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Got a Head for Compassion?
Early Childhood
Language Arts
Eleven-Headed Bodhisattva of Compassion, Artist not known, Japan
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The Power of Posters
Elementary
Social Studies
Skull and Roses/Grateful Dead, Oxford Circle, Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, United States
& Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Wes Wilson, United States
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& Association, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, Wes Wilson, United States
A Dish of Character
Secondary
Language Arts
Dish with the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Artist not known, China
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