Appreciating Art Strand K-2

Sites

What Is Art?
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/artartists.html
Explanations and examples of artworks through the ages.

Enchanted Learning: Art and Artists
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/
Examples of works in different media by various artists.

How Artists Use Colour
http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/games/knockoffs.html
View a selection of artworks and change their colours online.

Global Children\'s Art Gallery
http://naturalchild.com/gallery/
View works by children from all over the world.

Web Gallery of Art
http://www.wga.hu/
The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European 
painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1100-1850), 
currently containing over 13,500 reproductions.

Nanoworld Image Gallery
http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
See what insects plants, and cells look like through the lens of an electron microscope.

National Gallery of Australia
http://www.nga.gov.au/Home/index.cfm
View works by Australian and overseas artists.

Art Gallery of NSW
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
View works from various collections.

The World Wide Art Gallery
http://www.theartgallery.com.au/
View works from the gallery of contemporary art.

Art News
http://www.artnews.com.au/
Comprehensive collection of gallery links and other Arts resources.

NGA Kids
http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Take an interactive tour of the gallery or create art online.

The Artists\' Universe
http://www.iaaa.org/exhibit/art-univ-index.html
View artworks of outer space.

Asian Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=6
See forty-nine specially selected works of Asian Art or tour the museum. 

Lessons

Bostik Art Topics
http://www.clag.com.au/topics/topics.htm
art & craft activities and patterns that can be downloaded with easy to understand step 
by step instructions, using materials readily available in the class-room which requires minimum supervision.

Let\'s Talk About Painting
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2367/
This lesson introduces young students to the elements of the arts, and teaches them 
to use appropriate vocabulary when discussing paintings.

Animals In The Wild
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/early/animals-ArtImage.htm
Students compare two paintings with similar subjects and themes and relate the theme 
of the paintings to their own experiences.

Pets Are Part of Our Lives
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/early/pets-ArtImage.htm
Students offer interpretations of the situation presented in this painting by creating 
stories about what happened and after the moment depicted.

Shapes All Around Us
http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.cgi?idl=516
These activities are planned to give the student a fun atmosphere in which to practice 
identification of shapes. The lesson is centered around books about shapes.

Art Zone: Collage Machine
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
Create an online collage using the images provided.

Crayola: Artists and Their Work Lessons
http://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/index.cfm
Search the lesson plan index for lessons on this theme.

Introducing Marc Chagall
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Art_History/ARH0005.html
Students will be able to identify the paintings of Marc Chagall when presented with ten prints, 
three of which Chagall painted. 

Meeting the Masters
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Art_History/ARH0006.html
To understand how the great master painters used the elements of design to create famous paintings.

A Crafty Idea
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2090/
Students will be introduced to the concept of junk art or found art.

Teacher Reference

How Artists Get Their Ideas
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/ideas.htm
Ideas for teaching about artistic inspiration.

By Request: Literacy Centre Ideas Year 3-4

3rd Grade Centre ideas
http://teachers.net/projects/centers/topic434/3.12.05.00.47.28.html
Ideas for setting up literacy centres in the classroom.

Literacy Centres
http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Learning_Centers/Literacy_Centers/index.shtml
100 pages of practical suggestions and activities to guide you in getting started with literacy centres. 

Setting up a Learning Centre
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/lcentre1.htm
Ideas for creating a learning centre in the classroom.

Mini Writing Lessons
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=4+Blocks
Ideas for using rotating writing activities in the classroom.

Literacy Stations In Your Classroom
http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/schools/crestview/ls/Teacher/Teacher_General_Literacy.htm
How to manage your literacy stations and ideas for mini lessons.