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 Projects:
MarcoPolo
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
Projects: MarcoPolo
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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