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Featured Art Museums This link provides an opportunity for you to explore a museum online. The material on the featured museum's Website relates in some way to the people or topics addressed in this chapter. To explore more museum websites, visit the Art Museum and Gallery Websites page at: | ||
| Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. | ||
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Additional Resources Visit these Websites to learn more about people or topics discussed in this chapter: | ||
| The Uprising, 1848, by Honore Daumier | ||
( http://www.davidrumsey.com/amico/amico2219966-119610.html ) | ||
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| Honore Daumier | ||
( http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/daumier/ ) | ||
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| Honore Daumier | ||
( http://www.artchive.com/artchive/D/daumier.html ) | ||
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| National Endowment for the Humanities | ||
( http://www.neh.fed.us/ ) | ||
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| National Organization for Women | ||
( http://www.now.org/ ) | ||
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| Sierra Club | ||
( http://www.sierraclub.org/ ) | ||
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| U.S. Department of Education | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 349) Go to the American Library Association's website at | ||
| American Library Association | ||
| Type in "banned books" to locate a list of the 100 most frequently challenged books. Print a copy of the list and see which books you recognize. How many have you read? Do you think these books should be banned? Are there other ways to respond to objectionable books than banning them? Judy Blume, author of numerous children's books, many of which are on this list, had this to say: "It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers." Do you think that Judy Blume makes a good point? Are there good reasons for banning books? ( http://www.ala.org ) | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 357) In 1993, Pat Buchanan helped found the American Cause, an organization dedicated to conservative beliefs. Go to its website to find out more about the organization: | ||
| The American Cause | ||
| Click on "About the Cause" from the menu on the left for information about the oganization's fundamental beliefs; click on "On the Issues" and then "Education" to find out more about the organization's positions on education. Are there any examples of biased statements in the material on the website? Does the information presented in these websites further your understanding of Buchanan's point of view as presented in the selection you just read? ( http://www.theamericancause.org/about.htm ) | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 367) We often think of propaganda just in negative terms, but propaganda can also be put to positive uses. One such example was the concerted effort by the U.S. government during World War II to get Americans involved in the war effort. The following website shows a variety of government posters designed to encourage Americans to become involved. Part I shows more positive posters; Part II is more dark and frightening. | ||
| Powers of Persuasion | ||
( http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_intro.html ) | ||
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OLC Extra! Internet Activities Cultural Literacy According to the University of Buffalo <http://student.sdm.buffalo.edu/applicants/cultural.html>, medical and dental schools are increasingly taking into account an applicant's knowledge of cultural literacy as a factor to determine acceptance into their programs. Go to the Buffalo web page for a discussion of assessing knowledge of cultural literacy as part of the admissions process. Do you think that medical and dental schools should consider an applicant's knowledge of cultural literacy as part of the admissions process? If so, how should an admission's committee characterize cultural literacy? How should the committee test an applicant's knowledge of cultural literacy? OLC Extra! Internet Activity Use the Internet to find the answers to the questions from page 358, and indicate the URL of the site at which you found the answer: Which countries border the former Soviet Union? OLC Extra! Internet Activity Use the Internet to find information about these historical documents and indicate the URL of the site at which you found the information: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address OLC Extra! Internet Activity Use an online dictionary to find definitions of the following terms: phylum OLC Extra! Internet Activity If you are unfamiliar with any of the topics referred to in the reading selections, a little bit of research will give you a quick opportunity to catch up. Use the Internet to find information about these topics. If you receive many different results for you search, use the context of the reading selection to help identify the most appropriate source of information. 10 Downing Street Did you find a Web link that doesn't work? Despite our best efforts to check all our Websites, some Web addresses may have changed or links may have "died" by the time you try to use them. If a Website or hotlink in the activity is no longer available, try to find a similar site. Try using a search engine to find the original Website or search for another Website that addresses the same topic. Remember to use your critical reading skills to evaluate the quality of any websites, whether the link appeared here or you found the site yourself. | ||
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| Yahoo | ||
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