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This comprehensive site assembles a significant amount of interactive content associated with the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago. Visitors can view art, read descriptions of particular works, play art games, and explore the galleries. The site also offers a page devoted to students and teachers.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
An interactive website with many resources, projects, and activities for students.
http://www.artjunction.org/
This Metropolitan Museum exhibit delves into the explosion of creativity that swept through the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley over 5,000 years ago.
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/First_Cities/firstcities_splash.htm
A great starting point for finding museum quality art on the Web. Search by artist for a list of links to museums with digital images of that artist.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
An art dictionary containing in excess of 3600 art terms and definitions.
http://www.artlex.com/
An online arts and crafts magazine about what's happening in Kentucky.
http://www.artsacrossky.com
"Looking for ways to introduce students to one of the most influential figures in musical theatre history? These lesson plans and activities, a comprehensive glossary of terms, and additional resources will introduce students to the magical world of musicals and the legendary Stephen Sondheim."
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/mt/sondheim/artsedge.html
"Welcome to Artsonia — the largest art museum in the world! Our mission is to unleash the creative potential of young artists throughout the world, and empower them with a voice! We have artwork from young artists of all ages from all over the world. We invite you to explore and enjoy this unique collection."
http://www.artsonia.com/
Register your class for an online field trip to Colonial Williamsburg! There are seven individual electronic field trips that you may register for or one rate for all field trips. Individual trips for the 2007 - 2008 school year at $120. The set of seven trips is $500. Each field trip incorporates many activities beyond the set date of the electronic field trip. A segment titled Web Adventures is available to your class throughout the year with the paid field trip. It provides web-based interactive activities and videos to extend learning. A special section titled, "In Their Own Words," uses primary sources to teach students more about the period. Each trip has opportunities for students to use email, online voting and a forum to actively participate in the experience. Students may have their individual questions regarding colonial times answered by history experts by posting or emailing questions. Each field trip is aligned to National Standards of Learning in History and a bibiliography are included. A Teacher's Guide, additional internet links, TV broadcast and an online video preview to show prior to the field trip are also included.
Field trip dates are scheduled from October through April. The 2007 - 2008 schedule is available at http://www.history.org/History/teaching/eft.cfm. This year's lessons include: Jamestown Unearthed, Emissaries of Peace, Founders or Traitors?, For Ready Money, No Master Over Me, Treasure Keepers,
The Industrious Tradesmen. For a small price, your students can truly experience Colonial Williamsburg! Technical support is provided throughout the school year to make your experience a success. Purchase orders are accepted.
http://www.history.org/History/teaching/tips/intro.cfm?Ref=Sample&bSideNav=1
An interactive online guide that explains color theory and shows how to use it in design.
http://www.poynter.org/special/colorproject/colorproject/color.html
The High School Hub is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic resources for high school students. It features learning activities, a daily news quiz, a reference collection, SAT practice, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, arts, health, and technology.
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
"Conceived as the nation's museum of modern and contemporary art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has as its genesis a passion for collecting and for the art of our time."
http://hirshhorn.si.edu/
IKnowthat.com activities encourage kids to be creative and to learn by doing. In the spirit of discovery-based education, the activities are designed to provide kids with opportunities to actively explore concepts and guide their own learning experience. Throughout their explorations at iKnowthat.com, kids are exposed to educational material, which they can learn and apply.
http://www.iknowthat.com
Even those who have never stepped into an art gallery can introduce students to the world of Impressionism with this site as their guide. Designed as a collaborative effort of the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), Denver Art Museum, and Seattle Art Museum as a complement to a 1999 exhibit, the site offers a glimpse into the world of Impressionist painters and explains why their work was so 'radical' in its time. The resource has lesson plans that feature many widely recognized Impressionist works and provides the opportunity to experience Impressionism through an online tour of paintings by Degas, Monet, Van Gogh, and other artists. Its entertaining combination of historical perspective and artistic composition will delight young visitors.
http://www.impressionism.org/
This is a lesson plan that focuses on drama, art, social studies and language arts. Students will evaluate and examine the life of a frontiersman by looking at various artworks and examining primary source documents. They will complete various activities including writing and performing an original skit.
http://catlinclassroom.si.edu/lessonplans/cq-aplan.html