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The Blues and Langston Hughes

(Grades K–12)
Podcasting with Your Students

(Grades K–12)
Introduction to the Nature Journal

(Grades K–12)
The Music in Poetry

(Grades 4–12)
Portraits Visual and Written

(Grades 4–12)
Stories of the Wrights' Flight

(Grades 3–8)
Making Friends with Franklin

(Grades 3–8)
Celebrating the Smithsonian's Birthday

(Grades 1–5)
Collecting Their Thoughts: Conversing with an Object

(Grades 6–12)
Collecting Their Thoughts: Creating a Classroom Museum

(Grades 6–12)
Collecting Their Thoughts: Explaining How Things Work

(Grades 6–12)
Collecting Their Thoughts: Telling Your Story

(Grades 6–12)
Collecting Their Thoughts: Telling a Painting's Stories

(Grades 6–12)
Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

(Grades 3–8)
Teaching from Objects and Stories: Learning about the Bering Sea Eskimo People

(Grades 6–12)
Lewis and Clark

(Grades 3–8)
Letters from the Japanese American Internment

(Grades 3–8)
The Stuff of Stories (Using Museums to Inspire Student Writing)

(Grades 9–12)
Magic in Your Mailbox: Learning from Letters and Other Mail

(Grades PreK–3)
Creating a Classroom Exhibit

(Grades PreK–8)
Painting of a Prairie

Detail from Madame Ferrebault's Prairie du Chien

by George Catlin, 1835–1836.
Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.

This image is from the lesson plan Lewis and Clark.

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