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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

Africa for Kids

An interactive website that uses images, audio, and fun activities where kids can listen to songs, make masks, and more to learn about African culture. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS Kids

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

Civilization.ca

Contains a variety of interactive materials such as photo-essays, virtual tours, and games to accompany information and images that cover topics such as archaeology, arts and crafts, history, and civilizations. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation

Cool Planet for Teachers

This site from OxFam helps teachers bring global issues into the classroom. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: OxFam

The Corning Museum of Glass

Visit special exhibitions, examine artifacts, and learn about the process of making glass and the many different varieties of glass. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Corning Museum of Glass

Craft Revival - Shaping Western North Carolina Past and Present

This web-based digital history uses primary source documents such as letters, photographs, and other objects to tell the story of the handicraft revival in western North Carolina between 1895 and 1945. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Western Carolina University, Hunter Library

Crafting North Carolina: A Hands on Exploration of North Carolina's Hand-made Heritage

North Carolina's geography, history, and resources brought to life through the crafts of the state. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Mint Museum of Art

Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films

A fabulous treasury of documentary films of American folk culture. (Learn more)

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Hands on Crafts

Pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions are demonstrated in interactive online studios. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Mint Museum of Charlotte

The Little Animals Activity Centre

Full of activities and fun for 4 to 8 year olds. Visit with Mickey the Squirrel to play dot to dots, make toffee apples, find your way through mazes and more. Count Hoot with help you learn addition and subtraction. Digby Mole makes learning about spelling... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: BBC

Maya Adventure

"The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a World-Wide Web site that highlights science activities and information related to ancient and modern Maya culture." User friendly and easy to navigate. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Science Museum of Minnesota

The Metropolitan Museum of Art-Explore & Learn

Interactive presentations about various works of art and artists, resources for educators including lesson plans and pdf documents of background information, suggested activities for students. Information on art from varying countries, time periods, and artists... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

National Museum of African Art

"The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art fosters the discovery and appreciation of the visual arts of Africa, the cradle of humanity." This site contains African Art of many mediums: sculpture, painting, masks, multimedia and more. An added component... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of the American Indian

This website uses Flash technology to present online multimedia exhibitions about the history and culture of American Indians. An excellent online educational resource about codetalkers during WWI and WWII is also available. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

NativeTech

"An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references." (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: NativeTech

North Carolina Arts Council

Supporting excellence in the arts and providing opportunities for every North Carolinian to experience the arts by providing a central resource for locating artists, exhibits, grants and more. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: North Carolina Arts Council

North Carolina Documentaries

Videos about North Carolina history and culture range from 5 to 60 minutes in length. From NCDPI Distance Learning. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: NC Department of Public Instruction

Quilt Index

Presents quilts inventoried over the past 20 years by quilt documentation projects in Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan and Illinois. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Alliance for American Quilts