Get clicked into the arts.Go online to these terrific Web sites, and with the click of a mouse, you'll fill your classroom with creative ideas. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] ARTSEDGE: CURRICULUM WEB LINKS http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org Click on the teaching materials section of this Web site to access a well-chosen collection of links in all areas of the arts, including drawing, film, dance, music, architecture, computer arts, and video. Use these links to teach your students how to make handmade paper  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . or lead them in a dance to an African clave clave 1 v. Archaic A past tense of cleave1. clave 2 v. Archaic A past tense of cleave2. rhythm. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ARTSEDNET www.getty.edu/artsednet Maintained by the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. , this site contains a wealth of teaching resources related to the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → . It allows you access to information on topics such as national landmarks A National landmark is a site identified by a national authority as one possessing nationally–significant natural, historic, or scientific resources. Typically, it identifies an isolated site and not a landscape or complex of sites better suited to management as a national or Navajo art via a categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat list of the collections used in the lesson plans, or through the grade-level scope and sequence charts. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ARTSWORK http://artswork.asu.edu This Web site--a product of the Herberger College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts (COFA) is the creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales and is located on Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, Australia. at Arizona State University--provides classroom teachers with resources, assessment ideas, practical tips, and links to advocacy sites in the area of K-12 visual arts, dance, music, and drama curricula. A wonderful student component offers details about a wide variety of careers in the arts. ESSENTIALS OF MUSIC www.essentialsofmusic.com From a reference series called Essential Classics by W. W. Norton, this site features basic information about classical music. With overviews of the six eras of classical music from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, brief biographies of more than 70 well-known composers, and over 200 music definitions with associated sound files, it's a treasure trove TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hidden or concealed in the earth or other private place, so long that its owner is unknown, has been discovered by accident. of information for music, humanities, and social studies classes. THE DRAMA TEACHER'S RESOURCE ROOM http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi Produced by a drama-consulting firm, this site offers an abundance of free information for drama teachers. The lesson plans submitted by classroom teachers include instruction in making costumes from recyclables and teaching the art of mime. The site also offers an extensive set of drama links. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] K-12 RESOURCES FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html Probably the largest Web collection of links ideal for music educators, this site has separate lists of links for band teachers, choral teachers, orchestra teachers, and classroom music teachers. Find out the lyrics to songs like "On Top of Spaghetti," learn more about the lives of classical composers, join a listserv for music teachers, and much more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MUSIC FOR THE NATION: AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml This digitial collection from the U.S. Library of Congress archives more than 47,000 pieces of sheet music written between 1870 and 1885. Students can view the scores of any music from bicycle waltzes to President Garfield's funeral march. This site is a great starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for creating a multidisciplinary unit involving social studies and music. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WEB ENGLISH TEACHER www.webenglishteacher.com Introduce your class to the fine art of creative writing with lesson plans that explain the basics. The writing section on this site offers exercises in creating memorable characters, writing fables, and using simile simile (sĭm`əlē) [Lat.,=likeness], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which an object is explicitly compared to another object. Robert Burns's poem "A Red Red Rose" contains two straightforward similes: . The site also promotes the critical evaluation of literature. ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FOR 20TH CENTURY AMERICA http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml A collection of more than 29,000 photographs of homes, stores, offices, factories, and historic buildings, this site is an invaluable tool for use in projects focusing on the 20th century in the U.S., including the 1939 World's Fair world's fair: see exposition. world's fair Specially constructed attraction showcasing the science, technology, and culture of participating countries and enterprises. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathy Schrock is the administrator for technology at Nauset Public Schools in Orleans, MA. Visit her at www.kathyschrock.net |
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