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Instructional
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| 2D Design Notes
Created by painter and educator Jim Saw, this site covers fundamental concepts for designing two-dimensional artwork. The site includes activities for teaching concepts such as shape, line, space, texture, value, and color, and offers many supporting illustrations and examples.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| A Journey through Art with William H. Johnson
This online exhibit from the Smithsonian American Art Museum provides an overview of works by William H. Johnson (1901–1970), one of America's most important African American painters. The site also includes a comprehensive Teacher's Guide.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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A Lifetime of Color: Sanford ArtEdventures
This site contains resources for creating, studying, and teaching art. Features include interactive games, online galleries, tips on technique, and ideas for offline, hands-on activities.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Absolute Shakespeare
This comprehensive site houses e-texts of William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems. Study guides provide in-depth plot summaries, commentary and character analyses for each of his major works.
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Theater |
Instructional, Research |
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| America Dreams Through the Decades
In this Library of Congress activity, students "earn" their "historical detective" license and explore the 21st Century through the eyes of a photographer, lawyer, poet, politician, producer, comedian, musician, and newspaper reporter.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Art and Life of William Johnson: A Guide for Teachers
This lesson guide from the National Museum of American Art strives to "take students on a journey through the cotton patches of the rural
South, the city streets of Harlem, and the training camps of World War II."
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Art Studio Chalkboard
A resource for artists and art students, focusing on the fundamentals of perspective, shading, color, and painting.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| ArtGames
Kids ages 4-12 can learn the building blocks of art and creativity through this interactive website from Albright-Knox. Kids can learn about portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, color, and materials. They can also create their own works in the interactive studio section.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Be an Architect
This Sanford Adventures interactive site guides students through a step-by-step tour of architecture, including the choices that architects make when designing a house.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Crayola
This educational and entertaining site includes activities for kids, lesson plans for teachers, information and materials for parents, and much more for all arts and crafts lovers.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Creative Drama & Theater Education Resource Site
Creative Drama provides activities for classroom use and other drama links for educators. Classroom ideas, plays for performance, theater games, and a book list are among the available links on this site.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Cuesheet Library (Kennedy Center)
Cuesheets are performing arts study guides that are designed to introduce young people to Kennedy Center performances. These guides contain a wealth of engaging introductory information and activities that can be used in tandem with a performance or on their own.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Drop Me Off in Harlem
This ARTSEDGE minisite explores the faces, places, and themes of the Harlem Renaissance, and the connections between creative individuals of that era.
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All |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Duke Ellington Centennial Site
This ArtsEdge resource celebrates Duke Ellington's life, music, and legacy through words, pictures, sound clips, and much more.
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| EconEdLink
A source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| EDSITEment
A partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of Greater City Schools and part of the MarcoPolo Consortium, this Web site offers educators resources in the humanities and social studies for use in the classroom.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Education at the Getty
Education at the Getty includes a variety of teaching and learning materials.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Essentials of Music
Created through a partnership between Sony Classical and W.H. Norton, Essentials of Music features biographies of prolific composers, the histories of musical eras, and a musical glossary. A great resource for basic information about classical music, this site includes over 200 illustrative audio clips.
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Music |
Instructional, Research |
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| Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather's House
This Web site, developed by the Seattle Art Museum, focuses on art and architecture, the Korean language, and folktales. It also includes interactive student activities, K-8 lesson plans, and information on Korean art.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Field Museum: Sound from the Vaults
Play an hourglass drum, a bird-shaped flute, Venezuelan maracas, and a set of 14 copper gongs, while learning about the history of each instrument and its journey to the museum. (Shockwave Player is required to play the instruments.)
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Library is a research institution containing authentic editions of Shakespeare's works and a collection of British and European books from the 15th-18th centuries, highlighting literature, culture, and religion.
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Theater |
Instructional, Research |
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| Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
The gallery houses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. Over 1,000 objects from the collection are available online, and include Korean ceramics, Indian and Persian manuscripts, Buddhist sculpture, early Chinese bronzes and jades, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean paintings, photography, and Islamic arts of the book.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Educational Programs
The National Museum of Asian Art provides a number of lesson plans and materials for teachers, families and children. Information about tours for school groups, workshops for teachers, and the ImaginAsia program can be found here.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Haiku for People
This site includes an explanation of classical vs. modern haiku, tips on composing haiku, and a list of haiku categorized by subject.
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All |
Instructional |
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| International Sculpture Center
The International Sculpture Center's site contains a free high school curriculum, "Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture." The site also contains information on awards, exhibitions, libraries, and additional resources related to sculpture.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Invention at Play
Explore the playful side of invention with this interactive site from The Lemelson Center. Tinker, construct, reflect, and problem-solve in the Inventor's Playhouse, or use the Inventor's Sketchbook to practice visual modeling. These interactive games demonstrate how exploratory play promotes creativity and invention.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line
This Web site is an educational resource showcasing the life and work of the prolific painter Jacob Lawrence.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Kennedy Center Education Event Registration
Embrace and explore the arts through Kennedy Center performances for young people and families, professional development events for educators, and classes and workshops for aspiring young performers.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| KinderArt
KinderArt is a gateway to many lesson plans which cover various art styles and media. The site also provides helpful reference material in its "Art Library."
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Landscape Painting: Artists Who Love the Land
This lesson from the Smithsonian explores four artists (George Catlin, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, and Winslow Homer) who tried to capture the the great size and splendor of the American landscape. This lesson introduces students to basic principles of landscape painting, as well as the history and geography of the western United States.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Look in the Mythic Mirror
This is a 10-week curriculum unit for grades 6-8, related to the study of myths and integrating concepts from language arts, music, and visual arts.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Louis Armstrong: Celebrating the Life and Work of a Jazz Legend
On this ArtsEdge mini-site, explore Armstrong's life and music, access informative resources, and obtain lesson plans to bring Armstrong's legacy into the classroom.
