Art

A LINK TO ART (8-12)

http://www.library.yale.edu/Internet/arthistory.html

This is Yale University's History of Art Resource page. It is complete with links which take

students from early to modern art with this directory of resources.

THE ART KIDS

http://www.geocities.com/theartkids/

If you need some new ideas for sprucing up your art lessons, then plan a stop here. From art

for The Hungry Caterpillar to multicultural masks and origami, there are numerous creative
activities offered at this site. Lessons are graded.

EARLY CHILDHOOD ART LESSONS:

http://artswire.org/kenroar/lessons/early/early.html

Primary color mixing, square machine, foil and string art, picture puzzles, dough recipes, marble

painting, pipe cleaner sculpture, painting to music-- these are just a few of the excellent art
lessons offered here.

CRAYON SCRATCH LESSON:

http://home.att.net/~tisone/crayon.htm

Young art students have a great time

with this lesson, and they also learn
about using color and artistic mediums.

SUNFLOWER PAINTING:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8184/art/sunflower4.html

Any future Van Goghs in your class? Even those who might claim artlessness :-)

--can find a wee bit of magic in this lesson plan!

LEONARDO WORKSHOP--AN ART EDVENTURE:

http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/leonardo/

At this site you can have your students create art,

study art, or play art games. Even more, there's a
special section for teaching art!

TEXTURE ABSTRACT:

http://www.kinderart.com/current.htm

Kinderart is a great source for art lessons for students ages 4 through 12, and this

particular lesson plan is no exception. Using glue, paint powder, and cornmeal (really!)

students will create their own lush abstracts, and understand texture.

ARTS AND CRAFTS STARTERS:

http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~sarah/rdr010.html

Recipes for playdough, peanut-butter playdough, silly putty, play slime,

salt clay, bubbles, paper airplanes.....the basic ingredients of good,

clean fun!

LESSON ON DRAWING PERSPECTIVE:

http://home.att.net/~tisone/lesson10perspective.htm

Upper elementary students are ready for more detailed art lessons than ordinary

painting and drawing. This site contains lessons on perspective, which should

motivate older students and increase their art skills.

MAKE AN ARTIST BOOK:

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/sparkers/artist_book/artist_bk.html

This site contains detailed lesson plans on how to create a book with directions for adding

pop-ups. Good suggestions as well as a means of integrating art and language arts.

CRAYOLA ART LESSONS:

http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm/lessons

Crayola has well over 50 lessons in elementary art

here, many in multiple subjects. Check it our for

some good ideas.

HOW TO READ A PAINTING:

http://www.kcsd.k12.pa.us/~projects/critic/object.html

Describe, analyze, interpret, and judge -- these are the four artistic elements

your students will learn in this lesson plan on How to Read a Painting. Using
these techniques will enable your students to approach art with a critical eye,
understanding both the principles of design and the elements of art at work.

ART STUFF!

http://www.artswire.org/kenroar/links/artlinks.html

This site is from the Incredible Art Department and includes school art sites from

elementary to college around the country. You'll find art projects and creative suggestions.

GATEWAY TO ART HISTORY

http://www.harbrace.com/art/gardner/

This is a great find for art history or western civilization teachers!

Designed as an online supplement to the text book Gardner's Art Through

the Ages, this hotlist's links lead to all the major periods of art studied

in most western art history courses.

THEATRE HISTORY ON THE WEB

http://www.artsci.washington.edu/drama/jack.html

The University of Washington, School of Drama created this site to aid in online

research of theatre throughout the ages. Links under Cultural Sites/Theatre
Resources are very extensive; links are also grouped by historical period.

ART ROOM

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html

Lots of guides for art activities. The site is designed around activity centers. There are seven

centers to choose from. art sparkers, artrageous thinking, art gallery, art demos, artifacts,

art library, and art links.

CHILDREN�S MUSEUM ART WORKSHOP

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index2.html

From the children�s museum in Indianapolis, an interactive website on �What is Art� and then

some great Arts Workshops for kids: creating their own multimedia production with puppets, a
workshop on sculpture and make it at home.

ART HISTORY THEM PAGE

http://www.cln.org/themes/art_history.html

From Community Learning Network, this site has has links to information about Art History.

Students and teachers will find curricular resources to help them learn more about art history. In
addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans)

ART EXPLORATION: A GLOBAL APPROACH

http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Sampler/f.html

This is a ample of a high school art unit written by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts to

be used as part of an introductory art course or as a course to meet graduation requirements in
art. Categories: Ceramics, Painting, Sculpture

THEATRE ON A SHOESTRING

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Balcony/6594/

Great site for high school drama departments... Everything you want to

know more about....extensive production photos, classroom ideas, theatre games, stagecraft

how-to's, spreadsheet, publisher info, synopses,theatre links, a "get help" forum.....and more!