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A complete listing of all the standards-based educational resources that includes audio, video, and interactive resources. Many of these resources are designed to be used by the learner without help from a teacher or parent.

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A More Perfect Union Collection Search

In this resource from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students can explore more than 800 artifacts from the online exhibition A More Perfect Union, including: archival photography, publications, original manuscripts, works of art...

  • Grade Band
    4-12
  • Date Posted

    June 10, 2008

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All the President's Children

How would you like to be a kid living in the White House? In this activity, students will match clues with images of children who lived in the White House in order to learn about their lives as they lived in the presidential mansion. As part of the Smithsonian's...

  • Grade Band
    K-4
  • Date Posted

    June 10, 2008

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America on the Move Collection Search

The National Museum of American History's online transportation collection includes more than a thousand artifacts and photographs. Browse the collection by selecting multiple categories, eras, and regions. This collection object search is included in...

  • Grade Band
    9-12
  • Date Posted

    July 7, 2008

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Answering the Call 1917-1945

Merchant seamen and ships played a vital role in winning both world wars of the Twentieth century. In this section of On the Water: Stories from Maritime America, an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students...

  • Grade Band
    4-12
  • Date Posted

    June 1, 2009

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Artificial Anatomy: Body Parts

In this interactive from Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students learn anatomy by matching images of body parts to their location on Jerome, a papier-mâché anatomical model.  It is part of the online exhibition entitled...

  • Grade Band
    6-12
  • Date Posted

    July 7, 2008

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Artificial Anatomy: Collection

The National Museum of American History's online Artificial Anatomy collection contains over 30 papier-mâché anatomical models of humans, animals and plants. Students can explore a variety of human anatomical models....

  • Grade Band
    6-12
  • Date Posted

    July 7, 2008

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Be a Movie Director

In this interactive game from Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students develop research skills and explore the Museum's collections as they create a movie using images from an online image database. This interactive is included...

  • Grade Band
    9-12
  • Date Posted

    July 7, 2008

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Bon Appétit! Julia Child's Kitchen at the Smithsonian

Julia Child shared the passions, philosophies, and products of the kitchen in her home, with family, friends, colleagues, and fans for 45 years.  Learn about Julia Child and her profound effect on American popular culture, cooking and broadcast...

  • Grade Band
    4-12
  • Date Posted

    March 11, 2009

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Bracero History Archive

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is part of a consortium of museums, universities, and cultural institutions documenting and preserving the history of the bracero program, a little-known chapter of American history in which an estimated...

  • Grade Band
    6-12
  • Date Posted

    September 12, 2009

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Bracero History Archive-Spanish Version

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is part of a consortium of museums, universities, and cultural institutions documenting and preserving the history of the bracero program, a little-known chapter of American history in which an estimated...

  • Grade Band
    6-12
  • Date Posted

    September 12, 2009

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