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Music |
Instructional, Research |
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| Mali: Ancient Crossroads of Africa
This Web site is a good source of the resources of Mali, focusing on its cultural resources and social influences.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Serving as an education companion to the life and works of Shakespeare, this site provides a concise biography, bibliography, criticisms, and other materials for educators.
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Theater |
Instructional, Research |
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| Musictheory.net
This comprehensive site contains interactive lessons and activities on all aspects of music theory: chords, intervals, inversions, and much more.
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Music |
Instructional, Research |
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| National Dance Association
The National Dance Association promotes and supports creative and artistic lifestyles through programs in dance and dance education.
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Dance |
Instructional, Research |
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| National Digital Library Program Learning Page
A Library of Congress Web site dedicated primarily to American history and culture. Educators will find helpful suggestions for student activities.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art's site contains virtual tours covering each room in the gallery, images in the museum's collections, a section for educators, and more.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| National Gallery of Art: Classroom
The National Gallery of Art's Classroom Web site provides a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum through the use of online lesson plans and studies on major artists and some of their renowned works.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian's NMAI site provides an in-depth overview of their collection, which includes materials of cultural, historical, aesthetic, and spiritual significance.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| NEA Jazz in the Schools
This Web site features an overview of the Jazz at Lincoln Center education initiative, including a video introduction and high school curriculum units encompassing social studies, U.S. history, and music.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| New York Philharmonic: Kidszone
This site offers in-depth information on instruments and music education. It is an interactive cartoon site where children may explore different instruments, visit the composers' gallery, and even create their own music!
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| PBS
As a guide to the various television productions sponsored by the Public Brodcasting Service (PBS), PBS.org may be used to locate, research, and enhance learning across disciplines.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: Teacher Source
This rich and diverse site offers teachers a vast array of resources, including: standards-based lesson plans, professional development opportunities, access to original materials that support the television series and links to endless materials.
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All |
Instructional, Research |
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| PBS: Who's Dancin' Now
This site provides information about the National Dance Institute and its founder, dancer Jacques d'Amboise. The site includes stories from students about how dance changed their lives, and arts-related lesson plans.
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Dance, Music, Theater |
Instructional, Research |
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| Poetry 180
This Library of Congress site contains 180 poems, one for every day of the school year, selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Each poem is accompanied by suggestions for presenting and reading the text.
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Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Reader's Theater Editions
Free scripts for reader’s theater adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with most scripts aimed at ages 8–15.
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Theater |
Instructional |
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| Shakespeare: Subject to Change
Learn how Shakespeare's works have been altered over time, whether in the transition from pen to print or stage to screen. This engaging Cable in the Classroom site highlights Shakespeare's many contributions to the literary canon and English language through games, rare manuscripts, and video clips.
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Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Smithsonian Institution: Bottlecaps to Brushes
Cappy, a giraffe made with bottlecaps, leads students on a journey through American art. Designed by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this interactive art room offers creative online and hands-on activities suitable for young children.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Smithsonian Institution: Migrations in History
Migrations in History explores the nature and complexity of the movement of peoples, cultures, ideas, and objects.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| Smithsonian Institution: The Music in Poetry
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies has published a series of lessons focusing on two poetic forms, the ballad stanza, found throughout British and American literature, and the blues stanzas of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes.
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Music |
Instructional |
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| Story Arts Online
The Story Arts website includes information on how to use storytelling in the classroom, articles on storytelling, and a selection of lesson plans and materials.
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Theater |
Instructional, Research |
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| Symmetry Around the World
A fascinating look at symmetry in nature, buildings, animals, symbols, alphabet letters, the human body, and more. This site also offers worksheet questions for educators.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Tessellation Tutorials
Tutorials that integrate art and geometry by showing students how to create tessellations with the aid of various templates, graphics software programs and online tools.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| The Art of Ancient Mali
This site, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, explores the art of Mali and provides information on the geography and history of Mali, educational resources, and images from the museum's collection.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Research |
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| The Artist's Toolkit
This site demonstrates how visual elements such as line, color and shape are used to build works of art. The site includes animated demonstrations, examples of the elements in works of art, and interactive tools for creating your own composition.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| The Getty Vocabularies
This searchable database will help you learn terms, names, and other information about people, places, things, and concepts relating to art, architecture, and material culture.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Tips for Poster Design
This Web site features a detailed technical outline explaining the stages to creating a poster. Note: This Web site may require guidance by the teacher as the students progress with their poster designs.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional |
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| Voices from the Days of Slavery
This site, which allows students to hear recordings of former slaves talking about their experiences, is a great resource for providing personal insight into history and preparing personal monologues.
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Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| What is a Print?
The Museum of Modern Art's What is a Print? site provides great interactive demonstrations on the process of making lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and screenprints.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| White House Historical Association: Classroom
This site provides diverse resources about the history of the White House for classroom teachers and arts educators. Site resources include a gallery of the paintings in the White House's permanent collection, primary source activities, and a timeline of important musical events at the White House.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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Multimedia
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| A Lifetime of Color: Sanford ArtEdventures
This site contains resources for creating, studying, and teaching art. Features include interactive games, online galleries, tips on technique, and ideas for offline, hands-on activities.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Afropop
This site contains information and resources related to Afropop Worldwide, PRI Public Radio International's weekly series showcasing the contemporary musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| American Ballet Theatre: Online Ballet Dictionary
This American Ballet Theatre Web site is a comprehensive alphabetical listing of ballet terms and positions. Some of the terms have Quicktime video demonstrations.
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Dance |
Multimedia, Research |
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| American Folklife Center
The Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife." The site encompasses all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| American Memory
This is an on-line digital library, comprised of unique and rare documents, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, maps, and other media from the Library of Congress that tell the story of American history and culture.
