How can art make the absent present? In many cultures, art serves as a means to keep the deceased present among the living. Sometimes, as with mourning miniatures, this is done with portraits that act as reminders of those lost. Other times, art is understood as a vessel that can…

section: Compare: How Can Hybrid Art Define Individual Identity?

…cm.) Location: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Credit: Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY How can hybrid art define individual identity? We generally think about portraits as expressions of one’s identity. What does it mean when an individual is painted by a foreign artist in a hybrid style? Does…

section: Art: Venus Table from the Dresden Codex

…Books Dimensions: H: 12 ¼ in. (31.5 cm.), W: 9 in. (23 cm.) Location: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany Credit: Courtesy of Bildarchiv Preussicher Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY The height of Maya civilization in what are now parts of Central America and Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula lasted for most of the first millennium CE,…

section: Art: Realm of Hungry Ghosts (from The Six Realms of Rebirth)

…(152.6 cm.), 26 3/8 in. (67 cm.) Location: The British Museum, London, UK Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY “The Wheel of Life,” according to traditional Buddhist cosmology, contains six realms of birth (rokudō) that comprise the samsara cycle of reincarnation. Human beings, it is believed, exist in this endless cycle…

section: Art: Villa Savoye

…Resource, NY Le Corbusier was a philosopher of architecture as much as he was a designer of buildings, and many of his ideas and innovations have come to define the essence of architecture in the Modern era. He drew inspiration from the geometry of ancient Greek and Roman structures. At the same time, however, he…

section: Art: The Orchard (also called The Seasons)

…cotton warp Medium: Textiles and Fiber Arts Dimensions: H: 7 ¼ ft. (2.21 m.), W: 15 ½ in. (4.72 m.) Location: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Credit: Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London/Art Resource, NY In 1861, the design firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner, & Co. was established with the aim of…

section: Art: Hagia Sophia (exterior)

…and other materials Medium: Architecture and Planning Dimensions: (Dome) H: approx. 182 ½ ft. (55.6 m.); (Minarets) H: approx. 197 ft. (60 m.) (each) Location: Istanbul, Turkey Credit: Courtesy of Vanni/Art Resource, NY Located in present-day Turkey, Hagia Sophia, or the church of Holy Wisdom, has a long and complex history. The spot where Hagia…

section: Art: Triumph of Death

…Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing Painted by Bruegel around 1562, this apocalyptic work known as the Triumph of Death depicts the end of all life on earth. Because of the high horizon, Bruegel is able to present a broad vision of death and destruction. Two narratives are enacted in the horrific scene….

section: Art: Standing Statue of Hatshepsut

…New York Credit: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY Likeness was never a chief concern for Egyptian portraiture, which instead emphasized idealized appearance. The longevity of certain poses and gestures in Egyptian art points to a desire on the part of the Egyptians to convey a sense of stability and order in the…

section: Art: The City Rises

…of Modern Art, Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY When F.T. Marinetti founded the Futurist movement in 1909, it was largely literary in nature. The following year, however, Umberto Boccioni was a central figure in articulating the ideas underpinning the visual arts component. Futurist painters were interested in technological progress and the energy of the urban…

section: Art: Life Mask of Chief Tapua Te Whanoa

…Forman/Art Resource, NY The body is central to the art of many Pacific Island cultures both in terms of their representations and their self-presentation. Body arts are highly valued in these cultures, often more than plastic arts such as painting or sculpture. According to ancient Polynesian myths, the art of tattooing was taught to humans…

section: Art: Books!

…SCALA/Art Resource, NY The 1917 Russian Revolution overthrew the Czarist monarchy in favor of a collective, utopian Communist system. This political shift was accompanied by dramatic changes in Russian art production. The kind of individual expression associated with fine arts came to seem bourgeois and incompatible with the lifestyle and values advocated by Communism. In…

section: Art: Fish and Rocks

…Museum of Art, New York, NY Credit: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of John M. Crawford, Jr./Art Resource, NY After conquering Mongols established the Yuan Dynasty in China in the thirteenth century, a number of scholar-artists, or literati, choosing not to associate with the foreign rulers, had gone into self-imposed seclusion. Similar circumstances…

section: Art: Calvinist Iconoclasm

…Credit: Courtesy of Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Christoph Irrgang For John Calvin, leader of a major Protestant reform movement in sixteenth-century Europe, art was about imitation and illusion. Images, according to Calvin, held no religious relevance. Worse, images could lead to idolatry, the worship of the picture rather than the thing that it…

section: Compare: What Happens When Art Is at the Center of Conflict?

…of Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Christoph Irrgang What happens when art is at the center of conflict? The power of images and their role in religious worship have been sources of conflict and debate across time and cultures. Periodically, these debates have led to moments of iconoclasm, or the eradication of images. The…

section: Art: The Execution of Emperor Maximilian

…Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing Befitting the nature of the historical event on which its subject matter is based, Édouard Manet’s painting of the execution of Maximilian I is far more complex than it first appears. In 1861, allied troops from France, Spain, and Britain invaded Mexico to recoup debts owed to…

section: Art: View of Delft

…of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Vermeer’s View of Delft, painted between 1660 and 1661, is one of the best-known of all Dutch cityscapes from this period. Vermeer’s meticulously painted view shows his hometown, seen from the south, under a cloudy blue sky. Using a slightly elevated vantage point and small dapples of lead…

section: Compare: Can an Urban Landscape Be Experienced Through Representation?

…Location: Royal Picture Gallery, Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing Can an urban landscape be experienced through representation? A number of factors can shape the way one looks at and relates to a city—one’s social class, gender, profession, identity as a resident or visitor, native or foreigner,…

video: Providing Feedback on Student Writing

Student writing demands reaction — from both teachers and other members of the writing community. But what kind of interaction is most powerful and rewarding? The teachers, researchers, and authors tackle this issue in this session, talking about and demonstrating effective ways to conference and comment on student work and direct other members of the…

section: Art: The Third of May, 1808

…cm.) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource, NY/Photo by Erich Lessing The 1808 invasion of Spain by Napoleon’s army and the succeeding French occupation, which lasted until 1814, had a profound impact on Francisco Goya. Goya had explored themes of irrationality, folly, and corruption in earlier works including the satiric…

section: Art: Paris Street; Rainy Day

…Institute of Chicago, IL Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing With its gaslights, carriages, and cobblestone streets, Gustave Caillebotte’s Paris Street; Rainy Day may seem to some twenty-first-century viewers like a quaint evocation of old-world Paris. However, when it was painted in 1877, it constituted a bold look at a swiftly modernizing city….

section: Compare: What Makes a Mural Relevant to Its Audience?

