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Carol Sibley, Curriculum Librarian

 
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Art

  • Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles—Explores the tools that artists use, such as line, color, and balance - to build works of art.  (http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit)

  • ARTSEDGE: Curriculum Studio for K-12 Teachers—Designed to provide K-12 teachers with curriculum materials, programs, strategies, and other information relating to the performing arts.  Includes lesson plans and units. (http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teach/)

  • ArtsEdNet—Lesson plans developed by teachers familiar with discipline-based art education (DBAE). (http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/)

  • Kinderart—Contains teacher-submitted art lessons for pre-K to grade 8. Includes topics such as architecture, bulletin boards, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, and much more.  (http://www.kinderart.com)

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art—Includes on-line access to over 3,500 works of art, as well as activities to learn more about specific works of art. (http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp)

  • The Minneapolis Institute of Arts—Provides information on the museum's events and exhibits plus over 2,000 works from the collection on-line.  Includes teaching units, lesson plans, and interactive programs.  (http://www.artsmia.org/)

  • National Art Education Association—Provides information about this art association for anyone interested in art education at all levels, including community arts and museums. (http://www.naea-reston.org/index.html)

  • National Museum of American Art—Online branch of the Smithsonian devoted to U.S. artists from colonial to modern times. The site includes over 500 works of art. Click on "Education" on the left for access to activities for students and teacher’s guides and curricular units. (http://americanart.si.edu/index3.cfm)

  • Study Art—Learn about the elements and principles of art, media, styles, individual artists, art timelines and much more.  (http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/study.html)

  • WebMuseum, Paris—Online source of information about artists and their work. Includes illustrations of many works of art. (http://www.ibiblio.org/louvre/)

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