Free Lesson Plans and Resources

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For lesson plans already aligned to National Standards for Art Education click here.

For lesson plans already aligned to Common Core State Standards click here.                                                                                          

DANCE

BRITANNICA SCHOOL EDITION HAS HUNDREDS OF LESSON PLANS FOR DANCE ALIGNED TO ARKANSAS DANCE FRAMEWORKS THAT ARE SEARCHABLE BY GRADE LEVEL: 

http://www.school.eb.com/ 

                    You'll be asked to log in with your school's information available from your library media specialist or retrievable here:  edsupport@eb.com

                    When you've logged in, click Curriculum Standards at the bottom

                    Select a grade level, Arts Education as the Subject, Dance as the Standards Search Term, and Arkansas as the state                

OER COMMONS--186 LESSON PLANS FOR DANCE  http://www.oercommons.org/search?f.search=dance

TEACHING CHANNEL--19 LESSON PLAN VIDEOS FOR DANCE   https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos?q=dance

          Especially good collaboration between an English teacher and dance teacher--https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-through-creative-dance

KENNEDY CENTER AND ARTSEDGE--75 LESSON PLANS for Dance aligned to National Standards   http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons.aspx?facet:ArtsSubjectName=Dance&q=dance#results

ARTS TOOLKIT--21 DANCE LESSON PLANS  http://www.ket.org/artstoolkit/dance/lessonplan/

This list of Dance resources is always growing. Check back soon!

THEATER

BRITANNICA SCHOOL EDITION HAS HUNDREDS OF LESSON PLANS FOR DANCE ALIGNED TO ARKANSAS DANCE FRAMEWORKS THAT ARE SEARCHABLE BY GRADE LEVEL: 

http://www.school.eb.com/ 

                    You'll be asked to log in with your school's information available from your library media specialist or retrievable here:  edsupport@eb.com

                    When you've logged in, click Curriculum Standards at the bottom

                    Select a grade level, Arts Education as the Subject, Theater as the Standards Search Term, and Arkansas as the state       

AS YET UNCATEGORIZED LESSON PLAN RESOURCES:

Learning to Give offers lesson plans for arts educators that are aligned to standards and teach about philanthropy   http://learningtogive.org/teachers/

Teacher Vision  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/activity/resource/5855.html

KIDS MAKING VIDEOS FOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS  http://kidsvid.4teachers.org/index.shtml

Elementary Art Teachers will love these ideas!!    http://www.telusplanet.net/public/groenen/#Art

And here are great Readers' Theater projects for elementary students--  http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/

National Art Educators Association provides these resources:   http://www.arteducators.org/learning/lesson-planning

HOW TO BRING SCREENWRITING INTO THE CLASSROOM  http://www.edutopia.org/blog/screenwriting-classroom-jennifer-ansbach       

Combine Visual Art, Science, and Books! from    --  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/arts/artsspecial/for-children-lessons-in-medieval-manuscript-illumination.html?_r=1

ARTS lesson plans created by Partnership for 21st Century Schools: http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf

National Endowment for the Humanities EDSITEMENT Arts and culture lesson plans http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans

The New York Times Lesson Plans blog. Ways to Teach with Film:  http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/more-ways-to-teach-with-film-the-2011-awards-seaon/#more-98865

Bright Hub for bright minds Visual Art lessons:   http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/topics/art-lessons.aspx                         

Collaborative Learning Project www.collaborativelearning.org

Collaborative lessons for teaching Shakespeare to youngsters  http://www.collaborativelearning.org/englishdramaonline.html

teAchnology ARTS and HUMANITIES Lesson Plans  http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/arts/

Education Closet: A website devoted to Arts Integration http://educationcloset.com/category/lesson-plans/

You Tube specifically for educators:  http://www.youtube.com/education?category=K-12

School Tube provides great inspiration for educators!   www.schooltube.com

Video Resources for your art classroom:    http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history