The Working Class (detail) Artist / Origin: José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949) Region: Mesoamerica, Central America, and the Caribbean Date: 1926 Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE Material: Fresco Medium: Painting Location: Escuela Nacional Preparatoria, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico Credit: © ARS, NY/ SOMAAP, Mexico City. Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY…

section: Art: Frescoed Wall from the House of Livia

» Roman artist Frescoed Wall from the House of Livia Artist / Origin: Roman artist Region: Europe Date: ca. 1st century BCE Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE Material: Mural Medium: Painting Dimensions: L: 19 ft. (5.90 m.) Location: Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme), Rome, Italy Credit: Courtesy of SCALA/Art Resource, NY/Photo by…

section: Compare: Does Art Imitate Nature or Vice Versa?

…/ Origin: Roman artist Region: Europe Date: ca. 1st century BCE Period: 500 BCE – 1 CE Material: Mural Medium: Painting Dimensions: L: 19 ft. (5.90 m.) Location: Museo Nazionale Romano (Palazzo Massimo alle Terme), Rome, Italy Credit: Courtesy of SCALA/Art Resource, NY/Photo by Liciano Romano Does art imitate nature or vice versa? Where do…

lesson: Featured Classroom: Monique Brinson; Jamaica Plain, MA

…four units in life, Earth, physical, and technological science during the course of the school year. Monique Brinson was a founding teacher of the YASM pilot school, and she has worked in the Boston Public Schools system for 11 years. For the past nine, she has taught science using units from National Science Resource Center’s…

video: Migration From Latin America

…whom to welcome? Tenth-grade students in Mavis Weir’s geography class explore these questions as they study the migration trends from six Latin American countries: Mexico, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Cuba. Ms. Weir divides the class into six groups, each representing a different Latin American country. Using both primary and secondary resources,…

section: Art: Early Spring

…National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan Credit: Courtesy of Lee & Lee Communications/Art Resource, NY Following the collapse of the Tang dynasty (618–906), many Chinese painters seem to have discovered in nature the permanence and majesty that they found lacking in the civilized world. Under the succeeding dynasty, the Northern Song (960–1129), monumental landscape paintings flourished….

section: Compare: How Can Art Help Us See the Spiritual in Nature?

…Lee & Lee Communications/Art Resource, NY The Penitence of St. Jerome (triptych) Artist / Origin: Joachim Patinir (Netherlandish, d. 1524) Region: Europe Date: ca. 1518 Period: 1400 CE – 1800 CE Material: Oil on wood Medium: Painting Dimensions: (Central panel) H: 46 ¼ in. (117.5 cm.), W: 32 in. (81.3 cm.) (overall, with engaged frame);…

section: Interview with Neeraj Gupta

…any reservoir but the key thing is that you want to avoid freshwater reservoirs which are a source of groundwater which is s a precious commodity around the world. Water resources are not easy to find everywhere as they might be in the Midwest, for example. But as you go deeper in the ground, there…

section: Art: The Working Class (detail)

…City. Courtesy of Schalkwijk/Art Resource, NY In the 1920s, the post-revolutionary Mexican government under the leadership of President Alvaro Obregón called on expatriate artists to return to Mexico. Guided by the belief that art could help restore Mexico’s national identity, the government rewarded these artists with major commissions for the decoration of public buildings. The…

video: Encouraging Discussion

Introduction “They [students] need to hear what other kids think and that builds on the layers of what they each are thinking and it makes them ask questions.” Linda Rief 8th Grade Teacher, Oyster River Middle School Durham, New Hampshire We learn best by contemplating and synthesizing new information. By turning over new concepts in…

section: Search for Identity – Activities

section: Teaching Strategies

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Eleanor Sterling, PhD

Eleanor Sterling, PhD Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Sterling has over fifteen years of field experience studying biodiversity from Madagascar to Vietnam. She is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University, where she now serves as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology….

section: Exploring Borderlands – Activities

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video: The Stances in Action

Introduction The envisionment-building process is recursive in nature, where at any given moment a reader can move from one stance to another, in no particular order. Envisionment describes the process competent readers go through as they make meaning out of what they read. Each stance provides another set of options — a panoply of ideas,…

section: Online Textbook

video: Using Resources

video: Expectations for Success: Motivation and Learning

“A lot of times people think about motivation as something that the student has – she’s either motivated or un-motivated. But we actually know that motivation is a function of what happens in classrooms. The way teachers construct tasks, the way they let students know about their competence, the way they scaffold and support developing…

unit: Activity: Lesson Builder

Introduction Purpose Now that you have explored the envisionment-building process and revisited the joy of reading literature, we invite you to reflect upon your own instructional practices. Take this opportunity to help your students make rich connections to text, opening whole new worlds to their literary experiences. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of the Lesson…

section: Scientists

Content Developer Daniel P. Schrag Daniel Schrag is professor of Earth and planetary sciences and environmental engineering at Harvard University and the director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Schrag studies climate and climate change over the broadest range of Earth history. Schrag received a B.S. from Yale in 1988. He majored in…

video: Breathing Life Into Myths

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School Mineral Springs Middle School Location Winston-Salem, NC Grade 8 Disciplines Visual Art, Language Arts Description Students create ceramic place settings based on literary characters. HELEN SCHELL, 6th-Grade Language Arts Teacher I’m trying to immerse the children in the idea that mythology and Greek culture permeate our day-to-day life. I chose…

section: Online Textbook

video: Exploring Geography Through African History

Video Summary: How do you teach students about a world region as large and as culturally diverse as the continent of Africa? Seventh-grade teacher Lisa Farrow begins by focusing on the roles that geography and economics have played in shaping Africa’s history. On the first day of this two-day lesson, Ms. Farrow gives each pair…

unit: Teaching the Writing Craft

How can you target specific writing skills and strategies in your teaching? In this workshop, you will explore the role of whole-class instruction in the writing workshop and how lessons on particular writing skills can unfold over multiple days. Planning whole-class instruction begins with your required curriculum, what you know about writing, and what your…

section: Online Textbooks

video: Working With Local Artists

At P.S. 156 in Brooklyn, New York, visiting dance artist Ca This program looks at a successful, ongoing collaboration between P.S. 156, The Waverly School of the Arts, in Brooklyn, New York, and two local organizations — Lotus Music & Dance and the Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Artists from both organizations collaborate with the school’s…

video: The Star

unit: Dark Matter

Most of the mass in galaxies like our own Milky Way does not reside in the stars and gas that can be directly observed with telescopes. Rather, around 90 percent of the mass in a typical galaxy is “dark matter,” a substance that has so far evaded direct detection. How can scientists make this astonishing…

