Toolkit

The Art Story:  

http://www.theartstory.org/

Purpose is to "Educate, inform, and introduce people to modern art through speaker series, educational workshops, and online educational resources".

For teachers who have not delved into the arts this is a great resource for gaining understanding, appreciation and historic elements of  visual art movements across time.

The Art Shed:

245 Main Rd, Derwent Park TAS 7009

http://www.artshedonline.com.au/Art-Shed/school-and-wholesale/Art-Supplies

"Making Art affordable for everyone"

A fantastic array of visual and creative arts supplies the Art Shed. Art Shed is dedicated to making art accessible for everyone. Art Shed have knowledgeable staff who are dedicated to developing art classes; they have art competitions for kids and offer school and wholesale supplies. They also help the art community by sponsoring art exhibitions and galleries and donate supplies to various charities and organisations.

Welcome to Music:

https://www.welcometomusic.net/

"Welcome to Music provides original, traditional and world music education resources for Early childhood and Primary/Elementary teachers and students".

Presenters Susie Davis-Splitter and husband Phil present unique opportunities for teachers to participate in learning programs which can boosts teacher confidence, including online programs and activities with the tag line of 'making teaching music fun.

YouTube video: historyteachers:

https://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers/featured

This is a great series of YouTube videos by 'historyteachers' that puts historical events into lyrics and matches the lyrics to popular songs. They're great for inspiring students to create either their own musical parody or designing their own music video. You can find their channel here. My personal favourite is Black Death set to 'Hollaback Girl' by Gwen Stefani.

Ackroyd, J., & Boulton, J. (2001). Drama lessons for five to eleven year olds. London: David Fulton.

As a non-drama teacher I found this book really easy to understand and can appreciate that the lessons offered would be simple and effective to implement, and would require little to no adjusting. I also really liked how it helps incorporate drama into lots of different subject areas traditionally 'off limits' to the arts, such as Science.

Sinclair C., Jeanneret, N., & O'Toole, J. (2012). Education in the Arts (2^nd Ed) South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Dinham, J. (2014). Delivering authentic Arts education. South Melbourne: Cengage Learning Australia.

The above two books were helpful in teaching me the language of the arts and some strategies to implement when teaching the arts. I especially enjoyed the case studies and key ideas both books offered as they provided a context for the teaching strategies.

Task: Year 9 history class 

Please click here to view. I also did a marking sheet for the task which you can view here.

Here is a task Kelda Ind devised for a Year 9 history class while I was on teaching practicum at an all girls school in Adelaide. It is based on Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence's and covers a few options based on the arts. It went really well and the girls seemed to really engage with it, especially the more creative options. It would be quite easy to tweak and use for a primary aged classroom.