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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can Robots Be Creative?

For Students 9th - 10th
People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity- alongside the question of artificial intelligence- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is...
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Other

Kaboom: Creative Expression

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Creative expression helps children articulate their feelings and thoughts. Encouraging creative expression is easy in both indoor and outdoor play spaces. This article discusses how art, music, and dance can encourage creative expression.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Masks and Aesop's Fables

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This multi-media visual and language arts lesson offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4 which include...
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Other

U.s. House Unanimously Passes Resolution Supporting School Based Music Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Recognizing that music education develops skills for the 21st century workforce, the U.S. House unanimously passed House Concurrent Resolution 121 in April, 2007. This resolution supports the need to have music education accessible to...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Music Companies, Variation 2

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson plan students solve multi-step equations using proportional relationships.
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City University of New York

City University of New York: Baruch College: Copyright

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A thorough guide to copyright laws regarding different types of print and electronic media. Includes many links to articles, copyright and fair use laws, and other resources, as well as a video and, in the last section, a quiz to test...
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Other

Rand Corp.: Gifts of the Muse: Reframing Debate About Benefits of the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With schools cutting costs, often times arts educators must justify why what they teach is important. This study in pdf format addresses many of the positive outcomes of arts education for students. Many of the benefits relate to 21st...