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The sites below are content specific to the Art area.  Be sure to check out the websites on the
Collection Websites page.  Those links contain a wealth of information for Art in addition to all other curriculum areas.
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Visual Art Topics



Read, Write, and Think Printing Press: http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=36  This Web site, which is sponsored by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is designed to help students create all types of newspapers, brochures, flyers, and booklets. There are many templates to choose from, as well as a variety of publishing tools to add interest to the final product.

Oklahoma PASS Projects:  PASSPORT http://www.sde.state.ok.us/passport
Oklahoma State Department of Education
(Registration and password required)  A searchable database of Oklahoma’s Priority Academic Student Skills by subject matter and grade level.  A MUST for all teachers.  As you address a PASS objective, go to this site to find a project/lesson to enhance the teaching of the objective.  You will have to register as a user.

Standards-based ProjectsMarcoPolo  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Main page of MarcoPolo. High quality, standards-based Internet content and professional development for K-12 teachers and students.  Explore this extensive site, or if you would like to begin directly searching for projects, you can go directly to the MarcoPolo search pages at http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp


Papa Ink
 
http://www.papaink.org/gallery/home/index.html PapaInk, the Children's Art Archive, is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the art of youth. The activities encompass the exhibition of works by young artists, the archiving of historically significant children's art collections and the building of communities that support children's creative endeavors. A GREAT PLACE FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO POST THEIR ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE!  Site recommended by Ann Tomlins, Art Resource Teacher.

3-D Drawing
Mark Kistler's Imagination Station http://www.draw3D.com/  Based on his TV program…received over million hits!   A drawing tutorial with step-by-step instructions and printable sheets.  Online resources for teachers, online art gallery of student work, and more.

Lite Brite Art Gr. K-6  http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html#  Great for early finishers.  Simple with no distractions.  Create a virtual masterpiece.

Art for All Ages  www.haringkids.com

Art Institute Lessons Art Institute of Chicago  http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_AfAm/pages/AfAm_lessons.shtml  Lessons to go along with photos or similar pictures at the museum.  Lessons adaptable for all ages and cover Heroes in Art, African American Literature in Art, Scaling Up Art, Relief-Print Portraits, and 1920s Variety Show. 

Ancient History  http://historylink101.com/lessons/  A number of activities and quizzes dealing with art history: Cave Art, Mesopotamian Art, Greek Art, Roman Art, and Middle Ages Art and Architecture.

Free Arts Lessons Gr. 1-6  http://users.tellurian.com/artmom/

National Gallery of Art  http://www.nga.gov/home.htm

Metropolitan Museum of Art  http://www.metmuseum.org/

WebMuseum of Paris  http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/  Great site!  Artwork of all the famous artists along with a short biography

Sanford's ArtEdventures  www.sanford-artedventures.com  Introduces primary grade students to shapes, color theory and other art concepts using games, stories and rhymes.  All students are invited to submit their art work to the Student Gallery or to visit the Featured Artists for interviews, biographies, and online galleries.

Educational Web Adventures www.eduweb.com Features online art games such asA. Pintura:  Art Detective.

Eyes on Art  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2  Teaches students of all ages how to view things artistically.  Students create personal online art museums, explore art terms through famous paintings, compare and contrast pairs of paintings, investigate elements of design through different eras, and critique current artwork. 

The Art Studio Chalkboard
  http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard/index.html  Offers a collection of tutorial pages for older students, focusing on the technical fundamentals of drawing and painting.  Topics include linear and atmospheric perspective, compositional models, color theory, and techniques for choosing and applying paint.  New feature is Figure-Drawing, dedicated to the fundamentals of drawing the human form.

World Wide Art Resources  www.wwar.com  The place to look for artists, museums, online exhibitions, and galleries.  Several search options make it easy to locate more than 15,000 artists and their work or to zoom in on hundreds of museums and art centers from around the world.  Links to thousands of historic resources provide paths to investigating art's origins and ancestry, while dailly news features provide reports on today's art world.