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All |
Multimedia, Research |
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| ArtsAlive.ca Music
The National Arts Centre (NAC) presents ArtsAlive.ca Music, a great place to discover the excitement of the performing arts! Learn all about orchestral music, the NAC Orchestra, it's musicians and friends, great composers, conductors and much more!
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Be an Architect
This Sanford Adventures interactive site guides students through a step-by-step tour of architecture, including the choices that architects make when designing a house.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Chinese Traditional Stringed Instruments
This site offers explanations and sound clips for several Chinese traditional stringed instruments.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
This Web site serves as an interactive guide to the Ancient Art Collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. The site’s images, video clips, and lesson plans will help teachers of grades 4-12 integrate the study of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian culture with art, mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids site
On this site, kids will find educational games and exciting stories to read, among many other online activities. The site also includes a musical instrument classification game that is informative and educational.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Digital Schomburg
Offer superior digitized photographs of African Americans from the 19th century. Visit the section on Cultural Expression for images of the period's arts and artists.
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All |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Drop Me Off in Harlem
This ARTSEDGE minisite explores the faces, places, and themes of the Harlem Renaissance, and the connections between creative individuals of that era.
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All |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Duke Ellington Centennial Site
This ArtsEdge resource celebrates Duke Ellington's life, music, and legacy through words, pictures, sound clips, and much more.
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| EDSITEment
A partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of Greater City Schools and part of the MarcoPolo Consortium, this Web site offers educators resources in the humanities and social studies for use in the classroom.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Eternal Egypt
Providing stunning detail of ancient artifacts, Eternal Egypt features digital recreations of long-gone structures, such as the Lighthouse of Alexandria, and panoramic representations of the streets of Old Cairo. Shockwave and Flash are required.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| Experience Music Project
The Experience Music Project (EMP) is an interactive music museum located in Seattle, Washington. Their site provides opportunities for teachers to create lessons around popular music, as well as links to great print resources and interactive timelines.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather's House
This Web site, developed by the Seattle Art Museum, focuses on art and architecture, the Korean language, and folktales. It also includes interactive student activities, K-8 lesson plans, and information on Korean art.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Explore Shakespeare
Explore the life and legacy of William Shakespeare in this synchronized map and timeline, which presents an encyclopedic look at how The Bard's legacy inspires and impacts our world today.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| Field Museum: Sound from the Vaults
Play an hourglass drum, a bird-shaped flute, Venezuelan maracas, and a set of 14 copper gongs, while learning about the history of each instrument and its journey to the museum. (Shockwave Player is required to play the instruments.)
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Great Performances: Dance (PBS)
This resource provides a wealth of information on various types of dance and several specific works, including Nureyev's Don Quixote.
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Dance, Music, Theater |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Humanities Interactive
This Web site, from the Texas Council on the Humanities, features interactive games and informative adventures focused on topics such as the Medieval World, the Renaissance, and Ancient Cultures.
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Dance, Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Invention at Play
Explore the playful side of invention with this interactive site from The Lemelson Center. Tinker, construct, reflect, and problem-solve in the Inventor's Playhouse, or use the Inventor's Sketchbook to practice visual modeling. These interactive games demonstrate how exploratory play promotes creativity and invention.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Jazz Kids
This animated jazz site includes artist biographies in Q&A format, a timeline, an improvisation station, and online audio activities to familiarize children with the sounds of the instruments in a jazz ensemble.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Kids Web Japan
This Web site sends students on a virtual exploration of Japanese culture. Interactive features introduce kids to the geography, language, food, art, and legends of Japan.
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Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| KinderArt
KinderArt is a gateway to many lesson plans which cover various art styles and media. The site also provides helpful reference material in its "Art Library."
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Louis Armstrong House and Archives
This site includes personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, recordings, and Louis Armstrong other memorabilia.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore and Learn
This Met site includes detailed activities exploring the composition of many famous paintings including Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Museum of Modern Art: Miró's Black and Red Series
This site offers animated demonstrations of Miró's creative process with printmaking.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| National Gallery of Art: Classroom
The National Gallery of Art's Classroom Web site provides a place where teachers and students can connect art and curriculum through the use of online lesson plans and studies on major artists and some of their renowned works.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| National Geographic.com: The Search for Monsters of Mystery
This site maps out the "home" territories of six
legendary monsters. To find out about a
creature, just click on its picture.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| National Public Radio
National Public Radio's website contains the latest news (print and audio) on various subjects, as well as interviews and information on classical, jazz, and folk music.
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Music, Theater |
Multimedia, Research |
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| NEA Jazz in the Schools
This Web site features an overview of the Jazz at Lincoln Center education initiative, including a video introduction and high school curriculum units encompassing social studies, U.S. history, and music.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| New York Philharmonic: Kidszone
This site offers in-depth information on instruments and music education. It is an interactive cartoon site where children may explore different instruments, visit the composers' gallery, and even create their own music!
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Music |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| NOAA Photo Library
The NOAA Photo Library captures the work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Over 16,000 images are included in this photographic essay that spans the World's oceans and atmosphere, carries you from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the sea, and travels through centuries of scientific thought and observations.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| PBS
As a guide to the various television productions sponsored by the Public Brodcasting Service (PBS), PBS.org may be used to locate, research, and enhance learning across disciplines.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: Children of the Camps
This Web site based on the PBS documentary of the same name captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II.
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All |
Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: Don't Buy It
This Web site illustrates the ways advertisers try to manipulate consumers. The site offers kids the chance to learn about everything from how images of cover models are digitally altered to how "food stylists" make photos of food look so palatable.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| PBS: Egg-The Art Show
This online counterpart of PBS's television series "EGG" provides original interactive resources such as streaming video, interviews, audio clips, and a clearinghouse for arts events across the nation.
