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University of Southern Mississippi

The University of Southern Mississippi: Usm Art Museum Digital Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum Digital Collection contains a selection of artwork from the permanent collection at the art museum on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Reading Through the Arts: How Theater & Visual Arts Can Engage Students in Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An important key to teaching children is engaging their attention and facilitating their wonder, curiosity, and interests. We all hope reading will become a passion for our students, and the arts can play a significant role in...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Rhythm and Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum unit from the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program presents an introduction to the concept of visual rhythm and explores the intersection of visual and auditory rhythm. The unit is divided into six lessons focusing on...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Media Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a one-minute tour through the history of media arts. Examine a variety of media forms and be a media critic. Visit the Media Studio and learn about movie soundtracks, animation, and creating a storyboard. Meet different artists as...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Early Childhood Art Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Art lessons for infants up to kindergarten level. They are sorted into categories of age levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Elementary Art Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Art lessons for elementary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Middle School Art Lessons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Art lessons for middle school young scholars. They are sorted into categories of grades, lessons that can be adapted, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: High School Art Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Art lessons for secondary students. They are sorted into categories of grade levels, medium used, subject matter, art period, artist, and cross-curricular connections.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Visual and Performing Arts: Sculpture

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a one-minute tour through the history of sculpture. View a variety of sculpture techniques and be a sculpture critic. Visit the sculpture studio and learn about carving, casting and modeling. Meet artists, and see them at work....
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Other

Art, Books, and Creativity: Art Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
At this resource one will find basic art terms from A-Z defined in both English and Spanish.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: New to Art? Get Started With This Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, think about how art and identity are related.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Art History Glossary and Terms for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the terms used for art history in this glossary. Artistic definitions and words for children can be found here.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: 2 D Design Notes: Design and Composition: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
Every aspect of working with color in visual art can be found on this page. Comprehensive information ranging from value to color interaction.
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Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art Activities and Learning Centers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page has suggestions for activities requiring minimal preparation that students can do after completing regular assignments, as well as some links to more challenging activities, e.g., reviewing paintings of Saint Nicholas, Saint...
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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: The Art of Persuasion: Using Census Data to Influence Others

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
For this lesson, students will incorporate information from the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts data access tool into an advertisement for a city of their choice. They will use persuasive and advertising techniques to convince others to...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Beyond Geometry: Composition, Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
The term composition, used in art, is defined.
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Literacy Head

Literacyhead: Writing Prompts: Images to Give Writers Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Narrative images to encourage writers to write by exploring the themes and details of the art works.
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California State University

Island Maracas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great multicultural art lesson that also connects visual art to music. Students create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the opportunity to try...
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Other

U.washington: The Basics of Poster Design

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth site from the University of Washington on poster design and communicating ideas through various visual media. This site covers standard posters but also contains links for creating poster with Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Artopia: Film and Television Word Bank [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A glossary of special terms, such as camera angle and wide shot, used in the production of films and television programs.
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Other

Artist's Fact Sheet: Edgar Degas

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site contains informative text about the life of Edgar Degas.

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