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This page is intended to provide the art teacher with resources for music,
dance, drama, Interdisciplinary
units and Comprehensive Curriculum. Please notify
me when you find a broken link.
Click here for my page of puppetry links.
A Comprehensive Arts program
will:
- develop the skills of
creative problem solving, artistic perception and
expression.
- develop a unique medium of personal expression and communication.
- contribute significantly to the
quality of life.
- allow children to become
aware of themselves and their feelings.
(This comes from the Illinois State
Board of Art Education. The Ohio Curriculum meets these goals, also)
National
Standards
have been established for arts education in Dance,
Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. National Visual Arts Standards are as
follows.
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Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes
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Using knowledge of structures and functions
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Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols and
ideas
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Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and
cultures
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Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of
their [a student's own] work and the work of others
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Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
Songs
in the Key of Art -Time to get Comprehensive!
Include music. Songs by Greg Percy. Buy all three CD's and never run out
of fun in the Art Room! Let Greg
know some topics/artists for new material - You never know (smile).
Purchase directly from Greg - also available
through Sax, Nasco and Triarco. Greg
is a Madison, Wisconsin, elementary school art teacher.
Art
Songs by Robbie Quinn - Recorded collection of songs for art teachers to
use with their students -- ranging in content from color theory to the
elements of art -- composed in a variety of musical styles to appeal to
younger children while still enjoyable for adults. Listen to some of the
selections on line. CD is great bargain!
I
Hear America Singing Interactive Timeline connects American concert song
to art and literature.
Musictheory.net
- by Ricci Addams. A real find for any music student (and for those who would
just like to learn a bit about music), Musictheory.net
contains over 30 interactive lessons on such topics as the triad inversion,
major scales, key changes, and diatonic seventh chords.
Teoria
- Music Theory Web site by José Rodríguez Alvira. Take online tutorials,
complete exercises, and read articles about music.
Play
Music Fun - Interactive site for kids. Listen to the sounds of the
orchestra - write your own music - more!
OddMusic.com
- site for anyone interested in unique, unusual, ethnic, or experimental
music and instruments - showcasing the sounds, music, and instruments of
artists and artisans from around the globe.
Young
Composers Kids send musical compositions to this site and can listen to
the compositions. Selections of famous composers available, too.
Classical
Music Net Composers
Data Base Masters
This index lists those composers for which there is a dedicated page at this
site that may include a biography, recommended works, recommended recordings,
and other related reviews and articles.
Classical
Composers Information Archive Site shows composer who was born on the date
registered on your computer. Click to open archive to see what this site has
to offer. Access pictures and biographical information.
Classical Music Archives This
site has lots to offer.
National
Association for Music Education
enter Lesson Plans in
search Information
for Teachers and Administrators
Music
Education Online
Click on Music
Links for Internet Resources
Music
Education Madness Site "Teaching
the Wonders of Music and Surviving It with a Smile On Your Face"
Music
Lessons lessonplanspage.com Listed by grade
level
Music
Lessons- from Teachers.net
Art
and Music Curriculum Yale New
Haven Teachers Institute Lessons. Responses To Twentieth Century Music: A High
School Art Curriculum
Orff-Schulwerk
Association- Music and Movement in Education left
side scroll down to last entry "arts- related links"
National
Music Foundation
Lesson Plans
Music
from all over the World. Putumayo
World Music. Browse their
online catalog. Listen to the sounds using RealPlayer.
(not all CD's are represented with online selections)
Teaching
Arts California’s new arts education resource
center. California’s primary destination for arts education information
online - music, dance, drama, and visual arts
Visual
Music by Brian Evans - Digital
Fine art. Sound waves of music seen as light waves of color.
Phillip Schreibman
has explored the visual expression of
music in his paintings, which bring the viewer into the COLOR and MOTION of
MUSIC.
ERIC
Music Lesson Plans Explore to
see how you can relate these to visual art. Start with Carnival
of Animals for Kindergarten - Animals in art is a popular theme.