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Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: Interactive Timeline on The Border
A PBS interactive timeline that provides an interactive view of the history of the Mexican border.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: The Blues™
Accompaning the The Blues™ PBS series, this site features five main areas: About the Film Series, The Songs & The Artists, Blues Road Trip, Blues Classroom, and Partners and Resources.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| PBS: The Greeks
Created by PBS in conjunction with their series The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, this Web site features a timeline; an interactive look at the Acropolis Experience; and the Greeks Interactive, featuring in-depth analyses of Cleisthenes, Themistocles, Pericles, Socrates, and Aspasia.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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| Poetry 180
This Library of Congress site contains 180 poems, one for every day of the school year, selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Each poem is accompanied by suggestions for presenting and reading the text.
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Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Red Hot Jazz Archive
This archive explores the history of jazz before the 1930's. It includes a wealth of information about jazz musicians and bands, as well as samples of various artists' music.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Shakespeare: Subject to Change
Learn how Shakespeare's works have been altered over time, whether in the transition from pen to print or stage to screen. This engaging Cable in the Classroom site highlights Shakespeare's many contributions to the literary canon and English language through games, rare manuscripts, and video clips.
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Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| Smithsonian Institution: A More Perfect Union
This Web site explores a period of racial prejudice in U.S. History involving Japanese Americans by serving as a case study of decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Smithsonian Institution: Corridos sin Fronteras
A billingual Smithsonian Institution Traveling Expedition and educational Web site celebrating the narrative songs known as corridos.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Smithsonian Institution: Who Stole the Teepee?
This site, from the National Museum of the American Indian, includes virtual galleries and accompanying information on works revealing how Native Americans coped with change.
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Songwriters Hall of Fame
This web site provides biographies of influential songwriters. The site includes exhibits on Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well as other notable composers and lyricists.
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Music, Theater |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Storytime Online: Brothers of the Knight
Developed by the Kennedy Center, this site features a multimedia presentation of Debbie Allen narrating her book Brothers of the Knight.
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Dance, Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Sydney Opera House Virtual Tour
As a virtual tour, this Web site features an interactive schematic, allowing the user to tour the Sydney Opera House through the use of panoramic images. Versions of Quicktime and Flash are required for viewing.
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All |
Multimedia |
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| The Artist's Toolkit
This site demonstrates how visual elements such as line, color and shape are used to build works of art. The site includes animated demonstrations, examples of the elements in works of art, and interactive tools for creating your own composition.
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Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
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| The Classical Music Pages
This Web site offers biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms, and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
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Music |
Multimedia, Research |
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| Voices from the Days of Slavery
This site, which allows students to hear recordings of former slaves talking about their experiences, is a great resource for providing personal insight into history and preparing personal monologues.
|
Theater |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| What is a Print?
The Museum of Modern Art's What is a Print? site provides great interactive demonstrations on the process of making lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and screenprints.
|
Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia |
|
| White House Historical Association: Classroom
This site provides diverse resources about the history of the White House for classroom teachers and arts educators. Site resources include a gallery of the paintings in the White House's permanent collection, primary source activities, and a timeline of important musical events at the White House.
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Music, Visual Arts |
Instructional, Multimedia, Research |
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| Winged Sandals
This Web site offers an engaging, multimedia-rich introduction to Greek mythology. Take an interactive tour with Hermes the messenger god, as he explores a magical place filled with gods, heroes, and monsters!
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Visual Arts |
Multimedia |
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Research
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| A Century of Grand Canyon Art
This online exhibit includes paintings by artists from 1900 to the present that have tried to capture the majesty and mystery of the Grand Canyon.
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| A Journey through Art with William H. Johnson
This online exhibit from the Smithsonian American Art Museum provides an overview of works by William H. Johnson (1901–1970), one of America's most important African American painters. The site also includes a comprehensive Teacher's Guide.
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| A Love of Monsters: Gargoyles and Architectural Details in New York City
This site is a wondrous tour of the gargoyles and other creatures lurking on the buildings of New York City. Creator Amelia Wilson shares with us her eye for detail on a "virtual stroll" through areas of the city.
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| A New Deal for the Arts
During the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930s and into the early years of World War II, the Federal government supported the arts in unprecedented ways. A New Deal for the Arts features paintings, prints, books, playbills, posters, and music transcriptions created as part of this initiative.
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| A Passion for Jazz!
This site presents a history of Jazz music, styles, and musicians. It features a photo gallery, timeline, festivals, webcasts, piano chords, scales, online lessons and music teacher locator.
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| A&E: Biography Page
This site provides a good starting point for researching famous individuals in the world of arts and entertainment.
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| About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange
Developed by the Getty Museum of Art, this site presents works by photographer Dorothea Lange, widely known for her social documentary work during the Great Depression. The site includes works spanning Lange's career from the 1920s to the 1960s, as well as a timeline and related lessons.
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| Absolute Shakespeare
This comprehensive site houses e-texts of William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems. Study guides provide in-depth plot summaries, commentary and character analyses for each of his major works.
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| Africa, The Art of a Continent
The Guggenheim Museum celebrates the vast contribution of the African continent to the world's visual culture. Visit the clickable map of the art of the African continent.
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| African Odyssey Interactive
The purpose of the African Odyssey Interactive (AOI) Web site is to promote the interactive exchange of ideas, information, and resources
between artists, teachers, and students of African art and culture.
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| African-American Mosaic
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. It includes books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound related to topics such as colonization, abolition, migration, and the WPA.
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| Afropop
This site contains information and resources related to Afropop Worldwide, PRI Public Radio International's weekly series showcasing the contemporary musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, the Americas and Europe.
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| Agayuliyararput: Our Way of Making Prayer
This Web site provides a wealth of information on Native American Yup'ik and Inupiaq masks and culture.
