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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Art Critiques Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A tipsheet giving ideas on how to encourage students to think and speak critically about visual arts, music, dance, and even literature.
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University of South Florida

Usf: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Composing With Solfege

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through solfege, students will create their own musical compositions as Maria did in the musical The Sound of Music.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of African Art: Activity Room

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come discover Madagascar--its geography, animals, music and language. Test your current knowledge and learn new things too.
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Website
Majoring in Music

Majoring in Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore potential music schools, learn about a very large selection of potential music careers, and find music camps and programs on this site. With blog articles written by music professionals, you'll find plenty of great advice if you...
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PBS

Pbs: Transcending Poetry, Jazz, Rap & Hip Hop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The objectives in this lesson will have learners describing the characteristics of poetry, jazz, rap and hip hop music. Students will also analyze how poetry, jazz, hip hop and poetry reflect the culture of the time.
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Website
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: The Art of India

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of links to websites on the art of India. Looks at India's history and its ancient civilizations, and festivals, puppetry, dance, music, architecture, painting, and lots more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Picturing the 1930s

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter a virtual movie theater and learn about art of the 1930s in the United States. Exhibitions include: The Depression, The New Deal, The Country, Industry, Labor, The City, Leisure, and American People.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Beat Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry surveys the Beat movement in American literature and culture during the 1950s and early 1960s, which was personified by such writers as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Woodstock 1969: How a Music Festival That Should've Been a Disaster Became Iconic Instead

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years later, people are still trying to match the bizarre accident that was Woodstock '69. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began on August 15, 1969, as half a million people gathered on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Billed as...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Dreams and Musical Feet

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Other

Rand Corp.: Gifts of the Muse: Reframing Debate About Benefits of the Arts [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
With schools cutting costs, often times arts educators must justify why what they teach is important. This study in pdf format addresses many of the positive outcomes of arts education for students. Many of the benefits relate to 21st...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Aida and Its Relevance to the World Today

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan relates the opera Aida to current events in the Middle East for a music or art class. Contains links with information, assessment ideas, extensions and more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which students learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American Roots...
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Other

China Daily: China Culture a Z

For Students 9th - 10th
Go directly to a collection of illustrated feature-length articles about traditional and contemporary Chinese arts. Covers the principal visual and performing arts of China, for example, traditional crafts, calligraphy, architecture,...
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Other

Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, art, reviews, a glossary, and lots more for the musical "Iolanthe."
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Black and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ralph Ellison was a musician who later became a writer. His book Invisible Man is written like a jazz composition. In this lesson, students will interpret key themes and concepts in Invisible Man that are also found in jazz music.
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Article
Other

Leather Puppets of India

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to learn about the fascinating world of Gypsy-made leather puppets. This nomadic tribe is always on the move carrying their puppets and musical instruments seeking permission from village leaders to perform for monetary...
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Other

Westminster Library: Homework Help

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This library resource offers homework help for elementary school students from kindergarten through fifth grade. Topics include geology, literacy, art, music, world culture, current events and many others.
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Handout
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Fletcher Henderson

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource highlights the career of big band leader Fletcher Henderson, by providing a brief overview of his life and music. It includes a few audio clips of his music.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Poetry and Music Fun With Chris Daughtry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This language arts lesson grabs students' attention by incorporating a popular musician. The lyrics to "Over You" include vivid language that makes identifying figures of speech intriguing. The students will identify similes, metaphors,...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Yo Yo Ma, Master Cellist

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site explores the cello and the artistry of Yo-Yo Ma. Be sure to visit the suggested web sites, especially Yo-Yo's site at Sony.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Middle Ages: Arts & Entertainment

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the entertainment that occurred during the Middle Ages. Types of instruments and involvement in religious life discussed.
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University of South Florida

U. Of South Florida: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive project provides information on many aspects of the Holocaust. There is an excellent timeline with narrative, pictures, and web links. The People section provides a study of people involved in and affected by the...

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