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@rt Junction
Activity ideas, tips, techniques, thinking activities, and information about art and artists for teachers and students. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: Dr. Craig Roland, School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida
AccessArt
This site features animated, interactive workshops covering topics such as photography, drawing, installation art, photography and color. The workshops include print-out notes and suggested offline activities. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: AccessArt
America's Story from America's Library
An interactive website that incorporates games and multiple media formats with primary sources and information to encourage kids to learn about American history (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: Library of Congress
American Centuries: View from New England
A large American history library of full of primary resources, curricula, and interactive activities that will inspire students to learn about the 1700's, 1800's, and 1900's. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Memorial Hall Museum
American Impressionism and Realism: The Margaret and Raymond Horowitz Collection
A selection of twelve paintings representative of the larger collection including excerpts from Raymond Horowitz's essay, Reminiscences and Reflections on Collecting and brief biographies of the eight artists. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: National Gallery of Art
Ancient China
An in-depth look at ancient Chinese culture through Crafts and Artisans, Geography, Time, Tombs and Ancestors, and Writing. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: British Museum
Archives of American Art
Explore the Archives of American Art digital collections of art and transcriptions of oral history interviews. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Smithsonian Institution
Art Access
Examines objects from various areas of The Art Institute of Chicago's permanent collection to enrich visitors' understanding of their content, style, and historical context. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: The Art Institute of Chicago
The Art of Asia
Uses maps, video, and images to accentuate textual treatments about Asian art in China, Japan, and Tibet. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
artNC
Images and background information on works of art, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans, and program listings. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: North Carolina Museum of Art
¡del Corazón! Latino Voices in American Art
Find primary source materials featuring Latin American artists and their works at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum. (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library
A digital database of approximately 2,500 cartoons from the Clifford H. Baldowski collection. A political cartoonist, known by the pen-name "Baldy," he depicted the local, national and international news of his day. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Russell Library at the University of Georgia and Digital Library of Georgia
BBC History Trails
Choose one of the eight subjects each with a collection of History Trails and take a journey back in time. Through articles, activities, and quizzes students will learn about the history of Great Britain. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: BBC
The British Library: The World's Knowledge
Contains interactive learning exhibits about a variety of topics from the Silk Road to black dance history targeted at students with accompanying material for teachers. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: The British Library
The British Museum
A collection of exhibits and information that explore the past and present of cultures throughout the world through artifacts, art, and science. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: British Library
Campfire Stories with George Catlin
Discover the American Indians of the 1830s through the writings and artwork of George Catlin. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Smithsonian Institution American Art Museum
The Chateau Versailles
Find out about the The Chateau Versailles and French history by exploring interactive maps, lovely images and photos, and brief informative text that covers the major physical areas of Versailles, its fascinating people, their daily life, and their treasures. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Chateau de Versailles
ClassBrain.com
An educational and informative website for everyone: students of all ages, teachers, and parents. This website contains thousands of resources, activities, games, and articles about nearly every topic imaginable. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: ClassBrain.com
Classical Art Research Centre - the Beazley Archive
Browse or search this collection of classical art and archaeology. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Faculty of Classics at Wolfson College, Oxford
Classroom Clipart
A searchable, catagorized archive of historical images, photos, and clip art for classroom use. Browse categories that range from architecture to dinosaurs and from plants to weather. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Classroom Clipart