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| America’s Story: See, Hear and Sing
At this Library of Congress site, discover songs and singing games, including chant-and-response games, that have been passed down from generation to generation and played by children of all backgrounds.
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| American Ballet Theatre: Online Ballet Dictionary
This American Ballet Theatre Web site is a comprehensive alphabetical listing of ballet terms and positions. Some of the terms have Quicktime video demonstrations.
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| American Folklife Center
The Center at the Library of Congress was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife." The site encompasses all aspects of folklore and folklife from this country and around the world.
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| American Folklore
This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from across the United States. Larger-than-life characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Jesse James, Davy Crockett, and Daniel Boone can provide inspiration for a variety of drama activities.
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| American Memory
This is an on-line digital library, comprised of unique and rare documents, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, maps, and other media from the Library of Congress that tell the story of American history and culture.
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| American Memory: Mapping the National Parks
This Library of Congres site contains approximately 200 maps, dating from the 17th century to the present, documenting the history, cultural aspects, and geological formations of areas that eventually became U.S. National Parks.
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| American Museum of Photography
The American Museum of Photography has an online collection of ongoing photography exhibits, on subjects like architecture, nature, and portraits.
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| American Music on the World Wide Web
Find tons of information and samples of American music of all types, using this helpful index.
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| American Studies at the University of Virginia
The site includes art exhibitions, cultural maps, and studies in American literature. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including: Louisa May Alcott, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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| Andante
Andante.com is a subscription-based online reference for classical music, combining rich educational content with topic-specific search and navigation tools.
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| Arizona Opera: Learn
The site features a collection of opera synopses, sound and video clips from the performances, and biographies of famous composers. The opera FAQs, pronunciation guide, and glossary will teach you everything you've ever wanted to know about opera but were afraid to ask.
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| Art & Optics
This site presents David Hockney's new theories regarding the use of opticality in the painting of the past 600 years.
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| Art History Resources on the Web
Compiled by Professor Witcombe of Sweet Briar College in VA, this site includes links to images and art objects organized by time period, artist, or subject.
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| Artcyclopedia
This useful and easy search directory of artists, paintings, and art institutions provides online resources and articles about the arts.
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| ARTiculation
This Web site provides a learning environment for critiquing art, through its use of aesthetics, art appreciation and art history.
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| ArtLex
This comprehensive dictionary contains terminology dealing with art production, criticism, history, aesthetics, and education.
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| ArtsAlive.ca Music
The National Arts Centre (NAC) presents ArtsAlive.ca Music, a great place to discover the excitement of the performing arts! Learn all about orchestral music, the NAC Orchestra, it's musicians and friends, great composers, conductors and much more!
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| Asia-Art.net
This Web site is comprehensive in its discussion of Asian traditional visual art techniques. It includes histories, examples, and techniques of Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indonesian traditional arts among others.
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| Asian Studies Network Information Center: Japanese Music
Housed at the University of Texas, this resource includes background information on haiku and Japanese music.
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| BalletNotes
This site, developed by the BalletMet Dance Academy, contains biographies of choreographers and composers, such as Peter Tchaikovsky, Marius Petipa, and George Balanchine. The site also contains synopses and historical information about various ballets.
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| Building America
National Building Museum Building America explores the broad scope of U.S. achievement in architecture, design, engineering, construction, planning, and landscape architecture. Hundreds of images showcase highpoints in American building, from the U.S. Capitol to the Empire State Building, as well as places like shopping centers, offices, and suburban homes where many live their daily lives.
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| Calligraphy of the Masters
This site offers a wealth of information about the art of Chinese calligraphy, including images of calligraphy paintings, biographies of master calligraphers, and historical information.
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| Cervantes Digital Library
This site features the text of by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Don Quixote, translated into English by John Ormsby, as well as images, links, and a biography on Cervantes.
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| Chinese Hand Scrolls
This Web site offers an introduction to Chinese hanging scrolls and handscrolls.
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| Chinese Traditional Stringed Instruments
This site offers explanations and sound clips for several Chinese traditional stringed instruments.
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| City Lore
City Lore fosters New York's, and America's, living cultural heritage by providing information about New York's history as well as its present unique cultural diversity.
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| Color Matters
This site provides starting points for exploration of color through physiology, psychology, philosophy, and art.
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| Costumer Manifesto: Asian Costume Links
This site provides images and resource information on where to acquire costumes relevant to the Asian communities and culture.
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| Creative Drama & Theater Education Resource Site
Creative Drama provides activities for classroom use and other drama links for educators. Classroom ideas, plays for performance, theater games, and a book list are among the available links on this site.
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| Cultures on the Edge
Cultures On The Edge is an online magazine showcasing various aspects of cultures worldwide in order to foster an understanding of cultural diversity.
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| Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids site
On this site, kids will find educational games and exciting stories to read, among many other online activities. The site also includes a musical instrument classification game that is informative and educational.
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| Depicting the North American Landscape Through Art
This site celebrates the culture and art of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. The Web site contains social, environmental, and mythological aspects, including online activities and virtual galleries.
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| Design and Colour
This informative guid, features explanations of the principles and elements of design, including important vocabulary words.
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| Designs for Democracy
Explore more than 100 designs highlighting 200 years of Government drawings. Part of the National Archives and Records Administration collection.
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| Digital Schomburg
Offer superior digitized photographs of African Americans from the 19th century. Visit the section on Cultural Expression for images of the period's arts and artists.
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| Earth from Space
This site provides high-resolution images of landforms on the earth as viewed from space. The images are accompanied by informative captions.
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| EconEdLink
A source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.
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| EDSITEment
A partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council of Greater City Schools and part of the MarcoPolo Consortium, this Web site offers educators resources in the humanities and social studies for use in the classroom.
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| Essentials of Music
Created through a partnership between Sony Classical and W.H. Norton, Essentials of Music features biographies of prolific composers, the histories of musical eras, and a musical glossary. A great resource for basic information about classical music, this site includes over 200 illustrative audio clips.
