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Crafts for Kids Who are Wild About Dinosaurs

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THIS BOOK IS PART OF THE DINOSAURS CURRICULUM KIT

Provides instructions for twenty projects, including a triceratops ring-toss game, diplodocus body puppet, plesiosaur window decoration, necktie tree, and dinosaur feet.

Author:

Kathy Ross

Crafts for Kids Who are Wild About Dinosaurs

Palazzo Inverso

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Mauk, mischievous apprentice to the master architect, must not draw on the plans for the new Palazzo. But by turning the plans a bit each day, he finds a way to alter them, turning the master's creation onto its head! Discover what mystery and excitement a small change of perspective has brought to the Palazzo.

Author:

D. B. Johnson

Lexile:

AD450L

Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought)

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Whether visiting museums and galleries or taking Art History courses, we often marvel at the brilliant artwork, but learn little about the artists behind the creations. Kathleen Krull's acclaimed Lives of the Artists examines 20 brilliant artists and tells us why their neighbors had so much to whisper about.

Author:

Kathleen Krull

Grade Level:

Middle

Length:

02:02

Lives of the Artists: Masterpieces, Messes (and What the Neighbors Thought)

Girl with a Pearl Earring

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In 1664, 16-year-old Griet enters the Vermeer household as a servant. Daughter of a Delft tile maker, she has a natural eye for color and design. Daily, she cleans the studio, learning much about how Vermeer sees the people he paints. As his attention focuses on her, she slowly becomes one of his subjects.

Author:

Tracy Chevalier

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

770L

Length:

04:19

Chasing Vermeer (Unabridged)

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When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears.

Author:

Blue Balliett

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

770L

Length:

04:46

Casi (Ish)

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Ramon loved to draw. He drew everywhere and everything. He never put down his pencil until...

Author:

Peter H. Reynolds

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:08

The Birds

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The fair distribution of water has long been a worldwide problem, and it is one that the United States may increasingly experience in the future. The Great Lakes contain 20% of the worlds fresh surface water, but that water is currently available to only a small portion of the U.S population. Should water-scarce regions of the country have access to this water, and, if so, should they have to pay for it? What effect would the piping of Great Lakes water to other areas have on the lakes and Midwestern environments?

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Grade Level:

High

Length:

02:00

Yeti's Color Splurge

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A game about colors for small children. The Yeti wants to color up his white surroundings - fortunately, he discovers a color lab.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Middle

Content Area:

Fine Arts

Play Time:

10 min.

Renaissance Art, Music & Literature (2004)

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Explores the newly discovered uses of realism, mathematics, and perspective in art; the introduction of new musical instruments and changes in musical style; and how literature flourished thanks to the innovation of the printing press. Explores Leonardo, Machiavelli, and Shakespeare, whose works continue to be admired and emulated today. DVD divided into chapters.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

High

Length:

00:23

The Art Institute of Chicago; The Cleveland Museum of Art (2001)

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Program 1: Art Institute of Chicago (60 min.): Sister Wendy Beckett looks at American Gothic by Grant Wood, Chimu (pre-Incan) art from Peru, Joan Mitchell, Edward Hopper, Picasso, 18th century ceramic art, a West-African drum, Manfredi, pre-Columbian art from Central America, Manet, Marc Chagall, Renoir, Chinese sculpture, 12th century Korean pottery, George Innes, Puryear, Georges Seurat.

Grade Level:

Middle

High

Length:

02:00

The Art Institute of Chicago; The Cleveland Museum of Art

Art

Renaissance Art, Music & Literature (2004)

The Art Institute of Chicago; The Cleveland Museum of Art (2001)

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