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Art of the Day – 02/05/2019 (View of Toledo, El Greco) Daily Artwork -- "View of Toledo, El Greco, c1599" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an 

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Photo of the Day - 02/05/2019 ("Teenage Party", 1947)

#Photo of the Day - 02/05/2019 ("#Teenage Party", 1947) #Oklahoma #entertainment #thewaywewere

Daily Photo — “Teenage Party, 1947”

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Teenagers at a Party, 1947 Tulsa, Oklahoma. Photo by Nina Leen for the LIFE Magazine.

“LIFE reported they ‘munch doughnuts and sip cokes whenever they are not dancing with serious faces to sentimental music.'”

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#Art of the Day - 02/04/2019 (Hip, Hip, Hurrah!, Karel Appel) #painting #analysis #critique #artinformel #informalism @Tate Daily Artwork -- "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!, Karel Appel, 1949" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an 

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Photo of the Day - 02/04/2019 ("At the Fair", 1942)

#Photo of the Day - 02/04/2019 ("At the Fair", 1942) #Teenagers #entertainment #Oregon #dailylife #history #homefront

Daily Photo — “At the Fair, 1942”

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Couple at the sideshow, July 1942 Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photo by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information.

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20 Bizarre Foods From Around the World -- #Infographic #cuisine #culture #donteatthisathome (Via @tasteatlas) Bizarre World Eats Some people are adventurous eaters -- or they claim to be, but have they tried any of these delicacies from around the world? 

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StoryMap JS -- Maps That Tell Stories

StoryMap JS -- #Maps That Tell #Stories #edtech #creation #cartography #narratives @knightlab

StoryMap JS

Continuing with the cartography as writing theme from the previous Persuasive Cartography post, today here’s a tool for using maps to create a narrative journey through a historical event, movement, or even a fictional story.

StoryMap JSallows students to create their own narrative story line through cartography where they are able to chart a path anywhere in the world using real…

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Persuasive Cartography - The PJ Mode Collection at Cornell University

Persuasive Cartography – The PJ Mode Collection at Cornell University

Persuasive Cartography

We all (or most of us) know about the concept of persuasive writing, as this is one of the major focuses in our Language Arts curriculum.  Getting students to understand the power that words have to influence and sway opinion one way or another or to reinforce already held beliefs.  But what about visual representations of the same concepts?

This is where Persuasive…

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#Art of the Day - 12/19/18 (Strike, Mihaly Munkacsy) #painting #realism #critique #analysis Daily Artwork -- "Strike, Mihaly Munkacsy, 1895" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an artwork critique. 1895 -- Strike.  Oil paint on canvas. Realism style. Mihaly Munkacsy (1844-1900). Click image to enlarge

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Photo of the Day - 12/19/18 ("Former Slave with Horn", 1939)

#Photo of the Day - 12/19/18 ("Former #Slave with Horn", 1939) #slavery #history #freedmen (Via @NYPL)

Daily Photo — “Former Slave with Horn, 1939”

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April 1939. “Old Negro [former slave] with horn with which slaves were called; Near Marshall, Texas.” Additional title: [An African American man sitting in doorway and holding a horn, April 1939.] Gelatin Silver print by…

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#Art of the Day - 12/17/18 (Across the #Delaware, Robert Spencer) #impressionism #landscape #NewHope #Pennsylvania @phillipsmuseum Daily Artwork -- "Across the Delaware, Robert Spencer, 1916" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an 

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Photo of the Day - 12/17/18 ("Hello, Sailor", 1957)

#Photo of the Day - 12/17/18 ("Hello, Sailor", 1957) #history #fashion #1950s #navy #nautical

Daily Photo — “Hello, Sailor, 1957”

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March 1957. “Women on board destroyer U.S.S. Maddox posing with sailors, modeling clothing with a nautical influence.” Photos by Christa for the Look magazine assignment “The Middy Look — Summer Clothes Go Nautical.”

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State #Mammals -- #Infographic #USstates #socialstudies #lists (Via @alansfactory) State Mammals There are state flags, state mottos, state birds, state quarters, so why not take a look at state mammals too? 

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#Art of the Day - 12/14/18 (Winter #Landscape with Farmhouse, Esaias van de Velde) #painting #baroque #analysis #critique @mauritshuis Daily Artwork -- "Winter Landscape with Farmhouse, Esaias van de Velde, 1624" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an artwork critique. 1624 -- Winter Landscape with Farmhouse.  Oil paint on panel. Baroque style. Esaias van de Velde (1856-1911).  Mauritshuis, Hague, Netherlands. Click image to enlarge

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Photo of the Day - 12/14/18 ("Cotton on the Roadside", 1937)

#Photo of the Day - 12/14/18 ("Cotton on the Roadside", 1937) #history #depression #children #migrants

Daily Photo — “Cotton on the Roadside, 1937”

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June 1937. “Child of Texas migrant family who follow the cotton crop from Corpus Christi to the Panhandle.” Photo by Dorothea Lange.

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The Most #Banned and #Challenged #Books of the Past 5 Years -- #Infographic #reading #censorship #bannedbooks (via @PlaygroundEq) The Most Banned and Challenged Books of the Past 5 Years One of the beautiful things about the freedom of the press and speech is that there are always works that are not for everyone, and will be questioned from time to time (or year after year). 

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#Art of the Day - 12/13/18 (Wild Autumn, Louis Van Lint) #painting #tachisme #abstract #analysis #critique @FineArtsBelgium Daily Artwork -- "Wild Autumn, Louis Van Lint, 1960" Use the images posted in this feature for writing prompts, warm-up activities, drawing templates or as part of an 

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Photo of the Day - 12/13/18 ("Chain Gang", 1917)

#Photo of the Day - 12/13/18 ("Chain Gang", 1917) #WorldWarI #crime #punishment #SC #SouthCarolina #chaingang

Daily Photo — “Chain Gang, 1917”

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1917. “Members of a chain gang building roads for the state of South Carolina. Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, SC”. 

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