Fine+Arts

The links below are excellent resources for the Fine Arts classroom. Feel free to add other sites that you use and want to share with others.

__Art__
Drawspace.com - online resource of drawing lessons The Kennedy Center Arts Edge Incredible Art Stuff Internet Art Resources World Wide Art Resources Amico (Art Museum Image Consortium) National Art Education Association Teachers First: Art ThinkQuest: Arts & Entertainment ArtEventures @rt Junction: A Collaborative Art Space for Teachers and Students Art Studio Chalkboard National Foundation for Advancement in the Arte: Young Arts ArtsEdNet Beacon Learning Center Crayola For Educators Museum of Science: Leonardo da Vinci PBS: Arts Smithsonian Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets Vincent van Gogh WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists Teacher Vision: Art Microsoft Education Lesson Plans ForLessonPlans.com

The following links are re-printed from Internet 4 Classrooms: Art Education and may duplicate some of the above resources.

ArtJunction - choose something to see, learn or do in their activity centers. Brief descriptions are provided to give you some idea of what to expect in each area: a gallery section of children's art work, art project ideas, links and more. ArtBot - art video and lessons - The lessons are extremely varied and teach children step-by-step how to draw and even create a very realistic sculpture. ArtsEdge from the Kennedy Center - helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts. A MarcoPolo partner site. Art Games - from The Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Many activities on this site! Art Hotlist - one of the Franklin Institute Educational Hotlists Art Resources - numerous links for art Art Safari -Museum of Modern Art’s web site - investigate and create different animals. Artist's Toolkit - Artists use visual elements and principles like line, color and shape as tools to build works of art. Learn about these concepts in a variety of ways. ArtsConnectEd - posted by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (the Playground is interactive) Crayola Art Education - lesson plans, creative experiences, art techniques, and teacher resources Imagination Factory - The Imagination Factory integrates art with science and social studies to teach solid waste management concepts in a fun and entertaining way. The Incredible Art Department - guess whose enigmatic smile greets you to the Art Department [|Internet School Library Media Center] - This index of a variety of links is from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Some school districts block access to the archive. If yours does, plan to look through the links at home. Invention at Play - from the Lemelson Center Leonardo's Perspective - linear perspective Lifetime of Color - Art Education and ArtEdventures from Sanford features four main areas; Create Art, Study Art, Play Art Games, and Teach Art. Lifetime of Color - Technique Demos - Discover how great artists made their famous works while learning tips and techniques for creating your own art! Media Center Internet Index - a research tool for librarians, teachers of all levels, for parents and students as well on 10/22/2009 My Window to Art - lessons on painting, drawing, mixed media, 3D and more Schoolhouse: The Arts - many topics and links to choose from SmartHistory - a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook Visual Arts Resources - interactive web sites on various topics Virtual Museum of El Pais - 3D exhibit of South America paintings