video: The Middle East Conflict

Video Summary: How do you introduce to sixth-graders a topic as complex and controversial as the Middle East? Justin Zimmerman starts by asking guided questions to assess his students’ background knowledge of the region, then has them practice their negotiating and conflict resolution skills. (Note: This lesson was taught prior to September 11, 2001.) First,…

video: Dramatic Tableaux

…study, historical fiction, in which they are expected to see how realistic characters change when some element of history influences their lives. Tableaux helps kids become part of the book, create personal responses to the literature, and connect with the characters, conflicts, and plot in a meaningful way. For resources that can help you use…

unit: Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter

This unit takes an approach to physics that differs markedly from much of what we have encountered in previous units. Rather than cataloging the elementary components of matter, we look at what happens at the macroscopic scale when the interactions of these components with one another and their environment lead to entirely new—emergent—behavior. After introducing…

video: Building a Literary Community

…around them, and participate in meaningful conversations about literature with their peers and the teacher. For resources that can help you use this clip for teacher professional development, preservice education, administrative and English/language arts content meetings, parent conferences, and back-to-school events, visit our Support Materials page. There, you will find PDF files of our library…

video: Writing in the 21st Century

Evolving technology has expanded the tools available to all writers. It has also opened new venues — with new requirements — for their work. How can teachers make the best use of these new resources? The teachers show some beginning steps they have taken to integrate technology into their instruction and their professional lives, and…

unit: Manipulating Light

This unit continues to develop the theme of the practical and foundational effects of quantum mechanics. It focuses on the experimental achievements in reducing the speed of light by factors of tens of millions and covers some of the implications of that research. The first section emphasizes the critical role that the speed of light…

video: Usage and Mechanics

This session focuses directly on key questions of grammar and mechanics: When should student writers and reviewers of student work pay attention to usage and mechanics? Does teaching grammar in context really work? Why should these things matter? Grammar experts add to the conversation, analyzing its role in communication and providing ways to bridge the…

section: Online Textbook

video: A Shared Path

What kind of atmosphere do students need to grow as writers? This session concentrates on the “hows” and “whys” that answer that question. The featured teachers talk about the physical set-up of a writing community, the importance of reading in a writing classroom, and their own roles as co-writers in the community, showing how these…

Lesson Builder | Making Meaning in Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8

Lesson Builder: Introduction Purpose Now that you have explored the envisionment-building process and revisited the joy of reading literature, we invite you to reflect upon your own instructional practices. Take this opportunity to help your students make rich connections to text, opening whole new worlds to their literary experiences. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of…

unit: Activity: Lesson Builder

Introduction Learning Objectives At the conclusion of the Lesson Builder, you will: Implement the envisionment-building process in an existing classroom lesson. Take stock of your own instructional practices, considering which ones support a literary community and which ones need to be renewed. Begin to create a literary community within your own classroom. Process Taking Stock:…

video: Literature, Art, and Other Disciplines

Introduction “One of the problems with integrating literature [and] other domains is the belief that there has to be some grandiose formal plan. And there does not. It can be very impromptu.” Dorothy Franklin 7th Grade Teacher, DeWitt Clinton Elementary School Chicago, Illinois Across the country, teachers are offering students doorways into literature via the…

session: New Literacies of the Internet

…literacies integrate technology into your content-area curriculum provide equal access to computer use for all of your students teach your students to critically read and evaluate information on the Internet ensure safe use of the Internet in your classroom “To be newly literate means to take advantage of the information resources that are on the…

video: Assessment

Introduction “One of the things that I really find valuable… with assessment is having the kids… reflect on their goals. What goals did you meet? What goals did you not meet? Why did you not meet these goals? What could you do next time… to meet those goals? What goals are you going to set…?”…

video: Planning and Professional Development

Introduction “Taking classes… and… [doing] professional reading really got me on track… And I’ve had mentors through all my professional life. I continue to have them… because I don’t think we ever stop evolving. Professionally, I don’t think you can.” Flora Tyler 6th Grade Teacher, Picacho Middle School Las Cruces, New Mexico A common thread…

section: Civic Engagement — Student Perspectives

The students whose interview comments are excerpted below were juniors and seniors enrolled in a human geography course at Anoka High School in Anoka, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. They each participated in a service learning project in which they were to identify a community problem, select a student partner with a similar interest, identify…

lesson: Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954)

[6394] José Guadalupe Posada, Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe (1900), courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [PGA-anegas, no. 127 (AA size)]. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago but spent most of her childhood and youth moving back and forth between Chicago and Mexico. By addressing themes of identity, poverty, and…

unit: Biophysics

Following the example set in the previous unit, we now attempt to bring principles of physics to bear on the most complex systems of all: biological systems. Is it possible to describe living systems, or even small pieces of living systems, with the same concepts developed elsewhere in our ramble through physics? We begin with…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Kari Stefansson, M.D.

CEO and Chairman of the Board, DeCode Genetics CEO and the Chairman of the Board of DeCode Genetics in Iceland. The company takes advantage of 1,000 years of genealogical records kept by the Icelandic people, and of the willingness of Icelanders to make their DNA available to the company for study of genetic patterns in…

section: Teaching Strategies

unit: Lesson Builder

Lesson Builder: Introduction Purpose Now that you have explored the envisionment-building process and revisited the joy of reading literature, we invite you to reflect upon your own instructional practices. Take this opportunity to help your students make rich connections to text, opening whole new worlds to their literary experiences. Learning Objectives At the conclusion of…

section: Commentary

video: Building Community

“One thing I really liked… [was] the fact that all of the groups were working together, and that’s really an important thing when you get in literature discussion groups. [They have to] appreciate and accept other people’s opinions and ideas, and at this age that’s a challenge. It helps us get closer… It builds community…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: G. David Tilman, PhD

G. David Tilman, PhD Professor of Ecology; Director, Cedar Creek Natural History Area Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota, and Director of the Cedar Creek Natural History Area. Tilman studies patterns in the biological diversity, structure and dynamics of plant (and sometimes insect) communities, as well as the effects of…

video: Issues in Social Studies: Groups, Projects, and Presentations

How can we increase the effectiveness of groups, projects, and presentations in social studies teaching and learning? When can these activities replace more conventional means of assessment? Providing time for students to interact and apply their knowledge contributes to deeper understanding and greater retention, but how can teachers ensure that all students are mastering the…

video: The Firm (Microeconomics)