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| Experience Music Project
The Experience Music Project (EMP) is an interactive music museum located in Seattle, Washington. Their site provides opportunities for teachers to create lessons around popular music, as well as links to great print resources and interactive timelines.
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| Explore Korea: A Visit to Grandfather's House
This Web site, developed by the Seattle Art Museum, focuses on art and architecture, the Korean language, and folktales. It also includes interactive student activities, K-8 lesson plans, and information on Korean art.
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| Exploring the Mandala
This website features tibetan buddhist mandalas, explores the uses of mandalas, and gives a brief history of their place in eastern society and the world.
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| Exploring Themes in American Art
This National Gallery of Art teaching resource features essays on various topics including abstraction, figure drawing, historical subjects, landscape and marine art, portraiture, still life, and topographical views. Each section contains annotated images, artists' biographies, and related glossaries.
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| Filmakers Library
This library has developed a Web collection documentary films and videos primarily for educational use. Many subjects are covered in this site: psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's studies, and multicultural issues.
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| Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Library is a research institution containing authentic editions of Shakespeare's works and a collection of British and European books from the 15th-18th centuries, highlighting literature, culture, and religion.
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| Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
A digital exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright drawings from the Library of Congress.
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| Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
The gallery houses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. Over 1,000 objects from the collection are available online, and include Korean ceramics, Indian and Persian manuscripts, Buddhist sculpture, early Chinese bronzes and jades, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean paintings, photography, and Islamic arts of the book.
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| Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: Educational Programs
The National Museum of Asian Art provides a number of lesson plans and materials for teachers, families and children. Information about tours for school groups, workshops for teachers, and the ImaginAsia program can be found here.
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| Great Performances: Dance (PBS)
This resource provides a wealth of information on various types of dance and several specific works, including Nureyev's Don Quixote.
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| Haiku Society of America
The Haiku Society is a national organization that supports and promotes authors of, and individuals interested in, the haikus in America. The site includes haiku composition tips, competitions, publications, and teacher resources.
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| Hand Papermaking
This Web site, from Handpapermaking Inc., provides the beginning papermaker with articles and tips for getting started.
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| Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales and Stories
This site is devoted to the life and work of Hans Christian Andersen. It includes illustrations, biographical information, song lyrics, and a list of stories organized by date of publication,
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| Harlem: 1900–1940: An African American Community
Produced by the Schools Program of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this site provides a timeline of Harlem’s history, along with articles about Harlem residents and major events.
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| Herblock's History - Political Cartoons
This Web site presents a history of the United States and its world affairs from the Depression to the Millenium from the perspective of political cartoonist Herbert Block.
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| Historic American Sheet Music
From Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, this collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music contains images of original sheet music, as well as lyrics and additional information.
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| Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920
This site contains American sheet music between 1850 and 1920, including an overview and summary of the collection and the ability to search by title, words, and name.
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| History of Dance
This site provides an extensive history of dance, including information on such genres as the waltz, tango, foxtrot, swing, and jazz dance.
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| HistoryWired
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History provides access to hundreds of museum artifacts, accompanied by informative descriptions. Be sure to check out the interactive timeline.
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| Humanities Interactive
This Web site, from the Texas Council on the Humanities, features interactive games and informative adventures focused on topics such as the Medieval World, the Renaissance, and Ancient Cultures.
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| Instrument Encyclopedia
This web site shows how instruments from a wide variety of different cultures, performance contexts and structural materials relate to one another.
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| International Museum of Cartoon Art
This site includes a gallery of original drawings, animation, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, illustration, editorial cartoons, and more.
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| International Sculpture Center
The International Sculpture Center's site contains a free high school curriculum, "Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture." The site also contains information on awards, exhibitions, libraries, and additional resources related to sculpture.
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| J.S. Bach Home Page
This site includes extensive material on the life and works of J.S. Bach.
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| Jacob Lawrence
A sample of the style of Jacob Lawrence’s work as found on the Butler Institute for American Art website.
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| Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line
This Web site is an educational resource showcasing the life and work of the prolific painter Jacob Lawrence.
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| Jazz Kids
This animated jazz site includes artist biographies in Q&A format, a timeline, an improvisation station, and online audio activities to familiarize children with the sounds of the instruments in a jazz ensemble.
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| Journey to America: A Musical Immigration
This site celebrates a two-week National Symphony Orchestra festival in early 2002 showcasing “the works of composers who followed their muse to America.” It contains an interactive timeline, biographies of composers whose works were performed, and more.
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| KinderArt
KinderArt is a gateway to many lesson plans which cover various art styles and media. The site also provides helpful reference material in its "Art Library."
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| La Llorona Art Gallery
The site features images of the works of Mexican and Latin American artists.
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| Learn about the Underground Railroad
Learn about the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad through documents, maps, and stories collected by the National Park Service. A series of vignettes brings the people and events of the Underground Railroad to life, and provides a great resource for a variety of drama activities.
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| Learn Improv
This site focuses on techniques for teaching and learning the art of improvisation. The site includes warm-ups, exercises, games, and other improv activities.
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| Learning Through Storytelling
Turner South and Turner Learning Inc. collaborated to create the Learning Through Storytelling Web site. This site offers many useful suggestions on using stories and storytelling in the classroom.
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| Library of Congress: Native Americans
Created by the Library of Congress (LOC), this Community Center Learning Page dedicated to Native Americans and First Nations provides a chat forum, online resources, lesson plans, additional LOC collection resources, a bibliography, and recommended search terms.
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| Look in the Mythic Mirror
This is a 10-week curriculum unit for grades 6-8, related to the study of myths and integrating concepts from language arts, music, and visual arts.
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| Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Japanese Painting
This resource provides an introduction to the aesthetics and technique of Japanese painting, including information on four celebrated Japanese painters.