Lesson-
African American Spirituals Lesson from EDSITEment - introduces students
to the role that spirituals have played in African American history and
religion.
Lesson-
Learning the Blues Lesson from
EDSITEment - introduces students to the blues, one of the most distinctive and
influential elements of African-American musical tradition.
Archives
of African American Music and Culture
(AAAMC) from Indiana University - a repository of materials
covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural
expressions from the post-World War II era. See Black
Grooves - black music review site.
PALATINE
- Music, Dance and Drama sites of interest - including site reviews.
Raymond
Scott Great music for the classroom! Students will love it. Listen to some
of the sound from the site. Think about some interdisciplinary opportunities
with art and music - and science - see Raymond's inventions. "Looney
Tunes"
music and more.
American
Roots Music - a PBS site. Classroom
materials
Aaron
Copeland Collection - from Library of Congress - online presentation includes approximately
1000 items documenting the multifaceted life of an extraordinary person who
was composer, performer, teacher, writer, conductor, commentator, and
administrator.
Ethnomusicology,
Folk Music and World Music - University of Washington. Lots to explore
many links to sound files for each region of the world.
Rhythm
Web - Open your ears to the rhythms of
the world! This site educates about world music with a focus on rhythm through
audio clips, articles, and Web links.
World Music links complied for Indian University School of Music
Music
in Our World
Learn about the elements of music and listen to examples of music from around
the world. Select
parts to download - or download individual pages (288 pages).
Glossary
of Folk Musical Instruments from Around the World
Folkstreams
- dedicated to promoting folk arts - music, painting,
crafts - of North America. Complete films that are easily
downloadable with Real Player or MPEG player.
Music
Ideas for K-12 Music and Classroom Teachers Classroom
Teachers Resources Music
Home - from Educational Cyber Playground - compiled by Karen Ellis.
Special
Needs in Music - site by Kaila Rochelle for special needs learners with a
wide array of abilities and challenges, their families, and the entire special
education and music education communities.
Midi
Files
Music
Only Search Site
List of Midi file links
Midi
City
click on Artists and Music
Folk music of England, America, Scotland and more
Contemporary Chinese midi
"Dance
is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual."
~ Isadora Duncan
Dance
and Art Utah Museum of Fine
Arts Early Childhood Dance Workshop and other lesson plans for dance.
Dance
and Theater Links Page
(additional sites)
Dance
Integrated Resources
British Columbia Dance
Unit Plans
Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Dance
lessons for elementary Dance
lessons for elementary Dance
lessons for elementary from Can Teach from Can Teach from Can TeachGlobal
Education through Dance
Dance
Lesson Index from PeCentral Dance
and the Performing Arts Links
and lessons - Awesome Library Dance
Directory Links to dance
styles and dances of various cultures
Stuart
Pimsler Dance and Theater Professional dance company from Columbus, Ohio
providing workshops for caregivers, schools and universities. Work comes out
of everyday experiences. Combines dance - theater and story telling.
Teaching
Arts
California’s new arts education resource
center.
PALANTINE
Performing Arts Learning
And Teaching Innovation Network--
learning and teaching of dance, drama, music, theatre and performance
in Higher Education. Useful
links for theater, dance and music.
Puppetry
Links Page- History, cultures and "how-to"
Dance
and Theater Links Page (additional sites)
Performance
Art- "Benjamin Franklin Middle School Performance Art Team
created five colored sculptures that are worn in interactive
performances. The five sculptures, made of silicone rubber and fabric,
represent black, white, brown, red, and yellow children. The
performance is called Rainbow Kids." - Mr. Harold Olejarz.
Awesome
Library- Theater Links Tips on costuming, projects and resources Teachers
desk Character analysis,
lesson plans--geared for middle school grades and up. Theater/Drama lesson plans List
of links collected by Edmund J. Sass, Ed.D.-- primarily for use by
education students at the College of Saint Benedict/St.John's
University - Lots of quality sites- although some links are broken. Go
to the main index to see other topics on this site.
