Teacher’s Resources - Arts Activities & Bibliography

NEED SOME IDEAS FOR ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO IN THE CLASSROOM THAT CONNECT TO VARIOUS ARTS AND CULTURES?

FOA has established this on-line location for our accumulated study guides, bibliographies, and arts activities. None of us likes to re-create the wheel every time…so go ahead and investigate our material and copy it or use it as a spring-board for new projects.

Activity Age range Artistic Skill Culture Download
Framing Nature Grades K–8 Visual Art Any Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
Advertising Workshop Grades 4–8 Theater American/European Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
A Picture Tells a Story Grades 4–12 Creative Writing Any Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
Movement Using Scarves Grades K–2 (Extension: grades 2–4) Movement Any (Extension: Chinese) Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
A Family Testimonial Grades 3–6 Visual Art and Storytelling African-American Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
Family Stories Grades K–8 Storytelling Franco-American Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
Download all activities Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file
Download bibliography for teachers Available as a MS Word file Available as a PDF file

NEED SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON VARIOUS ARTS AND CULTURES?
These downloadable study guides relating to past and present Art Encounters Artists in our on-line Teacher Resource Center. These resources can be used to supplement a variety of study subjects and research projects.

Artist Artistic Skill Culture Download
Becky Rule Storytelling Yankee culture of New Hampshire Available as a PDF file
Nancy Hellebrand Photography Nature Available as a PDF file
Howard Lyons Storytelling and Song Native American Available as a PDF file
Kahurangi Dance South Pacific Available as a PDF file
Kindred Sprits: Kayiga & Winsom Abstract Art African-American Available as a PDF file
Philip Hamilton Music Caribbean, African-American Available as a PDF file
Roberta Baker Creative Writing   Available as a PDF file
Skip Gorman Songs, Stories, Poetry American West Available as a PDF file
Won-Ldy Paye Storytelling West Africa Available as a PDF file