This directory is divided between curriculum for the Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Please click below for the type of curriculum you are searching for or go to: Performing Arts

Alpha-Book

In this workshop you will create an 8-page book which expresses a personal theme. Your book will utilize at least two contrasting styles of lettering created with different tools. Your book will utilize both intentional and accidental design.

Claytionary

The "Claytionary" lesson for the Arts Across the Curriculum Day. As you can see, the turnout for the recent KCIC workshop at Gold Camp Elementary was tremendous and drew rave reviews! It’s amazing what a little creativity. Lots of colorful clay and obvious hunger pangs, what the imagination can whip up!

CueSheets

Cuesheets are performing arts study guides published by the Education Department of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Symphony Orchestra. Cuesheets are designed for teachers' use before and after attending performances for school groups and families at the Kennedy Center and at various sites across the country as part of the IMAGINATION CELEBRATION on Tour program.

Dream-Makers Millennium Odyssey

Introduced in 1984, the Crayola Dream-Makers program encourages creative and conceptual development in K-6th grade children, while providing a national forum to exhibit student work. The program emphasizes visual learning in all curricular areas, based on an annual theme

Dream-Makers - "Drawing On Character"

"Drawing on Character" is the eleventh guide in the Crayola® Dream-Makers® series and the second to be presented on Crayola.com. At Binney & Smith, we believe the visual arts are an essential part of every child's development, inspiring imagination and helping children reach their full potential.

Dreaming Beyond the Book

High performing classrooms show evidence of a commitment to developing competence across the entire literacy spectrum: readying, writing, speaking, listening and viewing.

Heart of the Rainforest

In the Heart of the Rainforest is a traveling exhibit which includes realistic, narrative paintings of the South American rainforests, a 1000 to 3500 square ft. simulated environment with hundreds of plants, birds, reptiles and animals of the rainforest. This was all created by artists and teachers, and was sponsored by the Kennedy Center's Imagination Celebration. It is displayed at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center in Colorado.

How to Create a Narrative Painting

Every painting starts with a single idea or premise. Sometimes it comes from an experience, like the painting "Another Point of View". That painting popped into my mind when I climbed to the top of a giant fig tree in the rainforest. In the painting, "Trouble in Paradise" on the other hand, was to create the feeling of the rainforest environment from a Giant Otters perspective, and what might threaten their home. I tried to imagine what these playful otters might encounter while spending time fishing and swimming underwater. I decided to show that view in my painting.

If Rocks Could Talk

The purpose is to introduce students to the rock art of the southwest. Students will know the difference between a petroglyph and pictograph. To provide an art experience that teaches a simple monoprint and the use of stencils. Students will also be learning about negative space.

Kyrgyzstan

The Kyrgyz people have a strong musical and oral storytelling tradition. Until Russian academics began compiling some of the oral history for publication in this century, it was merely handed down through the generations, as would be appropriate for a nomadic culture.

The Mars Millenium Project

A National Arts, Sciences, Technology Initiative. Picture the Future. Take an Interactive Adventure in Space!

Reading Rainbow Study Guide

This performance is based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS television program Reading Rainbow, and highlights eight children’s books which have been featured on the show. The format is that of a musical revue made up of vignettes created by a variety of talented writers and performed by a cast of six actors

Depending on the grade level of your students and the time you have available, you can utilize the activities either before seeing the show or as follow-up activities.

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Return to Freedom

Return to Freedom's American Wild Horse Sanctuary is home to over 130 wild horses that live freely in natural herd groups, just as they would live in the wild. Based on sensitive observation and a direct contact with the animals, Return to Freedom provides insights into where wild horses have come from, how they live in America today and how they behave in the wild.

Taiko Drummer

Taiko means "drum" (literally "big drum") in Japanese. Taiko come in many shapes and varieties with the body made of wood and the membranes or heads made of stretched cow or horse skin. The Japanese experience with these large drums dates from the 600s (CE), when Japan, under the influence of the Chinese, saw the importation of Buddhist and Chinese culture.

Wax Resist

Third grade students science unit on the life in the Rain forest. The inhabitants of the rain forest are interesting, endangered, and in some cases only found in that biome fount on the planet. Animals, birds, reptiles, and insects are some of the most colorful and interesting. Are there species in the rain forest that are fluorescent colored? Are fluorescent colors found in nature?

Website Resources

Suggested website resources for character development, performing arts/visual arts-installation artists and books.