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Overview: Out of Many, One?
Americans have long created an identity based on distinct principles and values that define the country. This unit explores the tensions between being an individual and being part of a group or nation and provides insight into what it means to be an individual in America, today and centuries ago.
Activity: Judgement and Group Belonging
Consider what influences group behavior and the formation of in-groups and out-groups.
Activity: Make a Contemporary Connection to Inventions
Examine the role of innovation in relationship to progress and improvements in lifestyle and consider the impact of these improvements on the environment.
Activity: Twenty-First Century Object
Reimagine an object from the eighteenth or nineteenth century into one for the twenty-first.
Activity: Change and Consequences
Explore the influence that artificial lighting has on everyday life and the environment.
Activity: Candle Math
Explore the relationship between candle light and contemporary lighting from incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
Create a Herbarium Specimen
Preserve information about a particular plant for future generations.
Explore Plant Adaptations in Your Community!
Take a walk through your neighborhood, local park, or anywhere else where plants grow. What adaptations do you observe?
Botanical Art
Learn about botanical art and create your own artwork.
Nature as Art and Artist
Does art need to be made by humans to be considered art? Is nature art? Can natural processes create art?