In 1980, renowned soda company Coca-Cola replaced sugar with high-fructose corn extract in order to lower production costs. In 1963, Studebaker closed its plant, unable to increase sales and take advantage of economies of scale. In the 21st century, printing and publishing company PrintPOD, Inc. avoided increasing domestic labor expenses by tapping into the workforce…

unit: The Fundamental Interactions

This unit takes the story of the basic constituents of matter beyond the fundamental particles that we encountered in unit 1. It focuses on the interactions that hold those particles together or tear them asunder. Many of the forces responsible for those interactions are basically the same even though they manifest themselves in different ways….

unit: Gravity

Although by far the weakest of the known forces in nature, gravity pervades the universe and played an essential role in the evolution of the universe to its current state. Newton’s law of universal gravitation and its elegant successor, Einstein’s theory of general relativity, represent milestones in the history of science and provide the best…

video: Modern Materials and the Solid State: Crystals, Polymers, and Alloys

While chemical reactions in gases and liquids are essential to the understanding of chemistry, the chemistry of solid-state materials characterizes most of the interactions we have with matter on a daily basis. Chemists take advantage of the complexity of solids to engineer new materials, including nanoparticles, polymers, and advanced metal alloys. These new materials have…

workshop: Designing a Multi-Arts Curriculum Unit

Workshop Leaders Kathy Blum and Kathy DeJean. The Tinker Toy construction serves as a metaphor for curriculum design. In Program 5, you will investigate a curriculum design process that works well for arts-based units. Unlike traditional approaches, this process focuses on the enduring ideas/understandings that drive the curriculum — the “why” rather than the “what.”…

unit: Energy Challenges

unit: The Basic Building Blocks of Matter

In this unit, we shall explore particle physics, the study of the fundamental constituents of matter. These basic building blocks lay the foundation for all of the ambitious projects detailed throughout this course. Dramatic discoveries over the last century have completely changed our view of the structure of matter, as physicists have delved into the…

video: Bringing Artists to Your Community

Visiting musician Michael Stanwood works with third-grade teacher Sandi Waitman at Idalia School in Idalia, Colorado. In rural Idalia, Colorado, 150 miles from Denver, two visiting artists work with teachers to enhance learning at tiny Idalia School: Theatre artist Birgitta De Pree involves a kindergarten class in a storytelling activity that engages the imagination while…

unit: String Theory and Extra Dimensions

This unit continues our movement from an experimentally proven understanding of nature’s four fundamental forces to the theoretical effort to develop a “theory of everything” that brings all four forces under the same conceptual umbrella. The most prominent aspect of that effort is the family of string theories that envision the basic units of matter…

video: Introduction to the Video Library

video: Two Dance Collaborations

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE School Sheridan Global Arts and Communications School / FAIR School Location Minneapolis, MN / Crystal, MN Grade 6, 7, 8 Disciplines Dance & Science Dance & Math Description Physical forces and geometric concepts are explored through dance and movement. The Integrated Instruction Part One: Learning the Laws of Motion Roberta Carvalho-Puzon,…

unit: The Quantum World

This unit covers a field of physics that is simultaneously one of the most powerful, transformational, and precise tools for exploring nature and yet for non-physicists one of the most mysterious and misunderstood aspects of all science. Developed early in the 20th century to solve a crisis in understanding the nature of the atom, quantum…

video: Public Opinion and the Vietnam War

Video Summary: “In order to win a war, you must win the hearts and minds of the people.” With this quote, Liz Morrison introduces her students to the Vietnam War, the controversy over U.S. involvement in the war, and the trajectory of public opinion over the course of the war. Using data cards and a…

video: Why Integrate the Arts?

Learning Goals The goals of this workshop are for you to: Identify the benefits of arts integration for early adolescents Communicate using various art forms, and reflect on their differences for you as a learner. This workshop session explores how integrating the arts with other subjects can benefit middle school students. The program shows teachers…

video: Economic Dilemmas and Solutions

Video Summary: How can an exam review bring economic concepts to life? Steve Page’s 12th-grade economics class reviews for an exam by discussing real-life social dilemmas and their effect on the economy, and by developing viable economic solutions to those dilemmas. The class is divided into small groups, and Mr. Page assigns each group a…

unit: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics

The fundamentals of quantum mechanics that we met in Unit 5 characteristically appear on microscopic scales. Macroscopic quantum systems in which liquids, or electric currents, flow without friction or resistance have been known since the early part of the previous century: these are the superfluids and superconductors of traditional condensed matter physics that are discussed…

video: Going Further in Discussion

Introduction “I think literature’s job is to help kids find their way and see their way in books. It’s hopefully illuminating the challenges that we have as people in this world.” Barry Hoonan 5th and 6th Grades Teacher, The Odyssey School Bainbridge Island, Washington Orchestrating meaningful literature discussions is a delicate dance. Teachers must artfully…

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video: Historical and Cultural Context: Christopher Paul Curtis

Laina Jones and her sixth-grade students in Dorchester, Massachusetts explore The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. Jones uses nonfiction, documentary film, and historical photographs to contextualize the events in the novel and the civil rights movement. The students make deep connections to the literature through drama, poetry, and creative writing…

video: What Is Life?

Learning Goals Boy with “green stuff” During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you: Distinguish between living, dead, and nonliving Define the characteristics of life Video Overview What is life? This question at first seems deceptively simple—we all know how to recognize what is living and what is not….

video: Classifying Living Things

Learning Goals During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you: Distinguish between plants, animals, and other life forms based on cell features Classify different life forms into broad biological groups Video Overview Japanese Maple leaves. Image courtesy Len Gittleman. Our Earth hosts an astonishing diversity of life forms. We…

section: Additional Photograph Resources

…collections for educational use. This list also provides examples of additional lesson plan resources currently available online. Educators can explore these sites to find quality materials and ideas for enhancing teaching strategies with photographs. Because URLs can change over time, some links may not work in the future. Searching for the name of the collection…

video: Variation, Adaptation, and Natural Selection

Learning Goals Natural variation During this session, you will have an opportunity to build understandings to help you: Recognize how populations vary with regard to inherited traits Distinguish between DNA, chromosomes, and genes Relate genes to variation in populations Describe the process of adaptation through natural selection Video Overview How is it that life always…

video: Converging Cultures

Throughout history, economic needs, material desires, and political ambitions have brought people from different cultures and communities into contact, sometimes across great distances. Whether clashes or cooperative endeavors, these convergences have brought about the exchange of knowledge and ideas. In the visual arts, they have led to creative juxtapositions, hybrid styles, innovative forms, and the…

video: Student Diversity

Introduction “… You find strength within the classroom, not based simply on the commonalties… Those are there, but the strength comes through the differences… the different stories you have to tell, the different things [you] can learn from one another and about one another and then celebrate…” Jan Currence 7th Grade Teacher, Stephen Decatur Middle…

unit: Different Learners, Different Minds

unit: Bringing It All Together – English

Introduction Brenda Green, executive director of the Center for Black Literature, ends her weekly radio show by saying: “The reader is always writing and the writer is always reading. Keep reading; keep writing.” This closing remark conveys our understanding of the close relationship between reading and writing. This section considers important elements of lesson design…

video: Engagement and Dialogue: Julia Alvarez, James McBride, Lensey Namioka, and more

