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Information about children's authors & illustrators, and their books.

Lots of Lists of Books for Children and Youth

Internet School Library Media Center; Elementary Language Arts Resources
A well-classified list of language arts links to support the elementary and middle school levels.

NWCA Writing Centers Online
A comprehensive list of more than 200 of higher-ed writing centers online; useful for secondary teachers and students.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
A great site for secondary school students looking for help writing essays, editing their drafts, and documenting their sources.

Web sites and resources for Teachers: Language Arts
A great list of lesson plans, ideas, activities, and resources to help educators.

Inkspot
Writers resources on the Web. Special areas for young writers.

The Poetry of Walt Whitman

The National Gallery of Art

WWW Virtual Art Galleries
A worldwide selection of art and exhibits.

Seattle Art Museum
Excellent site for teachers and parents. Local events, exhibits and museum resources. The Seattle Art Museum updates this site regularly.

Art History Resources on the Web (7-12)
Do you have an artist, painting, or period you need to research? Visit this site for links to art history information on the Web, arranged by period. Still can't find what you need? Try browsing other research resources linked to this site.

ArtsEdge (K-12)
ARTSEDGE supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts.

Children's Literature Web Guide (K-9)
The CLWG is a collection of the best literature-related Web sites for children and young adults. The CLWG contains a large listing of author, illustrator, and story Web sites and provides links to discussion boards, journals, book reviews, and resources for parents, educators, storytellers, writers, and illustrators.

ArtLex (7-12)
This visual arts dictionary contains more than 3,300 terms and definitions. Each term is described in a short paragraph, including hyperlinks to other vocabulary words and other information.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site (K-9)
Students, want to find a book to read? You'll be sure to pick a great one if you skim these reviews before you choose. Teachers, want to find out how to use books in your curriculum? Get ideas for theme units that integrate language arts with subjects like math and science.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (7-12)
The largest public arts institution in San Francisco, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is composed of two main holdings. The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum contains ancient and European art. The California Palace of the Legion of Honor specializes in American, Oceanic, and African art and textiles. Browse the museums or use the Thinker ImageBase, which contains 75,000 images from the FAMSF collections, to pursue a keyword search.

World Art Treasures (3-12)
Don't want to learn about art just by looking at slide after slide? Try following the virtual learning tour itineraries designed to take a new approach to teaching art.

WWW Virtual Library: Museums (7-12)
A great resource, this site lists over 100 major and minor electronic museums, galleries, and exhibits from around the world. Scan the vast offering of art on the Web, or check out links to other Web-based art guides.

Learn About Instruments
Learn about the different families and different types of musical instruments. Then listen to a sample of their sound.

Artslynx Dance Resources (5-12)
This link library contains all kinds of dance information. Need to research a ballet? Start your search here. How about finding information about a dance association? Find their Website here. Want to learn about dance publications, scholarships, or university dance programs? It's all organized in an easy-to-use format on Artslynx.

Dance Directory (K-12)
Use the Sapphire Swan Dance Directory to look up the information you need on nearly any type of dance. Organized by dance style, you can find a listing of Web links for dances as different as the ballet and the Flamenco.

Worldwide Internet Resources
A large listing of Internet resources, you can use this site to pinpoint the information you are after. Browse sites about musical artists, genres, performances, journals, and more.

Worldwide Art Gallery (5-12)
Hundreds of useful links to art resources around the world organized in easy-to-find categories. Users may submit additional links to a category. The Art Education link has excellent biographical information for hundreds of artists,images and museums.




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