PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance
This collection uses primary sources to explore visual art during the Harlem Renaissance.
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Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!
The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Art: Book of Multicultural Images
Pictures of people, clothing styles, spiritual deities, places, and animals from around the world to color, to paint, and to use as inspiration. Different historical periods and cultures are represented making this a good resource for...
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Skills Map for the Arts [Pdf]
Arts education is part of the backbone of the 21st Century skills movement. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills had designed a map that provides examples of collaboration, communication, creativity, innovation, critical thinking,...
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Make Your Own Money
An extremely intricate and well organized WebQuest that involves economics and visual arts. Students complete an online exploration of monetary systems and then create one of their own for their school.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.
PBS
Art:21: Migrating Viewpoints
Use this lesson plan to take a closer look at what the visual arts can tell us about the emotional effects of migration, both voluntary and involuntary. Lesson includes sample video excerpts from the broadcast, slideshows of the work of...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Curriculum Units (1978 Present)
A collection of volumes of curriculum materials, organized by year, that were developed by teachers and cover a wide range of topics in science, social studies, language arts, math, etc. Each volume focuses on an over-riding theme or...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Visualizing Cultures
Illustrating the impact artwork can have in molding a society or culture can be added to with this impressive collection of resources.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: News and Media Literacy
This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy...
Crayola
Crayola: Houses of Power
Study the architecture of government buildings then create a suspended bas relief sculpture.
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The Walt Disney Family Museum
This resource offers a great look at the life and work of American film director Walt Disney. Most of this museum is dedicated to him and includes his biography and audio interviews. However, there are several clips from some of his...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Learning
Learning does not take place only in the classroom. Learning occurs naturally, every day! This KET collection uses original animation and wonderful, visual images to introduce basic concepts of math, science, social studies, art, and...
Curated OER
Slate: Edouard Manet
An illustrated essay that makes connections between the visual arts and social studies, this slideshow focuses on three works by Edouard Manet that depict the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. The essay notes that historic and...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Zion National Park
What do you know about Zion National Park? Use this site to learn more about this national park. This site features activities, maps and more.