 | Global Warming Mug
Buy new: $9.95 Seeing is believing? :) Novelty mug...must get me one soon!
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 | Moon Calendar Kit
Buy new: $12.95 Makes a great follow up lesson to the Moon in My Room! Intriguing for world mythology classes as well as for science. Students can really begin to grasp the phases this way.
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 | Little Thinkers Doll: Leonardo Da Vinci
Buy new: $14.89 Definitely a key figure within the Humanities, Leonardo can bring lots of fun to your "art appreciation" classes or classroom environments. // There's a Vincent Van Gogh Little Thinker as well! [Separate search]
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 | BBC Knowledge
Buy new: $29.95 This is a fantastic magazine that includes history, science, and nature topics. It's like a gym for the mind! Worth reading from cover to cover! Great classroom discussion item!
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 | Coloring Mandalas 1 by Susanne F. Fincher
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.15 This is a great book. Inspires discussion on art, science, color, sacred geometry, mathematics, and dozens of other ideas. Very useful in teach observation and critical thinking. I like to discuss mandalas when presenting the Chartres Labyrinth--in art, myth, popular culture, etc.
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 | Stonehenge: Build Your Own Ancient Wonder (Running Press Kids Kit) by Morgan Beard
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $2.40 I own it! Now this is impressive! Great for any classroom as a conversation piece. Inspires critical thinking, questions, myths, science, history... / I just love it! :)
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 | Little Thinker Galileo Galilei
Buy new: $14.53 I own it! Gailleo is my favorite! Though I use him for Humanities "Key Figures and Periods" lessons, he'd be appropriate in an astronomy classroom as well! 2009 is the year of Astronomy by the way.
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 | SCIENTISTS FINGER PUPPET SET
Buy new: $19.95 Great for natural science courses courses and classroom / lab decorations! LOL I own this, but I use it in Humanities "Key Figures and Periods" lectures.
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 | DARWIN LITTLE THINKER PLUSH
Buy new: $14.53 Bring Darwin into your biology or philosophy or religion classroom and watch a few eyebrows raise! LOL // I think there is also a puppet of him as well!
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 | Artist Finger Puppet Set
I own it! Here are some interesting talking points for your art appreciation lectures! Andy Warhol is available on Amazon too I think--er--as a single finger puppet!
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 | Go Fish for Art- Modern Artists Cards
Buy new: $9.95 I own it! :) These are excellent cards to get young people engaged in art recognition and appreciation. Viewing dozens of powerpoint presentation can never ever do for the students what this card game can do! Open minds and spark interest in art!
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 | Moon In My Room
Buy new: $24.38 Our school owns one! This is a fantastic product for science as well as for mythology. Science, explore the nature of moon phases. Use this moon to discuss world mythology as it relates to the moon and why it changes from people's perspectives. A dark room favorite!
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 | Phases of the Moon Read a Mat Placemat - Glows in the Dark!
More tools for moon phases! Great for tables and desks.
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 | Uncle Milton Homestar
I've used this planetarium in darkened lectures halls with great effect. The perfect companion to discuss Milky Way and / or stare myths and lore. Great for instilling dark sky appreciation too! (Science)
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 | Glow Mini Stars
Buy new: $4.99 I've used these type stars with great effect during mythology lectures related to the Milky Way and constellations. I usually tell the Coyote myth --where he scatters the stars. At the end of the tale, I fling the stars up from a blanket just as Coyote did! Surprises the students and they remember the story.
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 | Earth Tales from Around the World by Michael J. Caduto
Buy new: $27.95 / Used from: $0.35 This book contains a version of the myth mentioned above. [See the cover image!] :)
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 | COMPOSERS FINGER PUPPET SET
Buy new: $19.98 I own it! Some cool items for music appreciation courses or lessons. The Unemployed Philosophers Guild produces a wide collection of finger puppets on Humanities key figures--literature, music, science, art, politics, philosophy, etc. Check out their website to see all products!