A Mask For All Seasons - create a plaster craft mask to depict the four seasons A. Pintura - Art Detective - an online game about art history and art composition Art History Resources on the Web - from prehistoric to 20th century, there are also links to non-European art and museums The Art Kids - lesson plans for K-6 and 7-12 (**Caution**: this is a free site hosted by GeoCities and occasionally you will find that it has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Go early in the hour.) Art Webquest - Visual arts; 5th grade but can be adapted - major art movement research; select the paintings which best represent this period in art. Artful Installations: 3D Constructions - 8th grade major art talent class, but it is easily adaptable to all age groups: students use problem-solving skills, communication, and a diversity of tasks to create a three-dimensional version of a two-dimensional painting Blick Art Materials Lesson Plans - search by grade level or by discipline Chasing Vermeer: A DaVinci Code for Children - observe and explore famous paintings by Vermeer. They will do online research about the history of this artist and his paintings, noting the particular use of his light, shadow and interior settings China Culture Quest - Lesson plan - learn about Chinese brush painting, calligraphy, and names then practice using the brush with tempera paint, as they draw and write Chinese words they find in their online research Claude Monet - students explore and appreciate the life and work of Impressionist artist Claude Monet. They gather information to write a biography on him and sketch an original landscape in his style. Claude Monet and his friends and followers - Meet some of the most famous artists Compare and Contrast - Select two works of art from a list of 26. Then click the "Begin Essay" button in the selection box that displays your selections to write your own short essay comparing the works of art. This is a display from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Drawing In One-Point Perspective - Step-by-step instructions for basic one-point How to Draw a Head - multimedia directions on how to draw a head Favorite Art Lessons from the incredible Art Department - This site lists lessons from Early Childhood to Undergraduate. Wow! They even have lesson suggestions for days when you will have a substitute. Inside Art - an adventure in art history by Educational Web Adventures KinderArt - art education for kids of all ages Leonardo - Exploring Leonardo; his perspectives, his shorthand and more. Lesson Finder at ArtsEdge - including lesson plans, units, and other ideas Lesson Plan Central - art lesson plans, worksheets, clipart and activities Light Walk - a "light hearted" look at light, shadow, and images. Also, read how to make your own pinhole camera. Light and Color - activities designed to give ideas about light and color Make a Town - a learning project to create a model town using free software (PC/Windows only) Music, Art, and PE Lesson Plans and Resources - from a homeschool site The National Standards for Arts Education - Developed by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations (under the guidance of the National Committee for Standards in the Arts) Perspective - lesson; learn how to use perspective in your drawings and paintings to create the illusion of depth Picasso - The works of Pablo Picasso are presented at the OnLine Picasso Project (7,044 catalogued works) Teach Art - lesson plans from Sanford Think Art - many lesson plans Visual Art Lesson Plans - from Teachnology
 * Lesson Plans**
 * How to Draw tutorials**
 * 1) How to Draw a Dog - progressing from circles to the dog drawing
 * 2) How to Draw Ears - human ears as well as manga (Japanese cartoon style) ears
 * 3) How to Draw Eyes - human eyes as well as manga (Japanese cartoon style) eyes
 * 4) How to Draw Faces - basic methods to draw general anime faces
 * 5) How to Draw Hands - human hands as well as manga (Japanese cartoon style) hands
 * 6) How to Draw a Hamster - progressing from circles to the hamster drawing
 * 7) How to Draw a Jumping Man - progressing from circles to the jumping man drawing
 * 8) How to Draw a Stretching Woman - progressing from circles to the stretching woman drawing
 * 9) How to Draw It - how to make stylized cartoon type drawings of lots of animals [ 47 on the day we found this page ]
 * 10) How to Draw (for Kids) - these step-by-step drawing exercises are designed for children [ 35 currently listed - mostly animals ]
 * National Gallery of Art presents Adventures with Art Links**
 * 1) James Jacques Tissot
 * 2) George Catlin
 * 3) Martin Johnson Heade
 * 4) Jacques-Louis David
 * 5) Wassily Kandinsky
 * 6) John Singleton Copley
 * 7) Rogier van der Weyden
 * 8) Frank Stella

The Art Institute of Chicago Explore and Learn - from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Six activities and four types of learning experiences are provided. Museum Network - 33,000 museums worldwide, links to museum learning adventures on the Web. Webmuseum - exhibits, paintings, and resources. Metropolitan Museum of Art - View exhibitions and installations at the museum. On their Education page you can find an excellent variety of educational experiences with images of works of art and detailed descriptions of educational opportunities at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Many of their collections and online programs The National Gallery of Art - one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present - Go there to browse their collection. While there, stop and explore Watson and the Shark, John Singleton Copley's famous painting of "Watson and the Shark" which was inspired by an event that took place in Havana, Cuba, in 1749.
 * Museums**

4096 Color Wheel - Hover over the wheel to view colors. Click to choose a web-smart color The Alphabet of Art - This site explains, in simple terms, the elements of visual design. ArtKidsRule - Fun Activities, Resources & Tutorials for Kids, Grown-ups & Teachers Art Standards - State and National Standards Interactive Color Wheel - experiment with saturation, intensity, hue, and luma - a 41 slide ppt show with several great examples Real Color Wheel - Use this Real Color Wheel to match and find pigments that are the correct color oppositions for mixing neutral dark shadow colors without using black pigment. Designed for a natural artist painting on location. - a 19 slide ppt show World Artists Directory - accomplished artists worldwide World Wide Arts Resources provides the definitive gateway to arts information and culture since 1995. Simply select any of the categories or premiere links to begin your exciting adventure.
 * Resources**

