ARE 4242 Teaching Art: The Study of Practice (Fall 2013)
Web Resources
Videos
Art Teaching in Action
A San Francisco Elementary Teacher engages her 3rd grade students in a discussion of American
landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, using the Art in Action online curriculum and an interactive
whiteboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenuQwgsw6w
Continuous Line Contour Drawing Lesson
Drawing with Anna
In this video lesson Anna demonstrates the continuous line contour drawing technique.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL3LiR_pvsU
Learning Through Art
Guggenheim Teaching Artist Anette Jacque discusses Yellow Cow by Franz Marc with a third-grade
class in Queens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PXtRj5i_KU
Guggenheim Teaching Artist Ascha Kells Drake leads a demonstration of cardboard construction with
elementary students.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zvh3MvojrU
How to Draw a Simple Tree with Debbie Chialtas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqd-p1r3wH8
Art21 Educator Joe Fusaro Teaching Power at Nyack High School
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxE7Pwgvkk
Art Curriculum Materials
Spiral Art Education Curriculum
www.uic.edu/classes/ad/ad382
(also see naea.digication.com/Spiral/Spiral_Workshop_Theme_Groups)
Polk County, FL Curriculum Site (Click on 2011-2012 Elementary Education & Secondary Education)
publish.learningfocused.com/307643
An Art Curriculum for the 21st Century (developed by Brian Reverman, Art Teacher, Int'l School of
Beijing)
mountains.brianreverman.com
Up Close: A Focus on Contemporary Sculpture
www.sculpture.org/documents/curriculm/units.shtml
Sample DBAE Art Units
www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/pages/teaching/tea_currunits.html
Cooper-Hewitt's Educator Resource Center
Design-focused lesson plans.
dx.cooperhewitt.org
What Makes a Good Project? & Raising Our Standards, Developing Projects that Endure
by Gary Stager
stager.tv/blog/?p=359
Some Ideas for Curriculum Themes
Great list of big ideas for planning art lessons and units.
www.unomaha.edu/fineart/art/NACNEMasters/themes.html
Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB)
A nationally recognized choice-based art education approach to teaching art.
teachingforartisticbehavior.org
K-12 Art Department Websites
HW Middle School Visual Arts Department (CA)
www.hw.com/academics/msvisualarts
The Art Machine
Middle School Art Department Website (Ogden, Utah)
theartmachineonline.org
The International School of Beijing, Curriculum Wiki.
isbartoneclass.wikispaces.com
Effective Teaching Practices
What makes an effective teacher?
by Curt Jeffryes
www.helium.com/items/806709-what-makes-an-effective-teacher
What makes an effective teacher?
by Tamika Steward
www.helium.com/items/1460856-what-makes-an-effective-teacher
12 Things Teachers Must Know about Learning
by Bill Page
teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/bill-page/12-things-teachers-must-know
5 Reasons Why You Should Simplify What You Say, and How to Do It
by Henrik Edberg.
bit.ly/3zeJyf
One Easy Way to Give More Effective Criticism
by Henrik Edberg
www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/07/18/one-easy-way-to-give-more-effective-criticism
Presentation Zen: 11 ways to use images poorly in slides
By Garr Reynolds
www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/08/10-ways-to-use-images-poorly.html
How is your Teacher's Voice?
www.write-out-loud.com/teachers-voice.html
Presentation Tips by Garr Reynolds
www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/index.html
How to Teach Drawing to Children by Marvin Bartel
www.goshen.edu/art/ed/draw.html
Teachers as Curators of Learning (2009)
by Suzie Boss (Edutopia)
www.edutopia.org/teachers-curating-student-learning
Classroom Management
How Do You Handle Difficult Situations with Students?
by Ben Johnson (2010
www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-student-teacher-conflict
How To Use ‘The Power Of One’ Strategy To Improve Behavior
by Michael Linsin (2010)
bit.ly/9ske5i
How to Develop Positive Classroom Management
by Evantheia Schibsted
www.edutopia.org/classroom-management-relationships-strategies-tips
Ten Biggest Classroom Management Mistakes Made by Teachers
tinyurl.com/yllu29
Classroom Management Tips from the NEA
bit.ly/VaGqBW
Classroom Management Is Not Discipline
by Harry and Rosemary Wong (2005)
teachers.net/wong/OCT05
Safety in the K-12 Art Classroom: Keeping Your Classroom Hazard-Free (2008).