In New York City, Carol O’Donnell and her seventh-grade students explore themes of multiple worlds and dual identities. They read poetry by Diana Chang and Naomi Shihab Nye; James McBride’s memoir, The Color of Water; and essays and short stories by Gish Jen, Khoi Luu, Lensey Namioka, and Julia Alvarez; and watch Tina Lee perform…

lesson: Variation, Adaptation, and Natural Selection: A Closer Look

A Closer Look Look for the following topics in the video, indicated by the onscreen icon, and click below to learn more. Artificial Selection at Work Darwin and Natural Selection DNA, Chromosomes, and Genes New Variation in Populations Scientist at Work Curriculum Resources…

section: Civic Engagement — Teacher Perspectives

Bill Mittlefehldt teaches human geography, a social studies elective, to juniors and seniors at Anoka High School in Anoka, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. During the nine-week course, students work in teams on a service-learning project in which they identify a community issue related to their curriculum, select a community partner whose work…

video: Critical Pedagogy: Abiodun Oyewole and Lawson Fusao Inada

video: Cultural Studies: N. Scott Momaday and Russell Leong

lesson: Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)

[7084] Mirta Vidal, Cover of Chicanas Speak Out (1971), courtesy of Duke University. Cervantes was born in San Francisco and is of Mexican descent. Sensitive to the racial and ethnic prejudice she might encounter growing up in San Jose, her parents insisted that she speak only English both in and outside the home. She graduated…

section: Commentary

video: Fitting Lines to Data

video: Inquiry: Rudolfo Anaya and James Baldwin

video: Seminar Discussion

…to the literary experience; it is assumed by both the teacher and the students that they will build on the understandings they came to class with; it is assumed that multiple interpretations are both expected and helpful. For resources that can help you use this clip for teacher professional development, preservice education, administrative and English/language…

video: Reader Response: Pat Mora and James Welch

video: Different Audiences

This session begins by examining the “self” most writers address, showing how the concept of writing for an audience is threaded throughout the dynamic and nonlinear processes of writing. From there, the session looks to a wider range of audiences, examining the demands the student writer encounters in addressing audiences in language arts and other…

video: First Steps

This session provides an overview of the first steps teachers should take when working with student writers. The educators, researchers, and writers featured in the video programs talk about specific goals they share with their students, recognizing the local, state, and national standards that serve as a floor, not a ceiling, for their work. They…

video: Global Politics: U.S.A. and the World

video: Watch It, Do It, Know It: Cognitive Apprenticeship

“A cognitive apprenticeship sort of takes off from where candle-makers and cloth-makers left off in the days gone by, and says ‘How do we teach someone by modeling and demonstrating a way of thinking, a way of “working in our minds?” ” Linda Darling-Hammond Key Questions How can students learn to think strategically? How can…

Supply and Demand Quiz

video: Political Parties: Mobilizing Agents

section: #2573 Generating Power

#2573 A woman sits in profile on a stationary bicycle in the foreground of the image. Her profile orientation and placement indicate she is the focus of the image….

section: The Bacchae – Connections

In the Images of World Literature slideshow, you saw images related to The Bacchae. Here you can find resources and links on the text. (See the translations and editions page for links to these.)…

video: The Body

From painting to sculpture, body art to performance art, the body has figured prominently in the creative expression of nearly all cultures from the beginning of civilization. Through art, the body becomes a site for defining individual identity, constructing sex and gender ideals, negotiating power, and experimenting with the nature of representation itself. All Video…

video: Online Textbook and Video

This online textbook chapter supports and extends the content of the Neurobiology video. The chapter covers the basic electrical workings of the neuron and more complex phenomena like Long-Term Potentiation….

section: Online Textbook

video: Death

Death is one of the few experiences common to all people and all societies. But how different people have conceived of death and how those conceptions have shaped their behaviors and practices has varied over time and across cultures. Through art, people have expressed attitudes toward death that are in some respects universal, while in…

video: Developing Questions that Promote Discussion

Co-teachers Addie Male and Raeann McElveen discuss how to get students to develop questions that generate good classroom discussion. Teacher: Addie Male and Raeann McElveen School: Millennium Brooklyn High School, Brooklyn, NY Grade: 10 Discipline: History (Humanities 11) Lesson Topic: Voices from the field: Perspectives of the soldiers Lesson Month: March Number of Students: 25…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: James Carrington, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology Director of the Oregon State University’s Center for Gene Research and Biotechnology. Carrington’s lab conducts research on how viruses and host plants interact, using the model organism Arabidopsis. He uses genetic, genomic, and proteomic strategies to understand RNA silencing pathways, virus recognition events, and cellular targets for various…

video: Using the Socratic Method in History

Co-teachers Addie Male and Raeann McElveen prepare students for a Socratic seminar by using multiple sources, student-generated questions, students’ personal goals, and contextual evidence. Teacher: Addie Male and Raeann McElveen School: Millennium Brooklyn High School, Brooklyn, NY Grade: 10 Discipline: History (Humanities 11) Lesson Topic: Voices from the field: Perspectives of the soldiers Lesson Month:…

section: Online Textbook

video: Comprehending Informational Texts

Wendy Barrales engages students in various activities to build their ability to glean information from different genres. Students answer genre-probing questions using claims, evidence, and reasoning and take part in a unison reading group. Teacher: Wendy Barrales School: Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, Brooklyn, NY Grade: 6 Discipline: English Language…

section: Rights and Responsibilities of Students — Other Lessons

section: Rights and Responsibilities of Students — Student Perspectives

The students whose interview comments are excerpted below were seniors enrolled in an honors-level constitutional law course taught by Matt Johnson at Benjamin Banneker Senior High School, a small, college preparatory, public high school in Washington, D.C. The lesson engaged them in a simulation of a Supreme Court trial on a hypothetical case involving student…

video: Blended Learning: Evaluating Source Material

In this lesson on the Industrial Revolution, Andrea Gambino Rhodes assigns primary and secondary source material to student groups based on personal interests. Together, students develop their skills of annotation, sourcing, corroboration, and class discussion to evaluate the source materials at hand. Teacher: Andrea Gambino Rhodes School: Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC Grade:…