The Art Zone - create art online; from the National Gallery of Art. Collage Machine - interactive site that allows students to create their own collages; from the National Gallery of Art Coloring.com - allows students to choose a line drawing and color it on the screen. This site is fairly slow unless you have a very fast connection. Children's Haiku Garden - This garden is for the haiku verses with illustrations from Japanese children and other children from the USA or other countries. First Palette - fun,educational art activities, very visual, easy-to-follow, and includes supporting resources Mix and Paint with Curious George - select a picture, mix colors of paint and color the picture Mobile - Create your own mobile with this site, from the National Gallery of Art Mondrian Machine - Mondrian called this highly abstract and geometric style neoplasticism. Create your own! My Imaginary City - create your own city On-Line Coloring Pages - drag colors from the palette to the outline drawing, kids can try to match a small thumbnail drawing or use their own creativity Paint Box - create characters, make greeting cards, or just have fun doodling, from the National Gallery of Art PixelFace - interactive portrait maker, from the National Gallery of Art RiverRun - encourages young children to orchestrate a flowing array of colorful shapes and patterns online SwatchBox - a tool for mixing and drawing with millions of colors, from the National Gallery of Art
 * Just for Fun**

__Music__
Emerging Ed Tech: Music Education Technology Resources Music Tech Teacher Educational Technology Clearinghouse IPTV - Jazz Music Education Madness Site Music Education Online New York Philharmonic Kidzone Piano Nanny Teachers First: Music ThinkQuest: Music Teacher Vision: Strategies for Music Education Smart Music K-12 Resources for Music Educators MusicEdMagic Choral Net's Resources and Links Creating Music Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kid University of Michigan's Instrument Encyclopedia Worldwide Internet Music Resources Ricci Adams' MusicTheory.Net PBS Kids Jazz PlayMusic.org Exploratorium Music San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site Microsoft Education Lesson Plans

The following links are re-printed from Internet 4 Classrooms: Art Education and may duplicate some of the above resources.