Impressionist Painting  http://www.artattack.co.uk/impressionistpainting.html A great online art lesson that makes impressionist art fun!

Enchanted Learning: Art and Artists Color Pages  www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/france.shtml  Learn about great artists and artwork with these wonderful coloring pages.

National Art Gallery for Kids  http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

Arts and Kids  http://www.artsandkids.com/

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Vocal & Instrumental Arts Topics

Oklahoma PASS Projects:  PASSPORT http://www.sde.state.ok.us/passport
Oklahoma State Department of Education
(Registration and password required)  A searchable database of Oklahoma’s Priority Academic Student Skills by subject matter and grade level.  A MUST for all teachers.  As you address a PASS objective, go to this site to find a project/lesson to enhance the teaching of the objective.  You will have to register as a user.

Standards-based ProjectsMarcoPolo  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Main page of MarcoPolo. High quality, standards-based Internet content and professional development for K-12 teachers and students.  Explore this extensive site, or if you would like to begin directly searching for projects, you can go directly to the MarcoPolo search pages at http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp

Music Tech Teacher  http://musictechteacher.com/ Great lessons, online composition, online quizzes, etc.  Check this site out!

OSSAA Forms  http://www.ossaa.com/partners/ossaa/non_athletic_activities/music/index.html
Site containing forms for participation in OSSAA music and drama competition.

San Francisco Symphony  www.sfskids.org An interactive and fun approach to learning about the instruments of the orchestra. Includes sound clips of the various instruments. Lots of animation.

HUGE COLLECTION! K-12 Instrumental & Choral Collection  http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/  Outstanding collection. Band teachers have 50 offerings including the Woodwind Fingering Guide, an Online Trombone Journal, and the Drum Corps Database.  Choral and Orchestra teachers have 20 sites to browse, including an online library of public domain choral music.  Biographies, ideas on using music to teach ESL students, as well as a link to free ear-training shareware.

Invent an Instrument  New York Philharmonic Kidzone  http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?  Invent a new instrument in their lab or even visit the instrument closet where students can learn more about the instruments.

Jazz Curriculum Gr. 5-12  http://www.jazzinamerica.org/home.asp  Thelonious Monk Institute.  "Jazz in America" is a new online curriculum.  Includes eight 50-minute class lessons. Each lesson includes lesson plans, teacher's manual, assessments, and a comprehensive Jazz Resource Library.

Resources and lesson plans for Elementary General Music  http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledMusic.html

General Music Resources  http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/scores.html

Music lesson plans  http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edmusic.htm#lesson_plans

Music Educators National Conference  http://www.menc.org

References, links, and resources for choral directors  http://www.choralnet.org

Links to resources, reference, organizations and lesson plans  http://www.cmeabaysection.org/resources.html

Lesson plans and resources  http://www.edgate.com/musichall/educator/

Links to resources, references and lesson plans  http://www.perry.k12.ia.us/SCIBA/Links/Education.HTM

An article from the Duke Law Review addressing the use of sacred music in the public school classroom.  Lots of legalese, but packed with good information.
http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?46+Duke+L.+J.+1111

Kids and Music  http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1  and   http://i.bigchalk.com/U/8-023807 Fun with music.  San Francisco Symphony Kids’ Site:  Listen, learn, and have fun with music.

Children’s Music Web  http://www.childrensmusic.org/  Excellent site for parents, teachers, children, and professionals, promoting music for children with unbiased free information.  Focuses on music resources, not artists.  Partner sites link to more educational information, national and international radio programs and Webcasts, broadcasting resources, organizations, and music online.

Copyright Issues Websites
http://fairuse.stanford.edu A searchable database dedicated to issues of Fair-use.
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/intprop Links to numerous websites dedicated to copyright issues.
http://www.loc.gov/copyright  United States Copyright Office

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