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California Standards, Frameworks, & Blueprints

Visual and Performing Arts California Content Standards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/arts/standards.htm

California Visual and Performing Arts Framework
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/resources/framework/framework.html

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Standards-based Lesson Plans

K-6 Arts Lesson Plans
http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/cguenter/229Barts.html

AskERIC Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts

Creative and Performing Arts Lessons
http://www.argotlibrary.com/lessons_capa.html

Dance Lesson Plans
http://www.ket.org/artstoolkit/dance/lessonplan/

Lesson Planet
http://lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com/search/Arts_and_Music/Dance/

Lesson Plans for the Arts
http://www.khake.com/page87.html

Music Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music45.htm

National Standards for Theatre Education
http://www.byu.edu/tma/arts-ed/

Teacher’s Desk
http://www.teachersdesk.com/lessons/lessons_theater_drama.htm

teachnet.com
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/

ArtsEdge ESL Curriculum links
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/weblinks/weblinks.cfm?subject_id=ESL
-Provides links to lessons that incorporate ESL teaching methods and accommodations.

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Differentiated Instruction for the EL Student

Drama Education – The Global Perspective
http://members.iinet.net.au/~kimbo2/

Teaching a Second Language Through Art
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/4/81.04.12.x.html

TeachingArts.org
http://www.teachingarts.org/visualArts/directory/15/standardsCurriculumAssessment/englishLanguageLearners.

Dick Blick Art Materials
http://www.dickblick.com/lessonplans/lessonplans/
-This site provides creative ideas, activities, and lesson plans for multi-cultural students.

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Differentiated Instruction for Special Needs

ArtsWork
http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/teachers/lesson/dance/dance1.htm

Lab School of Washington - Power of Art
http://www.labschool.org/powerofart.html

Teachers Helping Teachers Special Education
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
-Provides a variety of lesson plans for K-12 teachers.

LD Online Teachers Homepage
http://www.ldonline.org/teaching/index.html
-Extensive resource for Special needs teachers including strategies and techniques and more.

Edbydesign.com
http://www.edbydesign.com
-This web site has activities for children with disabilities, including art, learning computers, math development, language, basic science skills, and more.

I Love That Teaching Idea
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/WRCenter/WRCenter.htm
-This is an excellent site with worksheet reproducible centers that includes the subjects of Math, Science, Language arts, Holiday and seasonal, Social Studies, Art, First day, health, classroom management, reading and spelling.

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Interdisciplinary Instruction

Arts Education Partnership
www.aep-arts.org

ArtsEdNet – The Getty’s Art Education Web Site
http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/Worlds/center.org/teaching_materials/

Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Humanities-Interactive
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/a_base.html

Math and Art: Perspective Drawing
http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/perspective/perspect.html

Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)
http://www.sparcmurals.org/home.html

youTHink
http://www.youthink.org/about.htm

Annenberg/CPB Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/index.html
-Extensive Standards aligned resource integrating arts with science, mathematics, literacy and social studies curriculum.

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Formal & Informal Assessment

Assessing the Arts
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003452

The California Arts Assessment Network (CAAN)
http://www.teachingarts.org/artsNews/stories/storyReader$69

Curriculum @ Work
http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/curriculumatwork/arts/ar_assess.htm

Music Center - Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County
http://www.musiccenter.org/bravo_assessment.html

National Center for Educational Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/arts/

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Additional Web Resources

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
http://www.alvinailey.org/

Ansel Adams at 100
http://www.sfmoma.org/adams/
Engaging interactive site integrating the works of Ansel Adams with the history of California.

Art and Music Resources: Los Angeles County Office of Education
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/art.html

Art in the 21st Century
http://www.pbs.org/art21/

Artcyclopedia
http://artcyclopedia.com/

ArtLex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com

California Arts Project
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/

California Department of Education Visual & Performing Arts Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/arts/

Dance Education Web
http://danceducationweb.org

Drama in Education
http://www.kentaylor.co.uk/die/

Eyes on Art: A Learning to Look Curriculum
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/

International Arts Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/

The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

Making Sense of Modern Art
http://www.sfmoma.org/msoma/

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for Teachers
http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp

Selected Internet Sites Relating to Art
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/ContEd/au/sites.html

Best of History websites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
-An excellent compilation of links to the most reputable history resources on the World Wide Web.

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Books & Publications

40 Books about the Arts
http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/bibs/40books/arts.htm

Arts Education Publications
http://www.teachingarts.org/artsNews/stories/storyReader$116

Hallkidsart.com
http://www.hallkidsart.com/

SchoolArts Magazine
http://www.davis-art.com/schoolarts/index.html

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Teacher Professional Organizations

American Orff-Schulwerk Association
http://aosa.org/

California Arts Education Association
http://www.caea-arteducation.org

California Association for Music Education
http://www.calmusiced.com/

California Dance Educators Association
http://www.cdeadans.org/

California Educational Theatre Association
http://www.cetaweb.org/

National Association for Music Education
http://www.menc.org/

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Family and Community Resources

Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
http://www.laphil.org/resources/websites.cfm

University of California – Cultural Resources – Arts in the Community
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/cultural/artsoutreach.html

Info Please Homework Center
http://infoplease.com/homework/
-This is a great site for homework resources and more, providing reference materials including an almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and biography database. They also provide maps and atlas materials and a map library.

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Multimedia Resources

Hush Media and Performing Arts Library
http://www.hushvideos.com/

Visual Arts Curated Video Collection
http://librarymedia.org/visual/Visual_main.html

 

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Instructional Technology Resources

Alexander Calder Virtual Exhibit
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/caldwel.htm

The Art Teacher Connection
http://www.artteacherconnection.com

ArtsConnectEd
http://artsconnected.org/

Artsource Electronic Exhibitions
http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/exhibitions.html

Be an Architect
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/arch2/index.html

Children’s Music Web
http://www.childrensmusic.org/

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
http://www.thinker.org/

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
http://kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/

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

The Mercury Theater on the Air
http://www.unknown.nu/mercury/

National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov/education/education.htm

PapaInk – The International Gallery of Children’s Art
http://www.papaink.org/gallery/home/

The Piano Education Page
http://www.pianoeducation.org

Studio Cyberspace Art Teacher’s Page
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/art/teacher/teach_page/index.htm

Van Gogh’s Virtual Exhibit
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgwel.htm

 

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