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Math

logic puzzles

Interesting little ole zero

Number CSI-Solve the Crime

Music

Handel

Medieval Music

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Art

Origami

Henri Matisse

Vincent Van Gogh

Calder

Mobile lp
Kennedy Center
Art and Science experimentation
NGA teacher’s lessons
Calder lesson w link to interactive mobile builder
Calder Stabile Lesson Video
SHORT how-to!!
Calder Kinetic Stabile Bird Lesson Plan

Art of Italy

Roman Architecture
Roman column evolution
Roman Architecture
Roman Architecture Khan Academy
Example of post and lintel architecture
Youtube - How to draw the colosseum
Step by step how to
Mosaics - Pompeji Mosaik 2
Black and white mosaic photo
Roman Mosaic
Photo
Rose Window
Rose Window
Arts and Activities, Stained Glass Windows
High school lesson but adaptable
Roman Ports
Black and white mosaic of Roman ships
All About Roman Mosaics
Roman Ports
Examples of mosaic boats
Isis The Ship of Wishes
This is a blog, so you might not be able to access it
The Punic Wars
Example of boat mosaic with FISH
Use Your Colored Pencils
Blog from art teacher for boat mosaic lesson

Modigliani

Mati and Dada: Modigliani
Short video
Modigliani Lesson Plan -Face

The Basics

Basic Supplies
List of my go-to basic supplies and order info from School Specialty
Do you know your history?

Art of China

Blue
Blue Willow Plates in Tempera
Ming Vases by Dana Allen
Everything in one place to teach Ming vases!!
Ming Vases Scratch Art Lesson

Chihuly

Shrink Dink Lesson

Animation

WALTER ANDERSON

Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist
YouTube video
Walter Anderson Museum
Lesson Plan Library
Walter Anderson
An ELA lesson plan which includes THE 7 MOTIFS
Walter Anderson, Alphabet Lesson Plan
Includes copy of the 7 motifs, lesson plan for making an alphabet letter using the motifs
Styrofoam Printmaking Lesson
Basic printing lesson using styrofoam "plates"
Styrofoam Printmaking with Markers
Art with Trista: 7 Printing Techniques for All Ages
Dick Blick Monoprint Lesson (Includes supplies list)
Simple, with styrofoam plate and markers
Collections of Walter Anderson Art
Blockprints in Nature
Anderson artwork - Butterflies
Mississippi Encylopedia, Walter Anderson
Good, shorter overall review of Anderson's life
Mississippi Digital Library, Anderson
Large collections of art
Art Essential Questions
PDF list
Keynote Presentation, Walter Anderson
Very simple

Research for Students

Boise State, Introduction to Printmaking
Definitions and examples
Mississippi Believe It!
ELA lesson plan with good info, questions and activities
BBC Printmaking for Kids
Visuals and activities
Jerwood Visual Arts, Printmaking
Definitions, history and examples

Greek and Latin

Common Latin Phrases
The greek Alphabet
It's Greek to Me!!
My Vocabulary
Membean Latin root
ad
Prefix: con
Membean: medi
Membean: ven
Latin: -ject
Prefix PRO
Read all the way to bottom.
Latin Root "mot" from Membean
Latin Root "cis" Membean
Greek: pod
Poly
Poly-Membean
Membean: port
Membean: flu
G/L root: SYN Membean
G/L root: MORT, Membean
Membean: mono
Equ, equi
History of the word "forensics"
Learn more about the root of the word
Membean: cept
Membean, ver
Membean: plex
Terr - Membean

Order in the Court in Latin?!

