| Education in the arts is essential to students’ intellectual, social, physical and emotional growth and well-being. |
| IN YOUR SCHOOL MENTOR TEXTS: RELATED ART LESSONS | ||
| Primary: MY ARCTIC 1, 2,3 (Inuit Art - My World: Grade K-3) LARGE COLOUR WHEEL (Online activity to mix colours and paint an artwork) THE GROUP OF SEVEN (Group of 7 – My Scene) FACES, PLACES & INNER SPACES (Cityscapes – Build a Neighbourhood) CAMILLE SUNFLOWER (Artful Emotions – Sculpture) PICTURE THIS (Photography - How do You Feel?) |
Junior: THE SHAMAN’S NEPHEW (Inuit Art- Impressive prints) (Inuit Sculpture – Build Me a Legend) ART CONCEPT PAINTING POSTERS (Painting a still life composition – how to Video) (Canadian Landscapes – view & discuss interactive video) ART CONCEPT DRAWING POSTERS (Basic Drawing with Pencil Techniques Video) TESSELLATION POSTERS (M.C. Escher – Tantalizing Tesselations) WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA (Seeing Math in Art-Build Your Own Sculpture): |
Intermediate: WISAKYJAK AND THE NEW WORLD (Stencil Printmaking): THIS LAND IS MY LAND (Aboriginal Voices in Canadian Contemporary Art – Memories of the Past) ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN (Elements of Design) (Principles of Design) DRAWING POSTERS (Pastel, watercolour and chalk demonstrations) ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN POSTERS PERSPECTIVE POSTERS (An Introduction to Pictorial Space) (Photography, Drawing With Light) IMAGINE THAT! (Real Life - Guy Ben-Ner and Ron Mueck) |
| ABORIGINAL RESOURCES Exploring Aboriginal Art in Canada (83 page Teachers’ Guide - cross-curricular visual art and information literacy resource designed to help students develop skills to help find meaning in Aboriginal art and culture) Aboriginal Education Strategy Aboriginal Perspectives: The Teacher’s Toolkit – Lesson Plans Excellent links to Aboriginal Educational Resources Seven Grandfathers Teachings NEW! James Bartleman Aboriginal Youth Creative Writing Award (description below) Every year up to six Aboriginal students will receive this award for their creative writing talent. Creative pieces may include, but are not limited to short stories, poems, essays, plays, or songs and must be original work created by the student. For each category, there will be an 'up to 12 years of age' and '13 to 18 years of age' recipient. Each recipient will receive a certificate and a cash award of $2,500 You can submit nomination forms at any time. The deadline is May 31st of each year. |
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Arts Subject Associations: Ontario Society for Education through Art (Visual Arts units of study - all mediums and grades - available in May, 2010) Canadian Society for Education through Art Council of Drama and Dance Educators (Drama and Dance units of study - available in May, 2010) Ontario Music Educators' Association Coalition for Music Education |
Online Arts Education Resources: Visual Arts Workshop NEW! Differentiated Instruction Arts Lessons NEW! Learning Through the Arts Integrated Lesson Plans Art!Facts Canadian art, artists and learning activities Lesson Plans from Cybermuse: Art Education Research Site Access artwork, lesson plans and educational resources from Canadian museums eCommunity Arts Lesson Plans - Login Information Create Online Comics in your Classroom LDCSB Learning Materials Centre: book your tools, instructions and get local ordering information for Soapstone Carving Kit (605047) JIS or the Linocut Printmaking Kit (605048) IS Professional Learning Module for the Revised Elementary Arts Curriculum (Artseco: Arts Education Consultants of Ontario) Canadian Music Centre - www.musiccentre.ca National Art Gallery – www.cybermuse.gallery.ca McMichael Art Gallery – www.mcmichael.com National Arts Centre - www.artsalive.ca (includes video clips of dance) The Stratford Festival - www.stratfordfestival.ca |
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