Also see Safety in the Art Classroom: Grades K-6 & Safety in the Art Classroom: Grades 7–12
www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/19618.aspx
California Guidelines for the Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials
The California Education Code Section 32064 prohibits schools from ordering or purchasing any
product that contains toxic or carcinogenic substances for use in grades K-6.
oehha.ca.gov/education/pdf_zip/GUIDE2007.pdf
Arts and Crafts Can Be Hazardous
www.trueart.info/arts_&_crafts.htm
Tales of the First Year as ART-On-a-CART Michael Gettings (December 2010)
naea.typepad.com/naea/2010/12/tales-of-the-first-year-as-art-on-a-cart.html
Proven Learning Centers for the Art Room by Theresa McGee and Hillary Andrlik (July 2010).
theteachingpalette.com/2010/07/28/proven-learning-centers-for-the-art-room
Magic Garbage by Hillary Andrlik (January 2010)
theteachingpalette.com/2010/01/08/magic-garbage
Student Artwork
Student artwork from Darien Public Schools in Connecticut
www.flickr.com/photos/darienpsart
Artsonia
www.artsonia.com
Student Artwork
International School of Beijing, China
isbibarts.ning.com/photo
Understanding Child Art
Young in Art
An illustrated guide to child development in art.
artjunction.org/resources
Web Archive of Children’s Art
childart.indstate.edu
Art Education Advocacy
Ten Lessons the Arts Teach by Elliot Eisner (2002)
www.arteducators.org/advocacy/10-lessons-the-arts-teach
Drawing Lessons by Ann Hulbert, New York Times, April 27, 2008
www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/magazine/27wwln-lede-t.html
Teaching Rembrandt: Why introduce children to masterpieces? by Joseph Matthew Piro
www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2007-11/Teaching_Rembrandt.html
Prepared Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Report, "Arts Education
in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 2009-10" Miner Elementary School, Washington, DC,
April 2, 2012
1.usa.gov/HggMlk
The Real Reason for the Arts by John Spencer (April 8, 2012)
www.educationrethink.com/2012/04/real-reason-for-arts.html
Art Assessment
Student Podcast – Self Assessment Activity
A student at the Shanghai American School in China produced this podcast to share her sources of
inspiration for a perspective project as well as her aesthetic and creation choices.
www.vimeo.com/19280922
Outside the Test: Student Performance Assessments
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/performance-assessment.aspx
Rubric Template
edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/Rubrics/Rubric_Template.html
Portfolios: Assessment Across the Arts: An introduction for arts educators to portfolio
assessment.
bit.ly/Ohsr6s
Reflecting Like an Artist: Student Self Assessment
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/self-assessment.aspx
Art Critiques Made Easy: Tips for leading classroom discussions about works of art
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/art-crit-made-easy.aspx
Inclusion Strategies
Art Beyond Sight
www.artbeyondsight.org
Special learners in the Visual Arts
keyarts.wikispaces.com/Special+learners+visual+arts
Four Ways to Differentiate Objectives
www.byrdseed.com/four-ways-to-differentiate-objectives
Professional Organizations & Resources
National Art Education Association
www.arteducators.org
SchoolArts Magazine
www.davis-art.com/Portal/SchoolArts/SAdefault.aspx
Other
What's Your Learning Style? (quiz)
www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz
Thanks for Teaching Us (testimonials to great teachers)
thanksforteaching.us
Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2009-10: This report
presents selected findings from a congressionally mandated study on arts education in public K–12
schools.
nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012014