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arts (call number 707+)

Artists - biography

Art - Study and Teaching - Elementary

Art - Study and Teaching - Middle School

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Journals

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Arts and Activities [electronic resource]
Call Number: 707.5 A78
Art Education [electronic resource]
Call Number: 707.5 A79
International journal of education & the arts [electronic resource]
Journal for learning through the arts
Scholastic Art by Published in Cooperation with the National Gallery of Art
Call Number: 707.5 A74
School Arts [electronic resource]
Call Number: 707.5 S3
Teaching artist journal [electronic resource]

Featured books - K-7

Studio Thinking from the Start by Jillian Hogan; Lois Hetland; Diane B. Jacquith; Ellen Winner
Call Number: 372.5 H64 2018
ISBN: 0807759155
Publication Date: 2018-08-30
Art Is Every Day by Eileen S. Prince
Call Number: 702.8 P75
ISBN: 1569767157
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Starting with by Kit Grauer, Rita L. Irwin & Michael J. Emme, editors.
ISBN: 9780973834048
Publication Date: 2011
Art Is Fundamental by Eileen S. Prince
ISBN: 9781569762165
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Using Art to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies by Klein/Stuart; Jennifer Klein; Elizabeth Stuart
ISBN: 9781475801538
Publication Date: 2012-12-14
Young Children and the Arts by Carol Korn-Bursztyn
ISBN: 9781617357435
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Artful Teaching by David M. Donahue (Editor); Jennifer Stuart (Editor); Cyrus E. Driver (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0807750808
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Art Teaching by George Szekely; Julie Alsip Bucknam
ISBN: 0415990580
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
The Learner-Directed Classroom by Diane B. Jaquith (Editor); Nan E. Hathaway (Editor)
ISBN: 0807753629
Publication Date: 2012-09-14
The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools by Helen D. Hume
ISBN: 0470183020
Publication Date: 2008-11-24
Early childhood art : painting and printmaking by Amelia Ruscoe
ISBN: 1741269229
Publication Date: 2010
Teaching Children to Draw by Marjorie Wilson; Brent Wilson
ISBN: 1615280057
Publication Date: 2010-03-02
Art Lab for Kids by Susan Schwake; Rainer Schwake (Photographer)
ISBN: 1592537650
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Illustrated Elements of Art and Principles of Design by Gerald F. Brommer (Consultant Editor)
ISBN: 1562906658
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Teaching Art by Rhian Brynjolson
Call Number: 707 B798 2009
ISBN: 1553791959
Publication Date: 2010-02-08
Draw Me a Story by Bob Steele
Call Number: 741 S75
ISBN: 1895411823
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
365 things to make and do right now! by Susan Hunter-Jones And Katy Rhodes
Call Number: 745.5 H86
ISBN: 1445487950
Publication Date: 2012

Featured books - Secondary school

Engaging the Adolescent Mind by Ken Vieth
ISBN: 0871926946
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The Art and Design Teacher's Handbook by Susie Hodge
ISBN: 1847061508
Publication Date: 2010-09-02
Art Education for Social Justice
ISBN: 9781890160470
Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School by Nicholas Addison (Editor); Lesley Burgess (Editor)
ISBN: 0415168813
Publication Date: 2000-06-05
Rethinking How Art Is Taught by Donovan R. Walling
ISBN: 0761975195
Publication Date: 1999-12-15
100 Ideas That Changed Art by Michael Bird
ISBN: 9781856697958
Publication Date: 2012-10-24
Exploring Visual Design by Joseph Gatto; Albert Porter; Jack Selleck
ISBN: 9780871923806
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Exercises and activities for short lessons in art history : artists and their work
ISBN: 9780825142468
Using the Art Museum by Denise L. Stone
ISBN: 9780871924643
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Globalization, art, & education by Elizabeth Manley Delacruz (ed)
ISBN: 1890160431
Publication Date: 2009
The Delight of Art by David Cast
ISBN: 0271034424
Publication Date: 2009-08-14
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An Eye for Art by National Gallery of Art
ISBN: 9781613748978
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Name That Style by Bob Raczka
ISBN: 1580138241
Publication Date: 2009-01-09
Engaging Learners Through Artmaking by Katherine M. Douglas; Diane B. Jaquith
ISBN: 0807749761
Publication Date: 2009-07-01
The Art Book by Phaidon Press Editors
ISBN: 0714864676
Publication Date: 2012-09-10
Dictionary of art and artists
Inter/actions/inter/sections : art education in a digital visual culture by Robert W. Sweeny (ed)
ISBN: 1890160490
Publication Date: 2010
A Teacher's Guide to Digital Media in the Classroom by Richard Harrington; Ted Lai
ISBN: 0321591437
Publication Date: 2008-09-26
Illustrated Elements of Art and Principles of Design by Gerald F. Brommer (Consultant Editor)
ISBN: 1562906658
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
The art of fashion illustration [electronic resource] by Somer Flaherty Tejwani
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781627881722
Publication Date: 2015
Paper and Ink Workshop [electronic resource] by John Foster
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781592538607
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
The Last Layer [electronic resource] by Bonny Pierce Lhotka
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 0321905407
Publication Date: 2013-03-15
Mobile Digital Art [electronic resource] by David Scott Leibowitz
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780240825021
Publication Date: 2013-04-23
How to Create Your Own Gig Posters, Band T-Shirts, CD Covers and Stickers [electronic resource] by Ruthann Godollei
ISBN: 9780760343142
Publication Date: 2013-03-15
Revisions : readings in Canadian Art Teacher Education by Rita L. Irwin, Kit Grauer and Michael J. Emme.
Call Number: 707 R485 2007
ISBN: 0973834013
Publication Date: 2007
The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Secondary Schools by Helen D. Hume
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781118809013
Publication Date: 2014-02-21

Websites - Canadian

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Teacher resources include Emily Carr inspired lesson plans for grades 1 - 7.
CanTeach Visual Arts and Crafts (Elementary)
Visit the Vancouver Art Gallery's virtual museum featuring Musqueam artist Susan Point. Click on Teacher Resources for elementary, secondary and ESL lesson plans.
Lesson Plans from the National Gallery of Canada "...in-class activities, a great selection of artwork images,...and lots of information about artworks and artists in our collection.
Instructional materials in art. The Open Schools BC's Community Learning Network (CLN) theme page on art.
Telling stories: Narratives of nationhood. Canadian resource with 400+ lesson plans from the Confederation Centre of the Arts (CCOA)
That Artist Woman - An elementary art educator from Calgary - posts step-by-step photos for fantastic art activities.
Perpetual Salish / Coast Salish Art in the Classroom - from the Legacy Art Gallery of UVic.
Use arts and crafts materials safely

Websites - International

Art Lesson Plans (Incredible @rt Dept.)
Dick Blick Lesson Plans "...hundreds of Lesson Plans designed to meet the National Standards for Visual Art Education."
Incredible Art Department
Inside art: An art history game. ...digital learning games and interactives about art, history, science and technology.
KinderArt® - the big list [all KinderArt lesson plans in alphabetical order]. Free art lessons for pre-school to teenagers.
Search lesson plans (education at the Getty). Lesson plans in art from the The J. Paul Getty Trust.

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