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Welcome Back !
To celebrate the beginning of the new school year, we're Spotlighting the many ways for you to teach in, through, and about the arts. We hope this collection will inspire you to use the arts in your classroom in new and creative ways.
One piece of exciting news to share: we are working hard on a complete upgrade and expansion of the site, slated for launch in Spring 2010. With the relaunch, we'll present a refreshed and renewed collection of lessons and how-to's, as a growing our collection of multimedia resources, new materials for informal educators-- as well as launching new site areas for families and students to engage with arts learning. If you have great ideas (or a wish list!) for arts-centered teaching and learning, please you to drop us a note by using the Feedback button at the top of each page. We'd love to hear from you!
As always, we are delighted to be a resource for you, and we hope you will tell us how we are meeting our goal of delivering compelling arts experiences—- have a wonderful school year, and we'll see you online!
The ARTSEDGE Team
Lessons:
Playing with Puns
Students will compare puns and wordplay in The Shakespeare Stealer and Twelfth Night.
Adapting a Musical
This lesson explores the implications of developing a musical from a literary text or an historical event.
Cinderella Trilogy
Students will compare and contrast different versions of the Cinderella story.
America, A Home for Every Culture
Students will explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States a unique and diverse country.
Sundiata, Mali's Lion King
This lesson introduces the legendary Malian king Sundiata Keita through mask-making, an element of traditional Malian festivals.
Dalí & Desnos: Surrealism in Poetry and Art
Students will learn about the writers and artists of the Surrealism movement. Students will analyze imagery in poetry and visual art of the period, then create a poem incorporating surrealistic techniques.
Baila! Latin Dance in the Spanish Classroom
Students demonstrate and learn about the Latin dances of salsa, mambo, merengue, rumba, cha cha, bachata, and samba through oral group presentations on the dance.
How-To's:
Bringing the Classroom to Life with Role-Play
Use role-play to activate your students' imaginations.
Managing Arts in the Classroom
This How-To offers guidance for managing arts-related classroom projects.
Managing Creative Movement in the Classroom
Arts educator Harlan Brownlee offers tips for managing student movement activities in your classroom.
Assessing for Understanding
This is the third How-To in the series, Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts, based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue.
Five Easy Drama Games for the Early Elementary Classroom
Interested in fostering creativity in the classroom but lack the space or resources for an elaborate theater production?
Advocacy Essentials:
Why Arts Education Matters
Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center and former senior vice president for the Kennedy Center, discusses the place of the arts in a comprehensive education.
Exercise Your Influence for the Arts
A call to action for teachers to take a proactive role in advocating for arts education.
Contributing to the Human Spirit: Arts Education and the Creative Economy
Testimony Before the Senate and House of the Louisiana Legislature
Look·Listen·Learn:
Perfect Pitch
Batter up! This multimedia exploration introduces students to the most enduring all-stars of the orchestra: the instruments.
Community PhotoWorks
Armed with cameras, seventh grade students from Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles, CA ventured out in their communities and came back to school with creative compositions. This online gallery displays the students’ photographic and literary compositions and offers a thorough method of analyzing photography that you can apply to virtually any classroom.
City Dionysia: The Ancient Roots of Modern Theater
City Dionysia: The Ancient Roots of Modern Theater is an engaging Web interactive focused on the historical development of theater in Ancient Greece. Designed to support high school studies of theater, literature and world history, the site leads students though the development of Ancient ideas and contemporary theater practice, then on to write and stage their own original play while demonstrating an understanding of the rules and structure of Greek tragedy.
The Power of Theater
What does theater "do"? Does it matter in a contemporary, screen-driven society? This intermittent series, drawn from the Kennedy Center Education Department archives, examines the way theater impacts modern society and culture.
Arabesque: Music of the Arab World
Join host Georges Collinet (from NPR's Afropop Worldwide) in this 3-part audio series that each explores a different aspect of Arab music: the musical instruments of the Arab World; what makes Arab music unique; and the styles of music in the Arab World.
Meet the Artist:
Kevin Bubriski, on Photography and Place
The professional photographer talks about his approach to photography and gives advice to students.
Joseph Bruchac, on Sharing Stories
A Native American storyteller speaks about the process and practice of storytelling.
Dr. Billy Taylor, a Conversation on Jazz
The jazz pianist and scholar discusses the history of jazz, and its different forms.
Tim McDonald, on the Practice of Writing
The playwright for the Kennedy Center production Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka speaks about his experiences and challenges as a writer.
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