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 | Mozart plush Doll with built-in music box Little Thinker
Buy new: $16.95 Great for for music appreciation courses, lectures, and / or displays. He might even be fun in your band room! LOL // UPG offers other composers as well...some as finger puppets.
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 | AXIS OF EVIL FINGER PUPPET SET
Buy new: $16.95 Great for history, political science, social science, and maybe even psychology courses! LOL There are I think three different "Axis of Evil" sets to collect. I don't own them at this time.
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 | REVOLUTIONARIES FINGER PUPPET SET
Great for history, political science, social science, and maybe even psychology courses! LOL There are I think three different "Axis of Evil" sets to collect. I don't own them as a set at this time.
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 | PSYCHOLOGIST FINGER PUPPET SET
Buy new: $18.95 Great for social science courses / psychology courses! LOL I own some of these puppets from this group, but I use them in Humanities "Key Figures and Periods" lectures.
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 | Sigmund Freud Little Thinker Plush Doll
Buy new: $14.99 Any comment here could reveal something LOL // There is also a finger puppet version of him...hmmmm...
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 | SHAKESPEARE LITTLE THINKER
Buy new: $14.85 Great for literature and drama classrooms, lectures and displays! // There is a finger puppet of him too made by this same group! LOL [Separate search] UPG offers other writer finger puppets: Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Hemmingway, Joyce, Twain, Wilde, etc. See their website for details.
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 | Queen Elizabeth Little Thinker
Buy new: $16.95 QUEEN ELIZABETH I--A fine edition to literature and history classes.
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 | Charlie Chaplin Little Thinker
Buy new: $15.98 Drama and Film students will appreciate this little tramp!
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 | Philosophers Guild Sherlock Holmes Magnetic Personality
Buy new: $5.95 Fun for the British Literature Classroom...and maybe even your Criminal Justice classrooms. // On Amazon: there is also a Sherlock Holmes action figure! LOL
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 | NAPOLEON MAGNETIC FINGER PUPPET
Buy new: $4.50 Great for history, political science, social science, and maybe even psychology courses! LOL He can also be used for "Key Figures and Periods" lessons in Humanities courses.
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 | Philosophers Guild Lincoln Magnetic Personality
Buy new: $5.95 Great for history, political science, social science, and maybe even psychology courses! LOL He can also be used for "Key Figures and Periods" lessons in Humanities courses. // The makers of this offer a variety of finger puppets / presidents! Check out the Obama one!
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 | Carl Jung Action Figure
Buy new: $6.89 Embrace the study of your inner myths...
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 | Edgar Allan Poe Action Figure
Buy new: $9.39 Spooky for Lit Class! Boredom... Nevermore!
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 | Jane Austen Action Figure
Buy new: $10.50 Another Lit class favorite!
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 | Basic Beat Single Egg Shaker
Buy new: $1.50 Great fun for music appreciation classes, team work, and teaching basic rhythm
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 | Remo 7" x 2.25" Thunder Tube, Starry Night Design
Buy new: $9.60 Make some noise with this thunder tube! The Starry Night Design makes a great conversation for art / humanities classes. Science classes can study how it works and why.
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 | 8" Extra Small Authentic Handmade Djembe Drum - Traditional African Musical Instrument
Buy new: $22.95 This is a great conversation starter for music classes and classes related to rhythm and world culture. It's easy to display and show.
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 | United States, by Hugg-a-Planet
Buy used from: $70.32 Go on and embrace geography! LOL Fun for US History and Literature.
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 | Mars, Hugg-a-Planet, by Hugg-a-Planet
Buy used from: $73.44 I've used this when speaking about Mars is popular myth, human culture, and science with great effect. Students love it.
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 | Pinocchio Marionette (B1908)
Buy new: $12.39 Marionettes make excellent examples for lessons in philosophy, concepts such as Free Will, Determinism, etc. // Can also be used to illustrate control, power, relationships, etc.
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