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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: William Henry Fox Talbot

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on William Henry Fox Talbot(1800-1877)and the invention of photography. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Antwerp: Photography Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Photography Museum (Antwerp)
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PBS

Pbs: Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charles Bierstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charles Bierstadt is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with his family (Albert Bierstadt) and work with photography.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Barbara Bosworth

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Barbara Bosworth is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with photography (primarily landscapes and nature).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: George P. Critcherson

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Paul Wayland Bartlett is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Camera Lens Testing

For Students 6th - 8th
This activity helps students learn more about cameras, and how to take better pictures.
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EL Education

El Education: Fourth Grade Tumbler's Manual

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This manual was created by 4th grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, during a learning expedition on rocks and minerals. The expedition included fieldwork to local geological sites and to...
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EL Education

El Education: A Color Expedition

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These digital photographs were created by pre-kindergarten students at The College School, located in St. Louis, Missouri. As part of a Learning Expedition on color, students went on class walks to look for specific colors, noticing...
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Other

Catching the Light: Astrophotography

For Students 9th - 10th
Author and astrophotographer, Jerry Lodriguss, offers up tips, techniques and various images that he's taken both with and without the use of digital enhancement. An amazing amount of detail is provided to explain his approach towards...
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Other

National Press Photographers Association Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Press Photographers Association serves to promote photographic journalism. Members come from both still and electronic photographers, as well as editors, students and other associated organizations. Photographs play a major...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: African American Masters

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting site that contains paintings, sculptures, and photographs by African American artists. Each piece has a short paragraph below it describing the artwork, and the message the artist was trying to convey.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: An Image of a Child Can Change the Way We See the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the power of imagery to change how people perceive various crises and how they affect children.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Images as Messages

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reviewing samples of photography that send messages to views, students will consider something in their own lives that could be captured by art and used to illustrate a meaningful message.
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Other

Drs. Cavanaugh: Digital Cameras in Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn from other educators what you might need to enhance learning in the classroom with digital cameras. If you want to know what kind of equipment you need or some practical applications, this site is valuable for a novice or...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Native American History

For Students 9th - 10th
These six extensive collections provide first-person historical accounts, audio clips of music and thousands of photographs from Native American cultures. Audio requires Windows Media Player for PCs, and QuickTime for Mac.
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Other

Model Network: Modeling Industry Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The Model Network is the fashion e-zine for the modeling industry, with featured articles on the latest trends.
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Mathigon

Mathigon: Algebra: Sequences and Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore this course in sequences and patterns including simple sequence, triangle and square numbers, terms, recursive formulas, and explicit formulas. Click on Trailer on the top left to watch an introductory video.
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EL Education

El Education: Discovering the Genesee Volume 1

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Discovering the Genesee was created by third grade students in Rochester, New York, as part of a Learning Expedition on local history. Student work was guided by four questions, which became the chapters of their book: Who were the...
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EL Education

El Education: Faces of the Depression

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This book was created by 5th graders in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, as part of a learning expedition on the Great Depression. Students learned about the Depression though several different sources: in addition to standard historical...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Henry Bosse

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Henry Bosse is described here along with information on his contributions to art through photography and his work with cyanotypes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Terry Braunstein

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Terry Braunstein is described here along with information on her contributions to art through collage, photography, and video art.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Albert Bisbee

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Albert Bisbee is described here along with information on his contributions to art as a daguerreotypist with his work, "History and Practice of Daguerreotyping."
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Other

Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
Noted for its collection of late 19th and early 20th century European and American collection, it is also the home of the finest collection of photographs in the SE US. There is also an active music program and continuing educational...