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Featured Art Museum 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: | ||
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | ||
( http://www.thinker.org/ ) | ||
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| Smithsonian Museums | ||
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Additional Resources Visit these Websites to learn more about people or topics discussed in this chapter: | ||
| Trial by Jury, 1964, by Thomas Hart Benton | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/benton/ ) | ||
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| Thomas Hart Benton | ||
( http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/benton_thomas_hart.html ) | ||
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| John Adams, the second president | ||
( http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ja2.html ) | ||
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| Thomas Jefferson, the third president | ||
( http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html ) | ||
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| Declaration of Independence | ||
( http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html ) | ||
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| Declaration of Independence | ||
( http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/declaration.html ) | ||
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| Ben Franklin | ||
( http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/ ) | ||
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| Ben Franklin | ||
( http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/ ) | ||
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| The American Revolution | ||
( http://theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_bhil.asp ) | ||
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| The Bill of Rights | ||
( http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/bill_of_rights.html ) | ||
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| The Bill of Rights | ||
( http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html ) | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 398) To learn more about Thomas Jefferson, go to: | ||
| Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson | ||
| Click on "A Day in the Life of Jefferson" to follow Jefferson through a typical 24 hours during his retirement at Monticello. To find out more about Jefferson's role in the Lewis and Clark expedition, click on "Jefferson and the Expedition." Print a page of interest to you and briefly summarize your findings. ( http://www.monticello.org ) | ||
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To learn more about the Declaration of Independence and to view material from the collections of the Library of Congress go to: | ||
| Declaring Independence | ||
| Click on either "Chronology of Events" or "Objects in the Exhibition." If you select the chronology, create a short time line of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration. Or select an object in the current exhibition and briefly describe it. ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html ) | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 404) The texts of opinions and transcripts of oral arguments appear on the Supreme Court's website at: | ||
| Supreme Court of the United States | ||
| Visit the site, choose an opinion of interest to you, and summarize it briefly. ( http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ ) | ||
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From the Text: Internet Activity (page 406) Visit the Constitution Center's website at: | ||
| National Constitution Center | ||
| You can take a tour of the museum, review Supreme Court cases, or explore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. ( http://www.constitutioncenter.org/ ) | ||
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OLC Extra! Internet Activity The USA WEEKEND/First Amendment Center survey was conducted April 21-28, 2003. A total of 517 surveys were completed online by adults age 18 or older. To view the entire survey, visit the website at: | ||
| First Amendment Center | ||
( http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/ ) | ||
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OLC Extra! Internet Activity Visit one of the following sites dedicated to the American Painter Thomas Hart Benton: | ||
| Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site | ||
( http://www.mostateparks.com/benton.htm ) | ||
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| Thomas Hart Benton | ||
( http://www.co.benton.wa.us/html/thomas_hart_benton.htm ) | ||
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| Thomas Hart Benton | ||
| List the five most interesting facts you learned about Benton or his artwork. ( http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=34841 ) | ||
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OLC Extra! Internet Activity Visit the following site on the Declaration of Independence: | ||
| Declaration of Independence | ||
| After perusing the site, write a brief paragraph in which you discuss the importance of this document in U.S. history.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. ( http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/ ) | ||
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