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments - American Popular Music before 1900 - "music gives us a more accurate picture of people and events than any other method available." Backstage - (from The American Symphony Orchestra League) - Learn about the different instruments and play a musical game with the four different types of instruments. Blank Grand Staff Paper - for music teachers Blank Music Worksheet - provided by lesson tutor Brass Instruments - a brief history of brass instruments Build your own instruments - (from WannaLearn) - directions on how to build numerous instruments Children's Music Web - resources for Kids, Parents, and Teachers, and they also have a list of performers who may be available. Children's Music Portal - teacher Resources Classical songs, Early Childhood collections. Classics for Kids - many activities for students Classics - At Kunst der Fuge you may listen to 5 files/day for free. resource of Classical music in Midi/Zip Contrapunctus Variations - move your cursor and create you own music Counting Music - enter the notes and it counts the music with you Creating Music - many activities to choose from Dallas Symphony Orchestra - excellent resource Digital Composer - Making digital music can be a matter of putting to use some basic programming skills (knowing the computer's "language") and then writing a series of commands for the computer to follow. Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine - This site is devoted to vintage music from the early decades of the 20th Century. All recordings have been transcribed into streaming Real Audio from the original 78 rpm discs. Do-a-rein-deer - Make your own music by using the mouse to squeeze the reindeer nose! Drums and Percussion - drum lessons database online Drum Machine - make your own rhythm or drum patterns with popular Unifix cubes. DrumPad - a downloadable program using Excel; Play the drums on your computer Encounter - From Silence to Symphony - Fantastic interactive site that shares information about the creation of a symphony from the instruments, to the conductor to the symphony! Listen to what each instrument sounds like. (This site is designed for broadband users.In order to experience parts of this site you will need both Quicktime and Shockwave plugins) Enjoyment of Music - "selection of more than 250 musical excerpts as you take the quizzes, review transitions between eras, or learn more about 80 composers" Essentials Of Music - Whether you're a casual listener or a serious music student, here's a site for basic information about classical music. Finale NotePad® 2006 - free music notation software - [|other software to download], some are free and some are fee-based. Finding your Singing Voice - lesson plan online Fortissimo - a ThinkQuest site with a music dictionary, composer pictures and biographies, instrument pictures, and instrument sounds Fraction Pie Rhythms - connects your knowledge of fractions to musical notes and rhythms Glossary of Musical Terms Good Ear - free ear training on the net Grand Staff Note Speller worksheets Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920 - from the American Memory section of the Library of Congress Kididdle's Musical Mouseum - a place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, send out a request for a long lost song, or maybe help somebody else find the one they're looking for. If you know the title of the song you're looking for, the Alpha Index is the place to go. Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources Interactive Applet Skill Tests - Three categories of interactives are available at this site; Theory quizzes, Listening quizzes (Aural), and tutorials. Instrument Encyclopedia - resources for teachers and more - The purpose of this site is to allow you to explore the diversity and creativity of musical traditions as you browse our gallery or search for a favorite instrument. Instruments - large list of links from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library at Indiana University School of Music Instructional Materials in Music - web sites to enhance your lessons Jazz Age - Welcome to the Jazz Age Page. Listen to sound clips from the past together with people and historical events in the Jazz Age! Keyboard to print Learn about instruments - click on each instrument and hear what it sounds like Make Your Own Instruments - ten presented Marian Anderson: A Life in Song - This exhibition celebrates the artistic development and musical career of Marian Anderson. Renowned throughout the world for her extraordinary contralto voice, she is also remembered for her dignity and grace under pressure. Meter - make rhythmic meters by combining two and three syllables words Metronimo has educational musical games such as identifying composers, instruments and musical notes. Minuetmixer - create your own minuet. Mozart's Musikalisches Würfelspiel - A musical dice game for composing a minuet. This is cool! Give it a try. Music4Education - list of classroom resources Music Chamber - This site was created so that people could gain an understanding and appreciation for chamber music. (a ThinkQuest site) Music Education Online: Music Education Resource Links Page Music Education: Worksheets for Children - bass clef and trebel clef, progressive worksheets, #1 is easiest in each group Music Hotlist posted by the Franklin Institute Music Education Center - multi links; music appreciation to folk instrument instructions to choral and more Music Education - lesson plans, from the Berklee School in Boston Music Education at DataDragon - "explore some parts of music with the DataDragon online tutorials and guides" Music Education Online - main links directory page Music Forms - short explanations of classical music forms, from anthem to variations [no Z's] [|Music in Connexions]: - A K-12 Teacher's Guide - wide variety of offerings, including multi-disciplinary lessons, lesson plans that can be presented by teachers who are not music specialists Music Lesson Plans - Pre K to High School Music Lesson Plans and Webquests Music K-8 Magazine - online magazine Music Notes - an interactive online musical experience - (a ThinkQuest site) Music Maker - Click on the **Start** button or select a song. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select **Maybe Late**r to go directly to the activity. You can change instruments and add notes to the score by selecting keys on the piano keyboard. Music Review Worksheet Music Sheet Templates - Print these and create your own music! Bass Clef ; Bass Clef Staff ; Drum Sheet Music ; Generic Music Staff ; Large bass clef staff for young musicians ; Large generic staff for young musicians ; Large treble clef staff for young musicians Music Staves for the SmartBoard - Bass, Treble, Plain Music Teacher Resources - one of the many resources available from the Educational CyberPlayground - look at their index on the left of the page Music: The Unspoken Word - a ThinkQuest site MusicTheory - great site for learning theory; resources for instruction, trainers, and music utilities. Music Theory - tutorials, exercises, questions, references, and many other wonderful selections to choose from Music Theory and Educational Resources - a multi link site with many resources Music Theory Web site - Teoria Music Teachers Chatboard - share your ideas and learn new ones Musical Fraction Bars - your fractions will transform into a musical composition you can see and hear New York Philharmonic Kidzone features several interesting areas; Instrument Storage Room, Composition Workshop, Composers Gallery, and the Instrument Lab Orchestra Song - Learn about instruments, activity sheet and words to song included on site. [|The Orchestra] - Instruments of the Orchestra - Click on an area to view and listen to the instruments. Orff Music Instruments to Make - instruments which can be easily made and used to enhance the Orff music classroom - Some are suitable for student projects, and some are more advanced. Opera Plots - one hundred opera plots, listed by title Pattern Block Rock - In this activity, you can compose and play your own rhythmic songs using geometric shapes. Performing Arts Digital Library - experience the diversity of American performing arts through the Library of Congress's unsurpassed collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps, and other materials PianoMouse - Can your young students recognize the sound of specific piano notes or read music? Here is a site to try with your young students on auditory recognition along with note reading. PlayMusic Printable Songs for Teachers - scroll past the Teachnology information to find the list Reading Music - introduction to the most important topics in reading music in an easy to understand way Renaissance Instruments - Elizabethan instruments Renaissance Music - a collection of links from the About network [|The Rhythm Trainer] - Free program for learning and practicing rhythm. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - list of lesson plans created by educators during past Summer Teacher Institutes Romantic Music - Romanticism is a more radical kind of expression, it seeks out the new, the curious, and the adventurous. San Francisco Symphony KidSite - Go to Instruments of the Orchestra to hear what any of the instruments sound like. Then stop by their Music Lab to see what you can learn. Sibelius Academy Music - The Sibelius Academy, a conservatory in Helsinki, provides a list of music sites that would rival a Vienna guidebook. It not only links you to jazz, blues, rock, and pop pages but covers famous composers, gospel, instruments, research, theory, and opera as well. Sing-Along Songs - presented by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Songs for Teaching - stick with the links to Lyrics, that's free but everything else is for sale Music to Play and Sing Worksheets - songs with .pdf worksheets Sounds from the Vault - learn about instruments and their beginning - sound files included Sphinx Kids - music, videos, and games [ requires Shockwave ] Stearns Collection - one of the largest accumulations of such artifacts housed in a North American university. The Stearns Collection of Keyboards - [ this link opens on a new page ] a virtual tour through the Collection to see a sampling of keyboards Strings - learn about the stringed instruments. The Symphony - a Thinkquest site - an interactive guide Stylistic Timeline Of Music History - from the music of ancient times to 21st Century music Take a Seat in the Orchestra - find out about the instruments used in an orchestra Teaching with Songs - from Isabel's ESL site Texas School Music Project - "This site is intended to help you make music with children by providing ideas and information about specific problems common to all specialists in your discipline. Within these pages you will find teaching tips and "tricks of the trade" for music educators of all levels." Virtual Keyboard - several drum beats available to accompany the selected instrument; piano, organ, saxophone, flute, pan pipes, strings, guitar, steel drums, or double bass Western Music History - Romantic Era music Whack-A-Note - Can you identify the correct note on the staff? Play this game and try your luck! Worldwide Internet Music Resources from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
 * NIEHS Quizzes**
 * 1) Name that Children's Tune
 * 2) Name that Patriotic Tune
 * 3) Name that Oldies' Tune

