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February 2024

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Collage of resources featured in this newsletter, including a playing clouded leopard cub, activist Ona Kingbird and a student, Martin Luther King, Jr., an AI-generated illustration of Edgar Allen Poe using a computer, and a pink wall mural with black text by artist Jessica Diamond

Discover our newest teaching collections from educators across the Smithsonian!

Use these Smithsonian Learning Lab collections to explore primary source analysis, civic participation, autobiography and literacy devices, habitats, and AI literacy with your students.
Black and white photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. with text that reads Essential Historian Skills: Questioning Primary Sources

Essential Historian Skills: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elementary–Middle School

Help students practice transferrable primary source analysis skills.

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Black and white photographs of Sal Castro, Ona Kingbird, and John Lewis with text that reads Civic Participation

Teaching American Democracy through Portraiture: Civic Participation

Middle–High School

Use portraiture to teach civic participation and help students take action.

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A curved hallway with artwork on the wall and text that reads, Wheel of Life Teacher Guide

Jessica Diamond: Wheel of Life

Middle–High School

Teach autobiography and literacy devices with this set of five arts-integrated lessons.

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Photo of naked mole rats with text that reads Conservation Classroom: What makes a habitat a home?

What makes a Habitat a Home?

Elementary

Encourage students' curiosity as they explore what makes a suitable animal home and design a habitat of their own.

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Illustration of a hot air balloon with text that reads AI Literacy

Can AI Write an Essay?

Middle–High School

Help students learn how to prompt AI, double-check AI's citations, and avoid the pitfalls of using AI for historical research.

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