| Dance |
Life's Dance |
A series of lessons on various dances. |
Teacher |
Lesson Plan Search |
| Dance |
Life's Dance |
In this activity, students will identify different reasons people dance. |
Teacher |
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge |
| Dance |
Making Sense of Things |
Students will develop the ability to respond to musical sound through movement. |
Teacher |
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge |
| Drama |
Beyond the Community |
Gives ideas for all kinds of theatre games that can be played to increase performance or creative skills. |
Teacher |
Creative Drama and Theatre Education |
| Drama |
Beyond the Community |
A list of exercises to help teach improvisation. |
Teacher |
Learning Improv |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
Activities which get students to become involved in any stage activity on all levels - intellectually, intuitively and physically. |
Teacher |
Kids 4 Broadway |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
Drama lesson plans for elementary school teachers. They cover many aspects of Drama. |
Teacher |
Canada On Line |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
Ideas for icebreakers to create a good group dynamic and positive classroom environment. |
Teacher |
Drama Teacher's Resource Room |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
In this lesson, students work individually and co-operatively to create everyday objects with their bodies. |
Teacher |
Drama Teacher's Resource Room |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
In this lesson, students will develop vocabulary words through dialogue. They use pantomime and verbal interaction while dramatizing a story. (May be adapted for other stories). |
Teacher |
California State University Department of Education |
| Drama |
Home, School and Community |
This lesson uses creative dramatics to teach poetry. The lesson helps students create meaning from poetry by having them act it out. |
Teacher |
A to Z Teacher Stuff |
| Drama |
The Arts |
Using folktales, students identify elements that are different. They act out four scenes from each story. |
Teacher |
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge |
| Drama |
The Arts |
In this lesson, students will examine and use actions to present a co-operative story. |
Teacher |
Can Teach |
| Music |
Ideas and Inspirations |
Learn about orchestras of the world, the instruments and famous composers. Conduct and compose music, invent instruments etc. Sound and videos! |
Both |
The New York Philharmonic Kidzone! |
| Music |
Learning to Hear |
This site provides a way for students to hear, learn and have fun with music. It deals with the elements of music and the instruments in the orchestra. |
Both |
San Fransisco Symphony |
| Music |
Learning to Hear |
A series of lessons to teach children the basics of music. |
Teacher |
Dallas Symphony Orchestra |
| Music |
Learning to Hear |
Sites for band teachers. |
Teacher |
ISD77 |
| Music |
Life's Music |
How to motivate a student to perform on their instrument. |
Teacher |
TRIPOD |
| Music |
Life's Music |
A link to the websites of Canadian Folk artists. |
Both |
Northern Journey |
| Music |
Life's Music |
In this lesson, students begin to understand how pieces of music are constructed and the different parts that make up a song. |
Teacher |
Lesson Plans Page |
| Music |
Life's Music |
Music sites for classroom music. |
Teacher |
ISD77 |
| Music |
Life's Music |
How to practice your instrument. |
Both |
TRIPOD |
| Music |
Making Sense of Things |
In this lesson, students will be introduced to jazz dance and jazz music. They will have a chance to try some basic jazz dance movements, and will create a Cinquain poem inspired by jazz music. |
Teacher |
The Kennedy Centre Arts Edge |
| Music |
Making Sense of Things |
This site is a place for kids to compose music, play with musical performance, music games and music puzzles. |
Both |
Morton Subotnick's Creating Music |
| Visual Art |
Ideas and Inspirations |
This is a nicely constructed collection of art and art appreciation activities. Well illustrated ideas and concepts could be used in a variety of settings and grade levels. |
Teacher |
Art Room |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
An excellent lesson for helping students to understand the concept of contour lines. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
This site covers the "basics" - Pencil, Black pen drawing lessons, Adding coloured marker, Collage, Mixing paint and Art History. |
Teacher |
World Net |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
This site contains activities which will develop children's knowledge and understanding of the elements of art. |
Teacher |
Teaching Ideas |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
This site gives definitions and examples of many terms dealing with the elements of art, art media, styles and some artists. |
Both |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
A lesson teaching the concept of one-point perspective. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
This lesson will help students understand the concept of contour lines. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
A lesson that shows what texture is and how it can be used to create a landscape picture. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
This lesson will help students develop their perceptual abilities by sketching objects found in nature. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
An excellent lesson to help students understand what an organic shape is. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Learning to See |
A lesson teaching the concept of two-point perspective. |
Teacher |
Sanford - a Lifetime of Colour |
| Visual Art |
Life's Art |
Brief biographies of Saskatchewan artists are given. Photos are included. |
Both |
Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists |
| Visual Art |
Life's Art |
This lesson teaches students how to recognize the art of three artists - to learn about their lives and styles of art. They use the internet to collect information. |
Teacher |
Teachers Net |
| Visual Art |
Life's Art |
This site tells information about the artist and shows pictures of her many paintings. |
Both |
Yvette Moore |
| Visual Art |
Life's Art |
In this lesson, students engage in basic theatre techniques for creating a character through movement and voice - using a folk tale as a starting point. |
Teacher |
The Kennedy Center Arts Edge |
| Visual Art |
Life's Art |
A database containing a listing of 1014 Canadian artists with links to their websites. |
Both |
Canadian Artists on the Web |
| Visual Art |
Making Sense of Things |
View some of the works of Ted Harrison and read a brief biography about the artist. |
Both |
Harrison |
