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.                                                                                          

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 dance lesson plans for Dance aligned to National Standards   http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons.aspx?facet:ArtsSubjectName=Dance&q=dance#results

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