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.                                                                                          

White County Central students rehearse their one-act play"Shuffling."   

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