Curriculum Resources & Lesson Plans
ArtsEdge (The Kennedy Center): A rich resource of arts education materials including teaching materials and professional resources.
ArtsEdNet, The Getty Museum’s
Curriki.org continues to work in support of a global education community - one that makes available the best content and curricula for teaching and learning. Develop, publish, and access open source curricula.
Currikulum Builder:Available as of June 1, this first-of-its-kind editing tool enables members to develop curriculum materials through a collaborative, wiki-based platform. View the Stoichiometry lesson that one educator created using the Currikulum Builder here:
Smithsonian: Now aligns more than 1,200 free educational resources to standards of learning in every state. Simply by entering the name of the state into the search engine, teachers can find lesson plans, virtual exhibitions, photographs and artworks, and databases of research information that apply to their curriculum. The state standards are correlated to all subjects-from language arts and social studies to mathematics and technology.
Teaching for Artistic Behavior: Choice-based teaching and learning delivers in-depth curriculum in the context of student-centered work.
Spiral Workshop: Spiral Workshop has a dual mission: to be a studio where teen artists can explore artmaking in a cultural studies context, and to be a laboratory to develop curriculum projects that can be taught in middle school and high school art classrooms.
Who's Dancing Now?: Public Broadcasting Corporation website offers lesson plans and other arts education resources by region.
Open Educational Resources: OER Commons is a site for shared educational resources. Arts resources at
CARTS (Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students): A project of City Lore, a cultural organization dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and preservation of
Ties That Bind: A project of the Colorado Council on the Arts’ state folklorists, this is an online version of a multi-media resource for
Arts on the Line: Tools for the Arts Advocate - Articles and resources, speeches, advocacy links. The aim of AOTL is to give surfers quick and easy access to the best of this information as well as access to original materials that might help in making the case for stronger and more vibrant arts communities.
Art History Resources, a very large collection of links.
ArtLex, a dictionary/glossary for artists, art students, and art teachers.
Artliaison - a connection between the many different facets of the "art world."
Art Links, a large collection of art resource links from a school principal.
ArtNet Worldwide, for international artists, galleries, artfairs, Auctions On Line, Galleries On Line, and Artists On Line.
ArtNetwork, a global virtual village.
The @rt Room, lesson ideas, a demo, facts and trivia, and an art book review.
Art Xpo, where art is everywhere and everything is art.
Artnetweb, an artist-run web site dedicated to providing resources for creativity and the exploration of possibilities in the digital realm.
Art Serve, art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin and Japan.
Beatrix Potter Educational Programming - Bobbie Sue Grenerth presents Beatrix Potter in libraries, classrooms, and community settings through hands-on activities and first-person interpretation.
Blue Web'n Arts - visit thousands of great art sites (including this one).
Botkyrka Friskola, download programs, read lesson tips, subscribe to a mailing list, participate in projects. These are the organizers of the KIDLINK '96 Art Exhibition.
Carol Gerten Fine Art, with hundreds of; images and biographies of artists.
Crayola Art Education, a site by Binney and Smith.
Creativity Packet- with essays on creative thought, 2 and 3 dimensional art, and a discourse on aesthetics.
Getty Education Resources - Lesson PlansIncredible Art Sites - A section of links to the greatest art related websites on the internet.
‘In View’ is a new Weekly intended for fun, inspiration, and a perspective. It features an historic or contemporary work along with music, notes, quotes, and a short list of resources — something to look forward to each week. Also see Notebook.
The FineArt Forum WWW Resource List This directory is meant to serve as a resource and jumping-off place for people interested in art, and in the possible relationships between art and technology.
Imagination Station by Mark Kistler. A popular PBS TV art show for kids. Internet for the Fine Arts, a network of on-line artists, galleries, museums, and resources for the fine arts.
Jan Brett's Home Page, a resource page for art teachers.
Jewelry Tips from the Jewelery Bench, a very comprehensive resource for the art of jewelry.
John Gilinsky's Education Home Page which focuses Military/War Art and Artists including naval, maritime and aviation art and artists.
Melton Arts.org, Learning About Judaism Through the Arts - site devoted to Jewish arts education. The resources and tools provided on this website are aimed at furthering the teaching and study of Jewish and Israeli culture through the various art forms.
Model Schools, Art Education Resources, Art Advocacy, Lesson Plans, School links, Museum links and more.
New Directions in Printmaking, with information on safer and environmentally safe materials.
Pigment Through the Ages, a great site that tells where we get pigment for paints and what the colors mean in different cultures.
Square 1 Art - They offer art-oriented fundraisers for art teachers.
S/R Laboratories Animation ArtWebCenter,conservation, restoration, framing, and appraisals of cartoons.
The Star, a great resource dedicated to students and teachers of the Arts.
Steve's Web Site Site by Steven Lonker. Aboriginal Art, African Art, Hudson River Schoool, Heidelberg School and Botanical & Ornithological Art.
Ten Cool Sites in Art, which features 10 art sites every week. TCAnet, the Texas Cultural Arts Network.
U.S. General Services Administration Fine Arts Programs Fine Arts and Historic Architecture data bases, image files and public art project information.
Visual Arts Notebook Visual Arts References and Resources. Check out the notes for history of art education and ancient Greece.
Weaving a Future for the Arts in Education Through Technology, an article by two ArtsEdge members.
Web Based Resources: Art Web SitesEmporia State University's collection of hundreds of links.
The World Wide Art Resources pageThis is a must for art students and teachers. It even has a search engine!
WWW Virtual Art Library - Art History (from CHart) WWW Virtual Art Library with many art resource links. Museums Around the World.