ProTeacher
Drama lesson plans for elementary school teachers in grades K-6
including theatre, fingerplays activities, programs and thematic
units. Drama
Teachers Resource Room -
a place where you can kick back and find some ideas for your classroom
or production. Lesson Plans Creative
Drama Classroom Plans
listed by age, type and content. Integration
of Art and Drama- Incredible Art Department Drama
Lessons- About.com
Suitable for Elementary to Middle School. Has advertising Drama
Unit Plans Yale-New
Haven Teachers Institute Unit
lessons- National Standard for Theater Education
Jan
Svankmajer Alchemist of the Surreal "A
lavish tribute to the cinema's wildest imagination"
Marion
drawings, films. and so much more!
(sometimes slow to load)
The
Costume Page - Sources of Costumes & Accessories
Elizabethan
Costuming Page More Costume
Resources
PALATINE
- Drama sites of interest
- including site reviews.
Traditional
Japanese Theater
Whimsical
Productions
- DVD's to demonstrate to teachers how to teach drama and dance in
the classroom. Created by professional theatre, dance, and film artists, Jen Johnson and Sheena D. Robertson.
Click on Kick Start Arts! for more information.
Annenberg
Resources: Connecting with the Arts: Workshop for Middle Grade
Teachers. Video workshop shows middle school teachers why and how to
integrate the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual art) with other
subjects (language arts, social studies, science, and math).
ArtsWorks
- Arts Resources for Teachers and Students - from Arizona State
University. Quality lesson plans for the Arts - Check Resources, too.
Many links given for lesson plans.
Blue Man
Group
Multi-sensory - They are music - they are art - they
are science - culture! I hope you have an opportunity to see them
perform. Check out their History
of Art as Told by Blue Man Group. Get your students to enjoy
art history.
CEDFA
Home Curriculum for
Comprehensive Arts in Texas. The
Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA) is a virtual
center for fine arts teachers that extends professional development in
the arts beyond the traditional teacher training workshop. This Web
site is one of several tools CEDFA has developed for teachers to use
in designing curriculum materials.
KET
Arts Tool Kit - resources and lesson plans for all the arts. You
will need to register for some of the lessons and resources. It only
takes a few seconds to register - you can use your school address.
NYLearns.org
- Setting the Standard Standards for all the arts and core
subjects by grade level. Selected Lesson Plans and starter lessons
addressing New York standards - closely parallels National
Standards.
STArt:
Support for Teachers in Art
Excellent site for visual art, dance,
music and drama curriculum. Art Standards - examples of arts
performance tasks-- guides for developing your own performance tasks
-- basic techniques of working with media. Art
History tips - Art
Criticism
Arts
Journal The Daily
Digest of Arts & Cultural Journalism. Dance, Music, Visual
Art and Theater--prepared in a weekly journal with all of the
latest stories.
ArtsLynx
International Arts Resources Arts Links to Theatre, Dance, Visual
Art, Music, and more.
Learning Through
the Arts
for Lesson Plans - incorporating art into core curriculum
- K- 8 plans (listed for Canada for each province - browse at
your leisure). Nice Flash
movie for advocacy
Making
Connections
- Learning through technology. Lessons are
geared to Louisiana content standards but can be adapted. You will find many
interdisciplinary lessons. Go to Search Feature and see Web sites. Web
sites are also keyed to standards.
Melton
Arts.org Learning
About Judaism Through the Arts - site devoted to Jewish arts
education. The resources and
tools provided on this website are aimed at furthering the teaching
and study of Jewish and Israeli culture through the various art forms.
C.A.R.T.S.
Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students. People's
Poetry Gathering Place
Matters
Children's
Literature Web Guide - gathers together and categorizes the
growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and
Young Adults. Check Teaching Ideas with Children's books, Resources
for Storytellers and more.
Children's
Literature Resources - Internet School Library Media Center. Links
to authors and illustrators biographies
and Teacher Resource pages.
