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Smithsonian Folkways Lesson Plans
Smithsonian Folkways, the non-profit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, offers hundreds of free, curriculum-ready lesson plans that use...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Instruments of the World Collection
The Met's digital collection allows students and teachers to browse and filter by culture, historical period, and instrument type. Each instrument...
National Gallery of Art (NGA) Open Access Image Collection
Provides over 50,000 digitized artworks that are free to download and use for educational and non-commercial purposes, perfect for deep visual...
Reframing Art History Online Textbook
A free, open-access college-level art history textbook that takes a global, thematic, and critical approach to the discipline, moving beyond the...
Smithsonian American Art Museum Recording a Changing Nation
Uses photographic surveys as source documents to spark sustained inquiry into historical context, visual literacy, and social change.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
An online chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of art history, featuring essays, images, and high-resolution downloadable art.
Adobe Express Teaching Resources
The Adobe Education Exchange search page is your one-stop shop for curriculum inspiration! It isa virtual filing cabinet brimming with projects ready...
Smarthistory
A free, not-for-profit multimedia resource featuring high-quality videos and essays that explore art from prehistory to the present, focusing on...
Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) Critical Thinking in Action
Guides that use art to promote critical thinking, observation, and analysis, often integrating U.S. history and language arts skills.
National Gallery of Art (NGA) Art Tales
Provides lessons, videos, and books designed to introduce art concepts (like line, shape, and color) to young children by connecting them to stories...
National Gallery of Art (NGA) The Elements of Art Unit
A comprehensive unit with multiple lessons designed to introduce students to the Elements of Art (color, line, shape, form, texture) using...
Art Lessons for Kids (KinderArt)
A large collection of free, simple, themed lesson ideas and activities for primary grades, covering topics like seasons, holidays, and basic crafts.
Getty Museum K-5 Lessons
Free lesson plans and guides for exploring the elements of art and design, often using simple materials and focusing on observation and basic...
BandLab for Education
A free, collaborative, cloud-based digital audio workstation (DAW) allowing students to create, record, and mix music using technology.
Paint With Music, Google Arts & Culture
An interactive tool where students arrange animated “blobs” to generate rhythms and melodies, helping them explore beat, pitch, and...
Musical Canvas, Google Arts & Culture
An interactive AI-powered tool where students draw shapes, lines, and patterns that transform into musical phrases, textures, and soundscapes,...
Instrument Playground, Google Arts & Culture
An interactive tool that lets students generate, play, and compose music using instrument sounds from around the world powered by Google AI.
Carnegie Hall: Write Your Own Song
A five-part video course detailing the process of songwriting, from inspiration and idea generation to final composition.
MuseScore
Free, open-source software for creating, playing, and printing sheet music. A robust tool for composition and arranging.
Carnegie Hall: Perelman American Roots Curriculum
Explores the legacy and cultural context of African American Spirituals, linking music to history and social studies.
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