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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

African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

An online collection of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

America Music Conference

Advocacy, research, and support for music education. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: AMC

America Singing: Nineteenth Century Song Sheets

A collection of American and British song sheets from 1850 to 1870. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Library of Congress

America's Jazz Heritage

Audio and video documenting the history of American jazz. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Smithsonian Institution

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 Cultural History: The Twentieth Century

A collection of web guides explore each decade of the twentieth century through Art & Architecture, Books & Literature, Fad & Fashion, Education, Events & People, Music, Theater, Film, Television, and Technology. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Kingwood College Library

American Masters

From children's book authors to jazz greats, this series presents the biographies of America's great creative talent. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition

An online collection of photographs, field notes, anthropological objects, and many other multi-media resources that document and provide context to James Chapin and Herbert Lang's Congo expedition. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

Art and Life in Africa Project

Provides information and images related to art and life throughout Africa. The site includes maps of Africa navigating even the most novice user to information regarding specific countries and peoples, complete with demographics and settlement histories. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: The School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa

ArtsEdge

Standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: ArtsEdge, The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.

ArtsWork

Arts resources for teachers and students including standards, curricula and lessons for teachers and online tutorials for students. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Herberger College of Fine Arts

BBC Audio Interviews

An A-Z selection of audio interviews of the "cultural greats of the 20th Century talking about their work." (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: British Broadcasting Company

Blues Journey

This multimedia site from the Kennedy Center's ARTSEDGE project uses interviews and music clips to inform users about the blues, from its beginnings in the American South to its impact on world music today. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: The Kennedy Center ARTSEDGE

Bound for Glory: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie

Integrates history, music, photographs, essays, poems, letters and drawings to tell the remarkable story of the legendary Woody Guthrie. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Museum of Musical Instruments

The Choral Public Domain Library

Over 7,800 musical scores available in the public domain for free download using Adobe Acrobat. (Learn more)

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Provided by: Choral Public Domain Library

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

The Classical Music Archives

A collection of over 30,000 musical files to listen to or download as well as biographical information and works lists for major composers. Many of the services are free on this website. A subscription fee offers enhanced services. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Classical Archives LLC

Classical Net

Need a consultation on building your own classical CD collection or curious about the history of musical periods and composers? Visit this website for an introduction to classical music and information on related resources. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Dave Lampson

Composers

Find portraits, biographies, lists of selected works, and related links for over 2000 music composers. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: G. Schirmer, Inc. and Associated Music Publishers, Inc.