unit: Arts Education

Every child has a right to expect an education rich in knowledge of the arts, as have students in societies dating back to ancient civilizations. We know that arts education provides avenues to crucial modes of thinking and learning. It helps students on many levels with all academic subjects as well as developing an understanding…

video: Tackling a Scientific Text

Tracy Tran discusses the importance of encouraging students not to shy away from dense scientific text. Teacher: Tracy Tran School: The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice, New York, NY Grade: 12 Discipline: Science (Environmental Science) Lesson Topic: What is an abstract? Lesson Month: March Number of Students: 28 Other: This is a college-preparatory…

video: Flexible Grouping to Promote Learning

Darby Masland uses flexible grouping to foster understanding of texts and vocabulary. Teacher: Darby Masland School: The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, New York, NY Grade: 9 Discipline: Social Studies (Global Studies) Lesson Topic: “Grassroots lesson” (a focus on skills with which students are struggling) Lesson Month: March Number of…

unit: Bringing It All Together – Science

Integrating Reading and Writing The previous units highlighted ways in which reading and writing can be integrated into different aspects of science instruction. Because reading and writing form part of a broader literacy experience, speaking, listening, viewing/observing, and importantly thinking and inquiry are also essential elements. In this unit, the emphasis is on helping students…

program: Forced Displacement: Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice

Introduction The Causes and Evolution of Global Human Displacement International Response to Global Human Displacement The Risks and Challenges of the Displaced Repercussions of the Loss of Coherent Community and Culture As of this writing, more than 65 million people around the world have been displaced, representing the highest number since the United Nations High…

lesson: Energy Flow in Communities: A Closer Look

A Closer Look Look for the following topics in the video, indicated by the onscreen icon, and click below to learn more. Energy and Life Communities Photosynthesis Energy Pyramids Scientist at Work Curriculum Resources Cell Respiration…

section: Teaching Strategies

Choral Reading Literature Circles Coding Questioning Bilingual and Intertextual Reading…

video: Analyze the Video | New Literacies of the Internet

Video Summary In “New Literacies of the Internet,” Professor Donald Leu discusses the new literacy skills that our students need for questioning, searching, critically evaluating, synthesizing, and communicating information found on the Internet. You will also see classroom examples that illustrate his research. As you watch, consider the following questions:   What skills do students…

section: Authors and Literary Works

section: Focus in on this Photo: Generating Power

#2573 A woman sits in profile on a stationary bicycle in the foreground of the image. Her profile orientation and placement indicate she is the focus of the image….

timeline: Search for Identity – Timeline

This timeline places literary publications (in black) in their historical contexts (in red).

video: Stepping In

Introduction Imagine yourself entering a party. The first thing you do is scan the room, size things up, take a mental note of who you know, who is unfamiliar to you, the atmosphere, the noise level, what people are wearing, who is talking with whom, and where you might first enter the party, either by…

video: Ceremony and Society

People across the world engage in a wide range of ceremonial rites and spectacles. Some of these are religious, others political or social. Through these practices and the arts that accompany them—costumes, masks, vessels, ancestor figurines, altarpieces, staffs, and other objects and images—people across cultures define identity, build community, express belief, negotiate power, and attend…

video: Three Farewells: Medicine & the End of Life

“Three Farewells” looks at the difficult and sometimes heart-rending choices a loving family makes as they confront the end of life. Our story begins with Hope, literally and figuratively. Hope is the name Faith and her husband picked out for the baby they were having if it were a girl. For Faith’s mother, Charity, still…

video: Public Opinion: Voice of the People

This program examines the power of public opinion to influence government policy, the increasing tendency of public officials to rely on polls, and the need to use many forms of feedback to get an accurate measure of public opinion.

video: Blended Learning: Purposeful Instruction

Andrea Gambino Rhodes discusses the ways in which she chooses primary sources to frame her lesson to engage students, such as by using an infographic and selecting sources according to student strengths and interests. Teacher: Andrea Gambino Rhodes School: Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School, Raleigh, NC Grade: 7 Discipline: History/Social Studies Lesson Topic: Innovation in…

section: Teaching Strategies

Cultural Artifacts Group Research Cultural Immersion Renga…

section: Expert Interview Transcripts: David L. Dornbos, Jr., PhD

David L. Dornbos, Jr., PhD Global Head, Production Research Dornbos is the Global Head of Production Research at Syngenta Seeds….

video: The Urban Experience

For thousands of years cities have been hubs of activity, centers of industry, and places from which new aesthetic trends originate, evolve, and spread. The creative visions of planners, painters, architects, and sculptors have shaped the development of cities around the world. In turn, the urban experience has inspired the creation of artwork depicting aspects…

video: Guided Instruction for Independence

Jennifer Roberts asks students to compare two characters from The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe using evidence they have gathered from the text. ​Teacher: Jennifer Roberts School: Point Loma High School, San Diego, CA Grade: 9 Discipline: English Lesson Topic: Compare two characters from The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Number…

video: The Courts: Our Rule of Law

video: Utopian Promise

Puritan and Quaker Utopian Visions, 1620-1750 When British colonists landed in the Americas they created communities that they hoped would serve as a “light onto the nations.” But what role would the native inhabitants play in this new model community? This Unit compares the answers of three important groups, the Puritans, Quakers, and Native Americans,…

video: Teaching Visual Art

In art class, second-graders at Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains, New York, make stylized masks with exaggerated features. Two visual art specialist teachers use contrasting interpretations of the human face to explore inquiry-based instruction and various techniques in visual art: At Helen Street School in Hamden, Connecticut, visual art teacher Pamela Mancini uses portraits…

video: Teaching Theatre

A fifth-grade student’s mask reveals an inner vision of herself, at Barney Ford Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. Two specialist teachers work on basic theatre skills with children of various ages and use theatre education as a gateway to other kinds of learning: At Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, theatre teacher Amanda…

video: Creating a Classroom Culture

Darby Masland explains how a class-wide focus on standards helps students meet learning goals more effectively. Teacher: Darby Masland School: The Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, New York, NY Grade: 9 Discipline: Social Studies (Global Studies) Lesson Topic: “Grassroots lesson” (a focus on skills with which students are struggling) Lesson…

video: Teaching Music

All of the students at Harmony Leland Elementary School in Mableton, Georgia, study the violin. Here they work with music teacher Barrett Jackson. Two music specialists from arts-based schools demonstrate different approaches to serving diverse student populations: Harmony Leland Elementary School in Mableton, Georgia, has purchased violins for all of its 485 pre-kindergarten to fifth-grade…