__Theater Arts__
ArtsWork - Theater Education Teacher Tap: Performing Arts TheatreCrafts.com Creative Drama and Theatre Education Resource Site teAchnology: Drama and Theater Lesson Plans Education Index: Performing Arts

The following links are re-printed from Internet 4 Classrooms: Art Education and may duplicate some of the above resources.

Dance Style Locator - a growing Online Encyclopedia of World Dance - Use this section to find out background and features of the dance styles represented in performances by People Like Me. Dance Styles - a more general list of styles How to do the Macarena motions which go with each beat Performance Skills - Video on how to perform on stage, facial, spatial awareness and technique Resources For Teaching and Learning Dance - on the DanceArt.com web sites. Turning Techniques in Dance - Video shows technique of turning and how to turn without getting dizzy.
 * Dance**

Arts and Entertainment - Over 7,000 web sites created by students around the world who have participated in a ThinkQuest Competition A brief guide to Internet resources in Theatre and Performance Studies - multiple links Childdrama - packed with resources for drama teachers in elementary and secondary schools, and for producers of theatre for young audiences Curricular Resources in Drama and Theatre - links to numerous resources [Caution! This page has not been updated recently and you will find dead links] Drama 1 - notes and exercises Drama Curriculum - ideas and lessons Drama Techniques - a summary of 10 top drama techniques to use in your lessons Drama, Theatre Lesson Plans - many to select from Improvisational Theatre - exercises, activities and plans Lesson Plans - Geocities site - could be blocked by school filters Lesson Plans - Childdrama.com Performing Arts Education Resources - links to resources on the Internet Performing Zone - lesson plans in MS Word format Plays to Download - large selection School & Youth Theatre Index - a whole host of features, articles, guides... everything you need (well, almost!) to get started with or develop school or youth theatre, from British Theater Guide Scribbling Women - "a project of The Public Media Foundation, dramatizes stories by American women writers for national radio broadcast" Selected Theatre Resources on the Web - numerous links Theatre Resources - links to performing arts links Theatre Lesson Plan Exchange - many lessons and ideas. (Geocities site: could be blocked by some school filters) Theatre and Drama Resources - by Jimmy Brunelle Understanding Stage Design - lesson plan Upstage Review Theatre Company - This web site is a comprehensive resource for anyone in the drama classroom, in production for a play or musical, or simply in love with theatre.
 * Theatre**