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| Louis Armstrong House and Archives
This site includes personal papers, photographs, scrapbooks, recordings, and Louis Armstrong other memorabilia.
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| Louis Armstrong: Celebrating the Life and Work of a Jazz Legend
On this ArtsEdge mini-site, explore Armstrong's life and music, access informative resources, and obtain lesson plans to bring Armstrong's legacy into the classroom.
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| Make a Splash with Color
This Web site contains activities focused on color theory, how people and animals see color, the parts of the eye, and the different hues, shades, and values of color, among other lessons.
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| Mali: Ancient Crossroads of Africa
This Web site is a good source of the resources of Mali, focusing on its cultural resources and social influences.
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art
This superb resource provides access to selections of the New York museum's extensive collections. Visit the online galleries and teacher sections to find great resources for your classroom.
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore and Learn
This Met site includes detailed activities exploring the composition of many famous paintings including Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
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| Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
This site serves as a guide to Shakespeare resources available on Internet, and new Shakespeare material that is unavailable elsewhere on the Internet.
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| Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Serving as an education companion to the life and works of Shakespeare, this site provides a concise biography, bibliography, criticisms, and other materials for educators.
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| Museum of Costume
This site from the city of Bath in England includes a collection of costumes dating back to the 17th century.
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| Museum of Modern Art: Miró's Black and Red Series
This site offers animated demonstrations of Miró's creative process with printmaking.
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| Museum of Nebraska Art: Artists & Explorers Exhibit
This online exhibit chronicles the work of American artists who traveled with explorers during the expansion westward (1819-1877). The works of these artists, including George Catlin, helped shape of policy in the West.
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| Museum of the City of New York
This Web site contains a variety of images of tenement life in the early 1900's, and includes an exhibit of the photography of immigrant Jabob Riis, who documented immigrant life.
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| Musicals.net
This site contains information on several musicals, some of which include synopses, links, cast information, and song lists.
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| Musicals101.com
This site explores how musicals are developed and produced. It includes information on various elements of musicals, such as the score, the book, producers, investors, directors, choreographers, and designers.
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| Musictheory.net
This comprehensive site contains interactive lessons and activities on all aspects of music theory: chords, intervals, inversions, and much more.
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| National Dance Association
The National Dance Association promotes and supports creative and artistic lifestyles through programs in dance and dance education.
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| National Digital Library Program Learning Page
A Library of Congress Web site dedicated primarily to American history and culture. Educators will find helpful suggestions for student activities.
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| National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art's site contains virtual tours covering each room in the gallery, images in the museum's collections, a section for educators, and more.
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| National Gallery of Art Kids
The National Gallery of Art site features an interactive section, designed for students to view different multicultural works of art.
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| National Museum of African Art
This site explores the diverse artistic expressions found throughout Africa, from ancient to contemporary times. Collection objects range from ceramics, textiles, furniture and tools to masks, figures and musical instruments.
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| National Museum of American Art
Featuring an array of art over the years, the Smithsonian Institution's NMAA site provides information on American painting and sculpture.
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| National Museum of the American Indian
The Smithsonian's NMAI site provides an in-depth overview of their collection, which includes materials of cultural, historical, aesthetic, and spiritual significance.
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| National Public Radio
National Public Radio's website contains the latest news (print and audio) on various subjects, as well as interviews and information on classical, jazz, and folk music.
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| Native American Lore Index Page
Over 100 Native American folktales from several tribes across Turtle Island are compiled on this resource.
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| Native American Resources
The Smithsonian Institution has compiled a list of Internet resources containing information on Native American history and culture.
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| Online Literature Library: Fables
This site includes the life and history of Aesop, accompanied by the full text collection of his fables.
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| PBS
As a guide to the various television productions sponsored by the Public Brodcasting Service (PBS), PBS.org may be used to locate, research, and enhance learning across disciplines.
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| PBS: Children of the Camps
This Web site based on the PBS documentary of the same name captures the experiences of six Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined as innocent children to internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II.
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| PBS: Egg-The Art Show
This online counterpart of PBS's television series "EGG" provides original interactive resources such as streaming video, interviews, audio clips, and a clearinghouse for arts events across the nation.
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| PBS: Free to Dance
This PBS site chronicles the crucial role that African-American choreographers and dancers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form. Site resources include a dance timeline, essays on dance history, and biographies of notable dance personalities.
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| PBS: Interactive Timeline on The Border
A PBS interactive timeline that provides an interactive view of the history of the Mexican border.
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| PBS: Mark Twain
This Web site, produced by PBS, is a companion to Ken Burns' documentary on the life and work of Mark Twain.
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| PBS: River of Song
PBS's River of Song Web site is part of a Smithsonian series on contemporary music along the Mississippi River. The site includes audio and video clips of artists, articles on each cultural area of the Mississippi, and an interactive map.
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| PBS: Teacher Source
This rich and diverse site offers teachers a vast array of resources, including: standards-based lesson plans, professional development opportunities, access to original materials that support the television series and links to endless materials.
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| PBS: The Blues™
Accompaning the The Blues™ PBS series, this site features five main areas: About the Film Series, The Songs & The Artists, Blues Road Trip, Blues Classroom, and Partners and Resources.
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| PBS: Who's Dancin' Now
This site provides information about the National Dance Institute and its founder, dancer Jacques d'Amboise. The site includes stories from students about how dance changed their lives, and arts-related lesson plans.
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| Poetry 180
This Library of Congress site contains 180 poems, one for every day of the school year, selected by U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Each poem is accompanied by suggestions for presenting and reading the text.
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| Poets.org
This Web site represents the Academy of American Poets which supports American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry.
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| Red Hot Jazz Archive
This archive explores the history of jazz before the 1930's. It includes a wealth of information about jazz musicians and bands, as well as samples of various artists' music.