video: The Behavior of Atoms: Phases of Matter and the Properties of Gases

This program explores the phases of matter—solids, liquids, and gases—and how particles in a given phase interact with each other. Phase diagrams explain at what temperature and pressure a given substance will be in a solid, liquid, or gas phase. Practical problems, like how to safely store enough hydrogen gas to power an automobile, are…

video: Introducing Arts Education

Costumes lead to inquiry about the arts and social studies in a fifth-grade class at Lusher Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana What Is Arts Education? (14 minutes) To get you thinking, here is a montage of insights from teachers and administrators plus examples of successful arts instruction in classrooms across America. In the Observations…

video: Before You Watch | Supporting the English Language Learner

Video Summary In the video for this session, Dr. Mileidis Gort presents research-based principles that support English Language Learners’ literacy and language development. She describes the characteristics of beginning and intermediate second-language learners, then presents instructional practices that best meet their needs. Workshop participants then watch classroom excerpts illustrating teaching practices that support English Language…

lesson: TerrAqua Column

The TerrAqua Column The TerrAqua Column (see building instructions below) is a bottle system that is composed of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. The terrestrial habitat, or terrarium, houses organisms in soil and above-ground subhabitats. The aquatic habitat, or aquarium, houses floating and submerged organisms, as well as organisms that live on top of or in…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Laurie Garret

Journalist, Newsday Garret is the author of the books The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. She is also a medical and science writer for Newsday, in New York City. For her work, she has been awarded The Peabody, The…

video: Portraits

Throughout history and across cultures, people have shown a fascination with faces, and in turn, with portrait representation. The depiction of an individual likeness is about identification, but more than that, it is a record of an interaction between an artist and a sitter, both of whom contribute to the portrait’s form and content. Far…

section: Authors and Literary Works

video: One-on-One Conferences

Wendy Barrales has a one-on-one conference with a 6th grader who needs help applying strategies to define an unknown word. Teacher: Wendy Barrales School: Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, Brooklyn, NY Grade: 6 Discipline: English Language Arts (Humanities) Lesson Topic: Analyzing genres Lesson Month: March Number of Students: 25 Other:…

workshop: Engaging With Communities

Our goal is to prepare students to not only take what they have learned in the classroom and use it outside the classroom, but to take the love of that language and the interest in the culture that has happened in the classroom and take it into a community where they can continue learning it….

Ten Novelists

unit: Implications For Schools

video: Spirit of Nationalism

Declaring Independence, 1710-1850 The Enlightenment brought new ideals and a new notion of selfhood to the American colonies. This program begins with an examination of the importance of the trope of the self-made man in Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, and then turns to the development of this concept in the writings of Romanticist Ralph Waldo Emerson….

timeline: Exploring Borderlands – Timeline

video: Resources and Scarcity (Macroeconomics)

Faced with dwindling resources, Congress fiercely debated whether to preserve 100 million acres of Alaskan land as a national park, or open the land for mineral exploration. World War II saw an unprecedented period of economic growth. The need to mobilize resources overseas quickly was palpable. In the 1970s U.S. textile industries risked competitive advantage…

unit: Big Ideas in Literacy – English

Introduction The English language arts classroom has always been the primary place where students are taught academic literacy practices. These days, as teachers of other subjects, like math and science, are asked to incorporate academic literacy into their classrooms, some English teachers ask each other, “If reading and writing are taught in science, math, and…

session: Spanish: Routes to Culture

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Pablo Muirhead Language SpanishII Grades 9-10 School Shorewood High School, Shorewood, Wisconsin Lesson Date November 14 Class Size 19 Schedule 49 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students explore some historical and cultural aspects of the African presence in Latin America. After a warm-up activity of charades, students participate…

lesson: Jean Toomer (1894-1967)

[7104] Marion Post Wolcott, Cut Sugarcane Being Carried to the Trucks for USSC (1939), courtesy of the Library of Congress [LC-USF34-051089-E]. Born in Washington, D.C., Nathan Eugene Toomer was raised by his grandparents. He studied at several universities, including the University of Wisconsin, Massachusetts College of Agriculture, and New York University. After college, he held…

video: Monopoly (Microeconomics)

In 1890, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act broke up the monopoly that John D. Rockefeller and his company, Standard Oil, had on the oil industry. In 1914, the federal government was sold on the concept of universal telephone service provided by Ma Bell, a monopoly that was ended by the development of a new technology. In…

session: Japanese: Happy New Year!

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Leslie Birkland Language Japanese II Grades 9-11 School Lake Washington High School, Kirkland, Washington Lesson Date January 10 Class Size 32 Schedule 55 minutes daily Video Summary In this lesson, students learn about the products and practices of the Japanese New Year’s celebration. First, half of the class participates in…

session: Arabic: How We Spend Our Free Time

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Katie Quackenbush Language Arabic I Grades 8 School Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts Lesson Date May 8 Class Size 14 Schedule 47 minutes daily   اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية Video Summary In this lesson, eighth graders in Katie Quackenbush’s Arabic I class continue a unit on hobbies and practice…

video: One-on-One Conferences

Wendy Barrales has a one-on-one conference with a 6th grader who needs help applying strategies to define an unknown word. Teacher: Wendy Barrales School: Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, Brooklyn, NY Grade: 6 Discipline: English Language Arts (Humanities) Lesson Topic: Analyzing genres Lesson Month: March Number of Students: 25 Other:…

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session: Arabic: Comparing the Weather

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Wael Fawzy Language Arabic Grades 6 School LaSalle II Magnet Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois Lesson Date April 6 Class Size 8 Schedule 45 minutes, 4 times a week اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية   Video Summary In this lesson, Mr. Fawzy’s sixth-grade class continues to learn about the weather in…

session: Spanish: Hearing Authentic Voices

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Davita Alston Language Spanish Grades 8 School Shue-Medill Middle School, Newark, Delaware Lesson Date December 10 Class Size 26 Schedule 50 minutes, six times in a seven-day schedule Video Summary In this lesson, students talk about what they like to do when they are not in school. They begin by…

video: Popol Vuh

This video introduces the Mayan creation story in all its grotesque humor, luminous beauty, and unique language. See the Mayan writing and drawing that originally brought this story to life, and follow its journey around the world. All Video on Demand files are protected by copyright law and are free for this streaming purpose only….

