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Teaching Resources

• AERC (Architectural Education Resource Center)
  This site offers activities, resources, and information on classroom and teacher workshops and programs for teaching K-8 children about the built environment and architecture.
   
• African-Americans in the Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective
  According to the Web site, this exhibit "tells the story of the African-American artists' quest for creative recognition in their chosen art forms ..." Biographical information about and images of creations by over 60 personalities are available here.
   
• Art Projects
  K-12 art lessons.
   
• ArtLex Visual Arts Dictionary
  This site provides definitions of more than 3,300 terms, as well as thousands of images, pronunciation notes, quotations, and links to other Web resources.
   
• ArtsEdge: National Arts and Education Information Network
  The website of this project of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding from the U.S. Department of Education, provides resources for curriculum design, including model curriculums and curriculum standards, units, lesson plans, and other resources.
   
• ArtsEdNet
  Lesson plans, curriculum resources, on-line exhibitions, and resources for arts education support and advocacy, and a publications catalog from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts.
   
• All About Art
  Developed by four fourth grade boys interested in art and computers, this site focuses on famous artists, styles of art, and art by kids. It also features two art-related games and links to museum sites.
   
• Art History Resources on the Web
   
• The Art Room
  The activities, resources, and information here together create a "learning environment for exploring the world of art." Intended for children ages 8 and up, this site may also be useful to teachers for curriculum planning.
   
• Art Studio Chalkboard: Information for Artists and Students
  Authored by a member of the art department faculty at the University of Evansville and intended for educational use, this site includes information about the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting.
   
• Art Teacher on the Net
  Lesson plans and resources on art and art history education for teachers, parents, adults, seniors, Sunday school, after school programs, scouts, and homeschoolers.
   
• Arts Wire: Online Communication for the Arts
  According to its website, this "communications network for the arts community that has, at its core, the strong voices of artists and community-based cultural groups. Arts Wire is also a forum for creating and experiencing online art." Arts news, education information, job listings, and more.
   
• CARTS (Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students)
  Teaching resources, a listserv, and links on how community life, cultural heritage, and artistic traditions such as folk art and folklore can play a role in teaching and learning. A project of the National Task Force on Folk Arts in Education and City Lore.
   
• Impressionism
  This site is composed of two sections: "Teach Impressionism" and "Experience Impressionism." "Teach Impressionism" contains lessons for grades 1-8 and downloadable or printable transparencies. "Experience Impressionism" is a guided tour through turn-of-the-century France and the Impressionist movement. This site was developed in conjunction with "Impressionism: Paintings Collected by European Museums," an exhibition co-organized by the High Museum of Atlanta, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Denver Art Museum.
   
• Incredible Art Department
   Maintained by an art teachers, this site includes lesson plans; art education resources; links to world cultures, artists, and art styles; information about careers in art; and more.
   
• K-6 Arts Lesson Plans
   
• Mother of All Art History Links Web Site
  Links to art history departments, research resources, online image collections, art museums, religion-related links, and more.
   
• National Gallery of Art Directory of Teacher Resources and Programs in Art Museums
  This directory can be searched by both state and thematic topic. It is geared for use by educators of all disciplines at the K-12 level, for school administrators, and for museum professionals.
   
• National Gallery of Art: Education
  Curriculum ideas, information about the Gallery's education materials loan program, program and resources for teachers, activities and events at the galleries, and teacher workshops and institutes.
   
• National Gallery of Art NGA Kids
  Activities for kids based on the collections and special exhibitions of the National Gallery of Art.
   
• Sculptor.Org: K-12 Education
  Resources for teaching art, especially sculpture, to K-12 students.
   
• Teachers Helping Teachers: The Arts
  K-12 lessons on theater arts, art, and music.