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| Red, Hot & Blue
This site showcases the Broadway and Hollywood musical from its immigrant roots in 19th-century vaudeville, through its heyday on both the Great White Way and the silver screen, to its redefined cultural role today.
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| Rhapsodies in Black
This site features art by painters of the Harlem Renaissance, such as Aaron Douglas, William H. Johnson, Lois Mailou Jones, and Jacob Lawrence.
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| Rhythmic Principles
This site is a foundation course in rhythmic principles by CK Ladzekpo, who states that the cultural understanding of polyrhythms in dance drumming is a form of philosophy.
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| Roots World
This site provides information about African musicians as well as interviews and reviews of recordings.
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| San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
This Web site allows kids to explore elements of music and listen to instruments in the orchestra through fun, moving pictures and text.
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| Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
This Library of Congress site contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include the scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle aftereffects.
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| Shakespeare Illustrated
Explore nineteenth-century paintings, criticism and productions of Shakespeare's plays, and their influences on one another. The site is maintained by Harry Rusche, Professor of English at Emory University.
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| Smithsonian Institution: A More Perfect Union
This Web site explores a period of racial prejudice in U.S. History involving Japanese Americans by serving as a case study of decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution.
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| Smithsonian Institution: Corridos sin Fronteras
A billingual Smithsonian Institution Traveling Expedition and educational Web site celebrating the narrative songs known as corridos.
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| Smithsonian Institution: Migrations in History
Migrations in History explores the nature and complexity of the movement of peoples, cultures, ideas, and objects.
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| Smithsonian Institution: Who Stole the Teepee?
This site, from the National Museum of the American Indian, includes virtual galleries and accompanying information on works revealing how Native Americans coped with change.
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| Songwriters Hall of Fame
This web site provides biographies of influential songwriters. The site includes exhibits on Rodgers and Hammerstein, as well as other notable composers and lyricists.
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| Southern Quilting
This site, rich with images of quilts and quilting patterns, offers a look at the traditions and craft associated with quilting, and the significance of those traditions in European and African-American culture.
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| Story Arts Online
The Story Arts website includes information on how to use storytelling in the classroom, articles on storytelling, and a selection of lesson plans and materials.
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| Storytime Online: Brothers of the Knight
Developed by the Kennedy Center, this site features a multimedia presentation of Debbie Allen narrating her book Brothers of the Knight.
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| Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets
This site, developed by the Textile Museum and the Math Forum @ Drexel explores symmetry and pattern in Oriental carpets, and includes a variety of illustrative symmetry and pattern examples.
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| Tap Dance Home Page
The Web site of the International Tap Association contains reference materials about the history of tap dancing, famous tap dancers, tap dance steps, and tap-related events around the country.
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| The Art of Ancient Mali
This site, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, explores the art of Mali and provides information on the geography and history of Mali, educational resources, and images from the museum's collection.
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| The Blues Foundation
This site provides links to blues history, blues on the Web, blues in film, and other categories useful for teachers.
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| The Brooklyn Museum: Arts of Africa
Brooklyn's collection, strong in works from central Africa, is one of the largest in this country. On display are carved ivory gongs, masks, statues, jewelry, and household objects.
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| The Classical Music Pages
This Web site offers biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms, and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
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| The Great Buildings Collection
Take a comprehensive look at world architecture through this collection of 3D models, photographic images, architectural drawings, and commentary.
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| The Jacob A. Riis Collection
The selected photographs by Dutch immigrant Jacob A. Riis in this collection capture the lives of impoverished immigrants who filled New York’s Lower East Side tenements in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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| The New York School: Abstract Expressionism
An explanation of Abstract Expressionism, including its main exponents (Pollock, de Kooning, and Rothko), its influences (European artists, such as Piet Mondrian and Max Ernest), and the reasons for its success!
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| Theatre History.com
Comprehensive site with history sections broken down by time period and nation/geographic location, containing many articles in each section.
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| This Land through a Lens
Part of the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum collection, This Land Through a Lens traces America's fascination with the land through the works of photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, Ansel Adams, and William Christenberry.
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| Van Gogh Musem
The Web site of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam features many images of Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces, accompanied by information about the artist.
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| Voices from the Days of Slavery
This site, which allows students to hear recordings of former slaves talking about their experiences, is a great resource for providing personal insight into history and preparing personal monologues.
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| Voices from the Dust Bowl
This Library of Congress online presentation contains photographs, audio recordings, manuscripts, and publications documenting the life of residents of Farm Security Administration migrant work camps in California in 1940-1941.
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| Wet Canvas: Art School Online
This page from the Wet Canvas Art School demonstrates the small landscape technique with clear step-by-step instructions and images from a work start-to-finish.
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| White House Historical Association: Classroom
This site provides diverse resources about the history of the White House for classroom teachers and arts educators. Site resources include a gallery of the paintings in the White House's permanent collection, primary source activities, and a timeline of important musical events at the White House.
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| William Henry Jackson Virtual Exhibit
An online exhibit with biographical details and primary source materials about the pioneering photographer, William Henry Jackson.
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| Worldwide Internet Music
The Indiana University School of Music provides information and websites to individual artists for many different genres of music.
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| Education Place: Kids Place
Eduplace is designed to supplement Houghton Mifflin’s text books. Teachers can expand their activities in Reading, Math, and Social Studies. The kid's section has games, brain teasers, and other activities for each grade level.
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| Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
This site allows you to search over 82,000 images from the museum collection. Users can create their own virtual gallery by selecting and exhibiting pieces from the FAMSF's collection. (Requires Shockwave.)
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| Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama
This site provides an extensive directory of links related to Irish literature, including information about Irish history, mythology, periodicals, authors, and works.
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| Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Education
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies interprets the collective knowledge of the Smithsonian and serves as a gateway to its educational resources.
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