session: Arabic: Vegetables We Like

CLASSROOM AT A GLANCE Teacher Rita Lahoud Language Arabic Grades 2 School Public School 261 Philip Livingston, Brooklyn, New York Lesson Date May 23 Class Size 17 Schedule 50 minutes once a week اضغط هنا للترجمة باللغة العربية   Video Summary In this lesson, Miss Lahoud’s second-grade Art and Arabic students develop vocabulary through art,…

video: Developing an Arts-Based Unit

Students in the first and second grades create their own drama as a year-end project at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. A team of first- and second-grade teachers at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, plans a year-end project that lets students show what they have learned in science, math,…

video: Borrowing From the Arts To Enhance Learning

Fifth-grade students designed visual representations of their own personal histories at Browns Mill Elementary School in Lithonia, Georgia. Teachers use arts-based techniques to engage their students’ minds, bodies, and emotions, adding vitality and context to day-to-day learning experiences: At Maria Mitchell Elementary School in Denver, Colorado, Penny Suazo raises achievement in her class of active…

video: Issues in Social Studies: Creating Effective Citizens

How do social studies concepts translate into the practical skills and knowledge students need to become effective citizens? How do students learn to reconcile often competing notions of democracy, such as individual freedom versus the common good? Everyone agrees that engaging students in civic concepts and processes is an important goal, but there are differing…

video: California Missions

Video Summary: “How can I teach my students California’s state history, integrate technology, and support a bilingual class?” This question prompted fourth-grade teacher Osvaldo Rubio to develop the lesson “California Missions.” The California Framework for state history requires students to learn about the geography of California; the social, political, cultural, and economic life of its…

Key Terms | Teaching Reading: K-2 Workshop

video: Federalism: U.S. v. the States

video: Gender-Based Distinctions

Video Summary: When does the government have the right to treat men and women differently? Students in Tim Rockey’s twelfth-grade A.P. Government and Politics class have been studying the civil rights movement. In this lesson, students analyze and evaluate legal interpretations of gender discrimination based on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, its amendments in…

Lens on Literacy

We all agree that learning to read is a critical step in a child’s education. But teaching children to read is controversial. In classrooms, legislatures, universities, school districts — even courtrooms — there is debate about what makes a good literacy program. Is phonics the answer? Whole language? A mix of both? Amid the controversy,…

section: Southern Renaissance – Activities

unit: Conversations With Student Writers

All teachers understand the value of responding personally to student work. But how do you use that feedback to help students improve their writing? In this workshop, you will examine the practical issues of planning and conducting writing conferences. You will also see classroom examples of formal and informal writing conferences. I still find conferring…

video: Reading and Writing Scientific Abstracts

Tracy Tran leads students in learning how to write a scientific abstract by reading and annotating a model and then having students try one on their own. Teacher: Tracy Tran School: The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice, New York, NY Grade: 12 Discipline: Science (Environmental Science) Lesson Topic: What is an abstract? Lesson…

video: The New City

lesson: Spirit of Nationalism – Activities

lesson: The EcoColumn

The EcoColumn As one of the most encompassing levels of organization in the living world, an ecosystem is defined as a community of organisms along with their physical environment. The EcoColumn (see building instructions) is designed to model an ecosystem on a small scale. Its components include a terrestrial habitat with a compost unit and…

video: Making a Difference Through Giving

Video Summary: How do you teach students to become effective citizens? How can young children make positive contributions to their community? Darlene Jones-Inge challenges her fourth- and fifth-grade students to think of realistic solutions to some of the problems facing their school, community, country, and the world. Ms. Jones-Inge begins with a class discussion about…

section: Patriotism and Foreign Policy — Student Perspectives

The students whose interview comments are excerpted below were seniors in a one-semester course in U.S. government at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a magnet high school in Washington, D.C. Here they discuss their experiences creating a Museum of Patriotism and Foreign Policy.

section: #309 Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania from the series Power Places….

video: Explorers in North America

Video Summary: Who were the first Europeans to step foot in the New World? What were they hoping to find? And what impact did their arrival have on the people already living there? Rob Cuddi uses essential questions like these to teach his fifth-grade students about the early explorers in North America. Mr. Cuddi begins…

video: Three Leaders at Arts-Based Schools

Assistant Principal Rory Pullens of Smith Renaissance School of the Arts in Denver, Colorado. Administrators of three successful arts-based schools share their insights and practical management strategies: Principal Martha Rodriguez-Torres leveraged her approach to arts-based learning to transform the low-performing P.S. 156 into The Waverly School of the Arts, a source of pride and accomplishment…

video: The Rise of Capitalism

unit: Reading In Science

video: Growth and Empire

section: Authors and Literary Works

timeline: Migrant Struggle – Timeline

This timeline places literary publications (in black) in their historical contexts (in red).

unit: Dark Energy

This unit focuses on one of the biggest questions in 21st century physics: what is the fate of the universe? In recent years, astronomers have been surprised to discover that the expansion of the universe is speeding up. We attribute this to the influence of a “dark energy” that may have its origin in the…

lesson: Helena Maria Viramontes (b. 1954)

[6125] Anonymous, Protest for Legislature to Improve Conditions [for Migrant Farm Workers] (1969), courtesy of the Denver Public Library, Western History Collection. Viramontes is a Chicana writer who was born in East Los Angeles, California. She attended Immaculate Heart College and the University of California, Irvine. She is co-founder of the Southern California Latino Writers…

video: Blended Learning: Acquiring Digital Literacy Skills

Jennifer Roberts discusses the ways in which she incorporates the use of computers into her classroom. ​​Teacher: Jennifer Roberts School: Point Loma High School, San Diego, CA Grade: 9 Discipline: English Lesson Topic: Compare two characters from The Cask Of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Number of Students: 34…

section: Expert Interview Transcript: Peter H. Raven, PhD

Peter H. Raven, PhD Director, Missouri Botanical Garden Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and one of the world’s leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity. He is a past president and chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a recipient of the esteemed National Medal of…

video: The Professional Teacher

…and meet newly developing challenges in their fields. Professional development is particularly important in education. Student populations are changing, curriculum is changing, technology is changing, and the world is changing. Yet because teachers are often isolated in their classrooms, it may be particularly difficult for them to identify sources of support and resources for growth….

unit: Ecosystems

section: Expert Interview Transcript: James Miller, PhD

James Miller, PhD Curator and Head, Applied Research Department at the Missouri Botanical Garden; Adjunct Professor Curator and head of the Applied Research Department at the Missouri Botanical Garden, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Miller studies the genetics of tropical plants and the natural products they generate….

video: Leadership Team

The Leadership Team at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, includes classroom teachers, an arts specialist teacher, the principal, and the assistant principal. At Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, principal Kathleen Hurstell Riedlinger works closely with a team of classroom teachers and arts specialists on curriculum and policy decisions. She…

video: Rhythms in Poetry

Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to “Make it New!” This call was heeded by a large range of poets, from T.S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This episode explores the modernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is modernism? How did these poets…