Dance
Music
Theatre
Visual Arts
Bonus Links



National Art Education Association

         http://www.naea-reston.org/

The National Association for Music Education

         http://www.menc.org/

Educational Theatre Association

         http://www.edta.org/

National Dance Education Organization

         http://www.ndeo.org/

American Alliance for Theatre & Education

         http://www.aate.com/

The American Music Conference

         http://www.amc-music.com/about_us.htm

Americans for the Arts

         http://www.artsusa.org

Arts Education Partnership

         http://aep-arts.org/

Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge

         http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

         http://www.nasaa-arts.org/

National Endowment for the Arts

         http://arts.endow.gov/

American Choral Directors Association

         http://acdaonline.org/

American String Teachers Association with National School Orchestra Association

         http://www.astaweb.com/

National Dance Association

         http://www.aahperd.org/nda/template.cfm?template=main.html

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

         http://www.aahperd.org/index.html

National Standards for Arts Education (Dance, Music, Visual Arts & Theatre)

         http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/professional_resources/standards/
natstandards/standards.html

National Standards for Music Education
         http://www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm

INTASC Standards for Arts Teacher Education

         http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/ArtsStandards.pdf

State standards

        http://edstandards.org/Standards.html

         http://www.aligntoachieve.org/AchievePhaseII/basic-search.cfm

ERIC

         http://www.eric.ed.gov/

GEM

         http://www.thegateway.org/browse

Arts Edge

         http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aboutus/sitemap.cfm

Knowledge Network Explorer: Arts

         http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/categories.cfm#6

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DANCE

Content Background Information

Ballet Notes

         http://www.balletmet.org/balletnotes.html

History of Dance

         http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/history.htm

Sapphire Swan Dance Directory

         http://www.sapphireswan.com/dance

Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials

Great Performances: Dance

         http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/genre/dance.html

PE Central: Dance Lesson Ideas

         http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/dance/danceindex.asp

Teachnology: Dance Lesson Plans

         http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/arts/dance

Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children

A Dancer’s Journal

         http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/marthagraham/index.htm

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MUSIC

Society for American Music

         http://www.voicesacrosstime.org/guide/songgrid.html

The National Association for Music Education

         http://www.menc.org

Content Background Information

American Music on the World Wide Web

         http://www.american-music.org/resources/ResourcesOnWeb.htm

Arizona Opera

         http://www.azopera.com/learn.php

Essentials of Music

         http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/main.html

Instrument Encyclopedia

         http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument

Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials

The Educator’s Reference Desk: Music Lesson Plans

         http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts/Music

K-12 Resources for Music Educators

         http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html

Music Education Resources Idea Library

         http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/musicedresources

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

         http://www.rockhall.com/programs/plans.asp

Songs for Teaching

         http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm

Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children

ArtsAlive: Music

         http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.asp

Children’s Music Web

         http://www.childrensmusic.org

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

         http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp

The New York Philharmonic KidZone

         http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml

San Francisco Symphony for Kids

         http://www.sfskids.org

Sesame Street Music Works

         http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/music

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THEATRE

Educational Theatre Association

         http://www.edta.org

Content Background Information

Story Arts

         http://www.storyarts.org

Theatre History

         http://www.theatrehistory.com

Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials

The Costume Page

         http://www.costumepage.org

Creative Drama and Theatre Education

         http://www.creativedrama.com

The Drama Teacher’s Resource Room

         http://www.sasktelwebsite.net/erachi

Learning Through Storytelling

         http://www.turnerlearning.com/turnersouth/storytelling/index.html

Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children

Seattle Children’s Theatre

         http://www.sct.org

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VISUAL ARTS

Content Background Information

About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange

         http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/lange/index.html

Africa: The Art of a Continent

         http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa

The American Museum of Photography

         http://www.photography-museum.com

Art History Resources on the Web

         http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Art Studio Chalkboard

         http://www2.evansville.edu/studiochalkboard

Artcyclopedia

         http://www.artcyclopedia.com

ArtLex Art Dictionary

         http://www.artlex.com

Exploring Themes in American Art

         http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm

Lesson Plans, Strategies, and Materials

Arts Connected

         http://www.artsconnected.org

ArtsEdNet

         http://www.getty.edu/education

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Art and Architecture

         http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artarch.html

Kinder Art

         http://www.kinderart.com

National Gallery of Art

         http://www.nga.gov/education

Sites for Use in the Classroom with Children

ArtEdventures

         http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/index.html

Artgames

         http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index.html

Crayola Creativity Central

         http://www.crayola.com

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Bonus Links

Harcourt Art Center

         http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/art_center.html

The Internet Theatre Bookshop

         http://www.stageplays.com/index.htm

The Costume Page

         http://users.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

Makeup FX

         http://www.makeup-fx.com

The International Theatre Design Archive

         http://www.siue.edu/ITDA

The American Variety Stage at the Library of Congress

         http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html

The Theatre History Website

         http://www.theatrehistory.com

William and Gayle Cook Music Library Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources

         http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources

OnLine Classics

         http://www.onlineclassics.com/DCTV/html/index.html

The Symphony

         http://library.thinkquest.org/22573/index.html

Gateway to All Art

         http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/

10,000 World Art images on the Internet

         http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/cgi-bin/home

A Gateway to Literary Classics

         http://classics.mit.edu/

A Gateway to Music History

        http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm

A Gateway to Art History

         http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

Piano Nanny

        http://www.pianonanny.com

Classical Music Archives

        http://www.classicalarchives.com

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