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Art history multicultural showcase: find the resources you need to introduce your students to art's colorful history around the world!


Davis Publications

The Arts and Cultures Library

The Arts & Cultures Library, featuring Latin American Arts Latin American arts

Visual, performing, and literary arts that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively.
 & Cultures African Arts African arts

Visual, performing, and literary arts of sub-Saharan Africa. What gives art in Africa its special character is the generally small scale of most of its traditional societies, in which one finds a bewildering variety of styles.
 & Cultures and Native American Arts Native American arts

Literary, performing, and visual arts of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Folktales have long been a part of the social and cultural life of diverse groups of American Indian and Inuit peoples.
 & Cultures provides a thematic exploration of the arts from cultures throughout the world. With images of traditional and innovative arts, each book in this series increases your appreciation for the wealth and diversity of our global cultures. For more multicultural resources call 8001 533-2847, or visit www.davis-art.com

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ArtSite

Imagine having your own museum on your classroom computer or network where teachers and students create their own collections of worldwide art. Picture forming an ongoing portfolio of student art and writing that inspires new students year after year. ArtSite starts you off with a 64-page museum collection including 168 project suggestions, 50 web site references, a teacher's guide, and how-to movies. From there the possibilities are limitless.

To order, or for more information, please visit www.artsitenet.com.

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Delphi

Celebrate the heritage of Native Americans, Explore their culture of animal symbolism through stained glass stained glass, in general, windows made of colored glass. To a large extent, the name is a misnomer, for staining is only one of the methods of coloring employed, and the best medieval glass made little use of it.  art. Your students will have fun learning and creating while they make fine art. Lesson plans include detailed stained glass directions, pattern and materials list. Versatile projects make stepping stones

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The Stepping Stones are three prominent rocks lying 0.5 miles north of Limitrophe Island, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island.
, panels medicine wheels Medicine wheels were commonly used by North American natives such as the Ojibwa and prehistoric ancestors of the Assiniboine. They are made by placing rocks down into a circle shape, and four lines or more of rocks are put down across the circle, or near the circle.  and lamp sconces. Teachers receive 20% off stained glass supplies.

For Free Lesson Plans and Stained Glass Catalog, visit www.DelphiGlass.com/Teach or call (888) 281-5780.

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Art Video Productions

Students are successful with these videos because each program presents the artist or subject in story form and includes 3 complete art lessons with active participation. Encouragement, support and reinforcement activities are given in each lesson. A Teacher Guide is included.

Visit our website for more information at www.childrensartvideos.com.

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Art Visuals

World and US History timelines with art poster series on Modern An Styles Women Artists African-American Artists, Africa, China, India, Islam, and Japan.

Art Visuals PO Box 925, Orem, UT 84059 801-226-6115 voice and fax

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Nasco ARTWORKS

Lesson Plan "Koi-nobori"

Japanese Carp Streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe.

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A Lesson Using NASCO Paper*fer*shapen shap·en  
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An exciting, easy way to use paper sculpture medium for advanced, as well as beginning students. Paper*fer*shapen[R] is a strong, translucent translucent

slightly penetrable by light rays.
, specially formulated paper that can be formed either wet or dry with a minimum amount of mess or cleanup.

View the complete lesson plan online!

For a free NASCO Arts & Crafts Supply catalog, contact us at ...

Nasco 1.800.558.9595 or www.eNASCO.com

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Sax (Simple API for XML) A programming interface (API) for accessing the contents of an XML document. SAX does not provide a random access lookup to the document's contents. It scans the document sequentially and presents each item to the application only one time.  Arts & Crafts

The most comprehensive single source for art education resources. Rich in choices for Art History/Appreciation and Multicultural studies. This catalog abounds in titles and offerings from many publishers. Includes hooks, videos, films, CD-ROM's, software, and fine art reproductions. Request your FREE copy today.

Sax Arts & Crafts P.O. Box 510710 * New Berlin, WI 53151 Phone: 800-558-6696 * Fax: 800-328-4729 www.junebox.com or email info@saxarts.com

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Wilton Art Programs

Take a fresh look at the magnificent world of art appreciation, art history, and multicultural art materials Techniques and materials related to art:

Traditional techniques:
  • Acrylic paint
  • Charcoal
  • Clay
  • Collage
  • Drawing
  • Fresco
  • Glass
  • Gouache
  • Gum arabic
  • Lithography
  • Oil painting
  • Oil pastel
  • Paint
  • Painting
  • Pen and ink
 in our new catalog. In depth, innovative. lesson-based programs designed ft. the K-12 classroom created by educators for educators.

CD-ROMs * Videos * Art Prints * Slides Books * Workbooks * Teacher's Guides

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Davis Art Images

See America through the eyes and art of African, Latin, and Native American artists Criteria for inclusion is that the artist be of verifiable Native American descent as a tribal member. "Native American" is defined as meeting the requirements established by either state or federal regulations, and meeting the eligibility requirements for artist membership in the Indian .

Dynamic color slides have been paired up with an informative text that places each artwork in its historical context.

Slide sets include bibliographies, museum guides and timelines.

For more information, search our web site, or contact us by phone, fax, or email.

davisartimages.com (800) 533-2847 fax: (508) 831-92.60 das@davis-art.com

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