Picture
Book Artists features many children's books illustrators - shows an example of their work -
and gives web addresses for their sites. Lots of different media represented.
Reading
is Fundamental - Art of Reading Lesson
plans, Children's
Illustrators
at Work, artists biographies, web resources and more. Los of
interdisciplinary possibilities. Web
resources - books
to introduce illustrators to students. Tips
for Using Picture Books in the Classroom. See Craig
Roland's list of children's books about art.
Ekphrastic
Poetry Writing poems about art. In ekphrasis, or ekphrastic
art, there are initially two imaginations at work—that of the
original artist, and that of the respondent through his/her medium.
Language art teacher may find more pages of use on Pudding
House Web Site.
Knowledge
Network Classroom Internet Library Links for sites on dance, music
and visual arts. Includes
Lesson plan activities links.
Story
Arts The ancient art of storytelling is especially well-suited for
student
exploration in the classroom. Lesson
plans and activities. Story
Arts Theater. Links
for more about Story Telling
Teaching
Arts
California’s new arts education
resource center.
Kinder
Art.com
Comprehensive site for art, music, dance, drama and
interdisciplinary projects. See drama
Ray
McNiece
Poet, Performer, Educator - Poetry theater - workshops -
slam poetry. Excellent for integration of language arts and drama.
Cleveland, Ohio award winning poet.
Painting
to Music
Get your
students to enjoy painting to music-- tie Wassily Kandinsky into this
lesson by artist and teacher Larry Seiler.
Painting
Music - Rhythm and Movement in Art: pdf file from Sheldon Art
Gallery. Nebraska exhibition featuring 23 original paintings and
fine-art printmaking including work by well-known artists such as
Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Stuart Davis, and Joseph Albers. K-12
Lessons. (lesson
file 1, file
2, file
3 pdf files)
Rhythm
and Art - Unit plan from Kennedy ArtsEdge. This curriculum
unit presents an introduction to the concept of visual rhythm, and
explores the intersection of visual and auditory rhythm. The unit is
divided into three lessons in Production/Criticism: Drawing; Collage;
and Painting. Unit is for high school but can be adapted for middle
schoo.
Embracing
the Child Books for art,
music and dance. Lesson plans, activities and links.
Ubu
Web: Visual Concrete Sound Poetry
Very unusual images combining
text--many with sound. Thought provoking
Lesson-
Common Visions, Common Voices Trace
similar motifs in the artwork and folklore of India, Africa, the Maya,
and Native Americans. Students can discover such points of
intercultural contact for themselves, crossing borders that can lead
them to a broader perspective on the common vision human cultures
share.
Lesson:
What
Masks Reveal Explore
the cultural significance of masks by investigating the role they play
in ceremonies and on special occasions in societies from widely
separated regions of the world.
Lesson:
World
of Haiku World
of Haiku - Explore
the traditions and conventions of haiku and compare this classic form
of Japanese poetry to a related genre of Japanese visual art. See
Haiga
Online - Haiku with Art 'haiga' is an art form in which haiku is
combined with illustration--traditionally sumi-e but modern internet
haiga is often based on digital photography.
Art
and History of Japan
Teaching and Learning about Japan. Everything
for tea ceremonies, to art - to Godzilla films. A great site to learn
about the culture.
EDSITEment!
Humanities on the Web
- educational partnership bringing online
resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural
institutions, and universities directly to your classroom. All sorts
of interdisciplinary connections. Lesson
Plans- EDSITEment List
of lessons for teaching the humanities List
of subjects
The
Web Quest Page
See what is available online for art and music - language arts -
science and more. Web activities to engage learners
Harriet
Tubman Integrated Unit
The students will learn about Harriet
Tubman through music, art, dance, literature, and reference materials.
Tales
from Wildlife Art
Write
your own story from wildlife art. Add music.
Federal
Resources for Educational Excellent (FREE)
- web resources for all
the arts.
Be sure to check
the pages on this site for each culture for more Web resources. Start
with World Cultures
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