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Our Shared History: African American Heritage tells about the Underground Railroad, African Americans in the Civil War, historic places of the civil rights movement, the Delta blues of the Lower Mississippi Valley and landmarks dedicated to Booker T. Washington, Martin Luther King Jr and Frederick Douglass. Also find classroom lesson plans and other resources to liven your discussions of the people, places and stories on the National Park Service's (NPS) site.

Draw on Imagination Hear specialists in art history, art conservation and the sciences discuss the connections between art, science and technology in video clips. You'll also find lesson plans and student projects on this site created by The Art Institute of Chicago. The overarching goal of the site is to show science teachers that an art museum may be used as a visual library to augment and enrich established high school science curricula in chemistry, earth science or physics. With primary emphasis on the theme of light and color, the site reveals how the scientific method is applied to the making, conserving and exhibiting of art.

Plus: A comprehensive Educator's Guide has 94 mission plans (lesson plans) corresponding to the 94 chapters in A Space Traveler's Guide. Aligned with National Education Standards for Art, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology, many of the plans introduce students to new concepts through hands-on activities.