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LESSON PLANS 

ArtsEdge (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/artsedge.html)

National arts curriculum exchange sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center 

ArtsEdNet (http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/)

The Getty Center's Arts Education website with lesson plans, curriculum ideas and exhibitions 

Art Educators of New Jersey (http://www.aenj.org/)

Curriculum Armature with K-12 scope and sequences for aesthetics, criticism, art history, design and studio performance along with professional resources and bibliography 

Ask Eric (http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts)

Department of Education lesson plan exchange 

Brigham Young University (http://tedb.byu.edu/unit)

Theatre Education units

CHICO's Music Heritage Network, University of Michigan and Ballet Folklorico (http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/)

Virtual tours of the music and instruments of different cultures a visual library of over 140 instruments 

Crayola Dream-Makers (http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm)

Lesson plans linking hands-on art experiences and character development 

Lesson Plans Page (http://www.lessonplanspage.com/)

Lesson plans in many subject areas including the arts 

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) (http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/hotlinks.asp)

Lesson plans in many subject areas including the arts 

Mississippi Department of Education Dance Resource (http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/id/curriculum/arts/dance.htm

PBS TeacherSource (http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm)

Database of lesson plans and activities searchable by grade range and discipline 

Sanford: A Lifetime of Color (http://www.sanford-artedventures.com)

Visual art activities, games, techniques, and newsletter 

Teachnet.com (http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/art/index.html)

Lesson plan exchange 

META-SITES AND LINKS 

Art Education Page for K12 (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arteducation.htm)

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Art Education page 

Artslynx (http://www.artslynx.org/artsed/)

Library of Arts Education resources 

Arts Wire Spider School (http://www.artswire.org/spiderschool/1997/links/artsedtour.html)

A tour of the web for teaching and learning in the arts 

McCoy's Guide to Theatre and Performance Studies (http://www.stetson.edu/departments/csata/thr_guid.html

Music Education Resource Links (MERL) (http://jarl.cs.uop.edu/~cpiper/musiced.html)

Comprehensive site containing links to curriculum resources for each of the nine national content standards 

PUBLICATIONS 

Arts Education Partnership (http://aep-arts.org/)

Publications and links to art education sites 

Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum (CABC) (http://www.newhorizons.org/ofc_cabc.html)

Links to papers and resources 

Education Index (http://www.educationindex.com/)

Lists of websites and resources in many subjects including the performing arts 

MuSICA, The Music & Science Information Computer Archive (http://www.musica.uci.edu)

Research on music and behavior, including education, child development, psychology, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, clinical medicine, music therapy and allied fields 

National Art Education Association (http://www.naea-reston.org/)

Publications and arts news

National Endowment for the Arts (http://arts.endow.gov/)

List of publications and links to other information sources

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (http://www.njpac.org)

Teacher's Resource Guides for SchoolTime performances 

Project Zero, Harvard College (http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ProdServ/Pubsmore.htm)

Publications and arts education article reprints 

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (http://www.pcah.gov/gaa)

Gaining the Arts Advantage: lessons from school districts that value arts education (1.2 MB). Documents best practices in school districts across the country in promoting competence and literacy in the arts as a fundamental purpose of schooling 

Theatre Education Literature Review (http://www.aaae.org/theatre/thfront.html)

Theatre and art education research links

SCIENCE

American Association for the Advancement of Science (http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/index.html)

Comprehensive listing of reviewed web sites and lesson plans by detailed science area 

Art/Technology (http://arttech.about.com/library/bl_lesson_plans_science.htm)

Lesson plans teaching art through science and vise versa 

Discovery School (http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/)

Lesson plan exchange covering many topics sponsored by the Discovery Channel 

Geosongs (http://heptune.com/geosong.html)

Fun songs for children that teach science 

Lessonplanz (http://www.lessonplanz.com)

Searchable database of 3,500 lesson plans, several combining science and the arts 

MSN Schoolhouse Encarta Lesson Collection (http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/)

Lesson plans in many areas including science and the arts 

Michigan State University (http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/)

Lesson plan exchange in several subject areas with ideas for incorporating music and art 

Smithsonian in Your Classroom (http://educate.si.edu/lessons/)

Museums and science with links to other resources on the web

 
 

An Education Program of the Utah Festival Opera Company (UFO) copyright 2004.