| Arts
Education |
Art
Web Quests |
none |
A
database of Art/Music Web Quests. |
Both |
Matrix
of Examples |
| Arts
Education |
Dance
- Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Provides
an in depth background on ballet, their creators and history. Lists
of choreographers and composers are also given. |
Both |
Ballet
Notes |
| Arts
Education |
Dance
- Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Information
about choreographer Danny Grossman and his work. |
Both |
Danny
Grossman |
| Arts
Education |
Drama |
Drama
and Dramatic Artists |
The
history of the Greek, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, and Neo-Class
plays and playwrights. |
Both |
History
of Drama |
| Arts
Education |
Drama |
Drama
in Context |
Drama
ideas to use in your classroom. There are also articles on costumes,
props, set design, lighting and scenic painting. |
Teacher |
The
Drama Teacher's Resource Room |
| Arts
Education |
Drama |
The
Collective Creation |
An
extensive collection of drama links. There are lessons ideas, information
on how to set up for a school play, costume ideas, etc. |
Teacher |
Theater
Resources |
| Arts
Education |
Drama |
The
Collective Creation |
This
site has synopses of some plays that work well with a class, definitions
of Theatre terms and lesson plans for a classroom drama. |
Teacher |
Childdrama.com |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Louis Armstrong. Includes links to other jazz bios. |
Both |
Geocities |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Brief
biography of Lil Hardin - female jazz composer and performer. |
Teacher |
Riverwalk |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Jelly roll Morton. |
Both |
Geocities |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Benny Goodman. Includes links to other jazz bios. |
Both |
Redhotjazz |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Bessie Smith, female blues singer. Includes links to other jazz
links. |
Both |
Redhotjazz |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
"Jelly
Roll" Morton biography. Includes links to other jazz bios. |
Both |
Redhot |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
History
of jazz before 1930. |
Both |
Redhot |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Louis
Armstrong and his Hot Five bio. Includes links to other jazz bios. |
Both |
Redhot |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Joe
"King" Oliver biography. Includes links to other jazz
bios. |
Both |
Redhot |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Dizzy Gillespie. Includes links to other jazz bios. |
Both |
Geocities |
| Arts
Education |
Jazz |
none |
Biography
of Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist. |
Both |
Duke |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- creative |
none |
How
to motivate a student to perform on their instrument. |
Teacher |
Tripod |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- creative |
none |
How
to practice your instrument. |
Both |
Tripod |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- From Source to Expression |
Creative/Productive |
Showing
students how to write songs. |
Both |
Epinions |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- From Source to Expression |
Creative/Productive |
Sites
for Band teachers. |
Teacher |
ISD77 |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- From Source to Expression |
Critical/Responsive |
Music
sites for classroom music. |
Teacher |
ISD77 |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
An
index list of classical composers which includes biographies, recommended
recordings, and links to related sites. |
Both |
Composer
Master Index |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
A
database of classical composers. Links to composer-related sites
also available. |
Both |
Classical
Composers Database |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- Traditions and Innovations |
Creative/Productive |
The
official website for the musical group Stomp. There is information
about the group and also lesson ideas on how to make percussion
instruments with students. |
Both |
Stomp |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Links
to all different types of music from Opera to Rhythm and Blues. |
Both |
Art
and Culture - Music |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Pictures
and explanations of Medieval and Renaissance instruments. |
Both |
A
Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Creative/Productive |
An
educational site that provides lesson plans for music and interactive
games about music for students. |
Both |
The
Music Education Launch site |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Creative/Productive |
MIDI-Assisted
Composing in the classroom. |
Teacher |
Camilx2 |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Creative/Productive |
Step
by step instructions to writing simple music. |
Both |
Tripod |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Critical/Responsive |
A
step by step guide on listening to music. |
Both |
Tripod |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Cultural/Historical |
Information
on the early Jazz musicians, pictures, song lyrics, and links to
other web sites. |
Both |
Jazz
Roots |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Cultural/Historical |
Individual
web sites for contemporary jazz musicians. Biographies and samples
of their music. |
Both |
Jazz
Corner |
| Arts
Education |
Music
- What is it all About? |
Cultural/Historical |
Definitions
of musical terms. Also a list of tempo terms and dynamic symbols. |
Both |
Music
Dictionary |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Creative/Productive |
A
visual art idea that demonstrates how colours can evoke different
perspectives and feelings. |
Teacher |
When
you are hot, you are hot |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Creative/Productive |
This
web site is a resource for teachers and students that focuses on
the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, colour and painting. |
Both |
Art
Studio Chalkboard |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Critical/Responsive |
Paintings
of the artist Antoinette Herivel. |
Both |
McIntyre
Gallery |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Critical/Responsive |
Biography
and art work of Venetian Artist Jacopo Tintoretto. |
Both |
Tintoretto |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Critical/Responsive |
A
search engine for fine arts. Can search for a specific art work
of by artist. |
Both |
Artcyclopedia |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
A
very concise catalogue of the work of Picasso. Describes what he
did every year of his life. |
Both |
Pablo
Ruiz Picasso |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
A
searchable database of artists. |
Both |
Ask
Art |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
A
very detailed page on Vincent van Gogh. All of his art work is referenced
and includes an extensive biography. |
Both |
Vincent |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
There
are selections of Escher's work and his biography. Also links up
to other Escher pages. |
Both |
Escher
Pages |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
Biography
and Filmography of Georges Melies. He was the first person to make
monster and horror movies. |
Both |
Georges
Melies |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - From Source to Expression |
Cultural/Historical |
Information
on a variety of artists that were born, raised or lived in Saskatchewan. |
Both |
Saskatchewan
Artists |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Creative/Productive |
A
comprehensive art lesson on Industrial Design. Students choose an
object from their home or classroom and redesign it to improve its
function or appearance. |
Teacher |
Teach
Art |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Creative/Productive |
A
visual art idea that has students creating the room of their dreams. |
Teacher |
Positively
Perfect Places |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Creative/Productive |
This
is the web site to the Arts & Activities educational magazine. |
Teacher |
Arts
and Activities |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Creative/Productive |
Visual
Art lesson plans. Search by category or the different mediums. |
Teacher |
KinderArt |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Critical/Responsive |
A
list of Canadian and International artists whose work is or has
been on display at the Gallery. Examples of their work and a short
biography is available. |
Both |
Mira
Godard Gallery |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Categories
include Photography, Pre-20th Century Art, Art Criticism and Theory,
20th Century Art and Tribal Art. They are biographies of the different
artists with links to other web sites. |
Both |
Visual
Arts |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
The
official homepage of Ted Harrison, comes with his biography and
a gallery of his work. |
Both |
Ted
Harrison |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
An
extensive look at the history of Art. Information is divided into
categories by styles, years and different countries. |
Both |
Art
History |
| Arts
Education |
Visual
Arts - Traditions and Innovations |
Cultural/Historical |
Different
types of design art from Advertising to Interior design. Artists
and resource links for each style are provided. |
Both |
Design
Arts |
