VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Teacher Tools
Walter Anderson Centennial Lesson Plans Unit Overview - Secondary Art Curriculum, based on the National Standards and the 2003 Mississippi Visual and Performing Arts Framework. Authors: Vicky Miley NBCT, and Miriam Wahl, NBCT (National Board Certified Teacher).
Mississippi Musicians Teaching Units - Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame site. Teachers Guide for the Mississippi music and musicians unit which is built around:
1. a new book entitled Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame - Legendary Musicians Whose Art Has Changed the World. In the back of the book, a listing of resources from the Mississippi Library Commission is provided.
2. a CD by the same name which will be used to give examples of Mississippi music and musicians.
3. a Mississippi Blues Musicians Map listing over 300 Mississippi blues musicians and their hometowns (optional).
4. a Teacher's Guide (free). These resources can be ordered from the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame; P.O. Box 1270; Clinton, MS 39060.
Joy2Learn presents world-class visual and performing artists in programs available to
schools free of charge. The programs are interactive, Internet-based arts education
presentations that can help inspire students to learn about the arts.
The Electronic Field Trip Series is an interactive, live educational experience available from Ball State University , in partnership the National Park Foundation, the Smithsonian, The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and many more historic institutions. Together, these organizations have developed a digital classroom that enhances learning through dynamic website and broadcast programs. These educational materials are developed in association with each of Ball State¹s highly-credentialed national partner organizations and crafted to meet the McRel (national) standards. After weeks of classroom preparation time, participants tune in to the EFT, a live broadcast that links students and teachers around the country with knowledgeable experts on site. Throughout the 60-minute presentation, viewers explore unusual artifacts, talk with scientists, experts, and witness cool experiments.
To learn more about Electronic Field Trips or to register please visit www.bsu.edu/eft
Architecture Slide
Presentation
A slide presentation on the
architecture of Mississippi's Old Capitol and the Mississippi State Capitol
Building is available to you for use in art classes or Mississippi studies
classes. Contact Alison
Hopton-Davis, the architectural historian at the State Capitol, to arrange
for her to bring the slide presentation to your class.
Mississippi History on Loan
Over 200 videos are available for loan, free of charge,
through the Manship House Museum. Call (601) 961-4724 for
information.
Fine Arts
Listserv
A fine arts listserv
has been developed to assist
fine arts teachers in the state in networking. It is hoped that through
improved communication, we can help each other and work toward our common goal
of improving arts education in Mississippi.
Through the listserv, you will be able to field questions to all participating teachers in the areas of dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts. This will also provide an important link with the fine arts specialist, functioning as the primary method of communication about opportunities in fine arts.
If you would like to be a part of the Mississippi Department of Education’s Fine Arts Listserv, follow the directions below:
To subscribe:
Send a message to leubanks@mde.k12.ms.us with “subscribe finearts” (without the quotes) as the subject of the mail.
If you have questions, please contact:
Limeul L. Eubanks - Visual & Performing Arts Specialist -Mississippi Department of Education (601) 359-2586
Revised 9/09/2007