Language Arts

Analogies for 5 and 6
Fun with analogies

Writer's Toolbox

Amazing Writing

Sentence Starters
Using nouns to start your sentences

Vocabulary

3rd Which one doesn't belong

Science

Latitude and Longitude

Coding

Learn to Code
This is the place to start to learn all about coding
Scratch!
Tinker

The Brain

The Nose Knows

The Nervous System

History/Social

Aborigines

Art/Music

Dreams and Dots Art
Links to video and examples of art
Why Dots Belong in the Desert
Blog post with interesting perspective on the dot in the painting
The History and Emergence of Aboriginal Art
Aesop's Fable's
For comparison lessons with morals
Aboriginal Dreamtime Patterns
2 Dreamtime Stories
Aboriginal Myths
Secret of Dreaming: An Australian Myth
Youtube video, Australian myth creation of Dreaming

Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling

Edsitement Lesson Plan/Storytelling
Great lesson plan can follow start to finish through links
Landscape Dot Painting
An Aboriginal dot painting lesson plan
Aboriginal Art and Patterning Visual art lesson
Good background information w good photos
Aboriginal Bark Painting Lesson Plan
Full lesson plan with detailed instructions for art
Animals in Aboriginal Art
Great examples of different animals

Africa

Anansi

Anasi Tales

Egypt

Egypt Country Profile
Egypt for Kids
Fun Facts - Egypt
NatGeo Africa
Drawing King Tut Head
Easy step by step drawing for kids

Fabrics of African Countries

Cote d'Ivoire

Tanzania

Ghana

Morocco

South Africa

Animals

China

Bamboo Books

Chinese Bamboo Book and Slip
Article on book with photo

Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty Facts
Ming Dynasty from NYTimes info for Teachers
Teacher information regarding history behind Ming Vases
Ming Vases
Slide Share Facts
Ming Vases
Teacher info and photos
Youtube Ming Vase Find

Creating a Museum

Freedom

History of the USA

Veterans Day

Japan

Art Lessons
Haiku
Japanese Art For Kids
Unit on Japanese Art
Poetry Foundation
Info on Haiku and Tanka
Sumi-e Bamboo Demonstration
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Khan Academy
Wood Block YouTube
For Teachers
Woodblock Carving like Hokusai

MEDIEVAL AGES

An Intro to Medieval England
Black Plague Simulation
Great tie-in to math, Displaying and Analyzing Data
Cockney Accent
Design a family coat of arms
Ducksters Art of the Middle Ages
Feudalism
Fill-in pyramid
Feudalism Pyramid
Liberty Hill
Lots of broken links!!
Medieval Map of England
link
Monasteries
PDF of Medieval Map
Study Guide for Door in Wall with Vocab
The Door in the Wall
Online Book
The Door in the Wall
Some LA suggestions
The Door in the Wall-Unit Choice Boards
Some great high-level discussion questions
William and Mary/The Door in the Wall
Center for Gifted Education

Art

Bayeux Tapestry
Interpretations
Bayeux Tapestry-A Guide
Calligraphy/Lettering Fonts
Assortment of fonts to use for illuminated letters
Fish Embroidery Photo
History of Battle of Hastings
How to make a cardboard loom
Making a Tapestry
youtube video
Map of England/Hastings
SCHOOL SPECIALTY SUPPLIES ORDER
Simple Embroidery Lesson
The Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Three great activities Bayeux Tapestry

Book Binding

Embroidery

Burlap Embroidery Lesson Plan
Easy, basic stitches
This is a blog sooo
Embroidery Planning Sheet
Simple Stitching Guide Handout

Metal Foil Tooling

Metal Foil Tooling Lesson

Castles

Medieval England
Virtual Reality views of castles

Clothing

Knights and Knighthood

Music

Barbara Allen-Joan Baez
Ballad example
Core Knowledge Lesson Plan-Of Monks and Minstrels
Edmond Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
English Medieval Ballads
Links with musical examples
Gregorian Chant from Sound of Music
Hildegard Von Bingen
Gregorian Chants
Medieval Life and Times - Instruments
Mr. Donn-Middle Ages Gregorian Chant
Simple definition with example of plain text
The Hurdy-Gurdy
"String instrument of the wheel"
Writing a Ballad Lesson Plan