http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Click on the teaching materials section of this Web site to access a well-chosen collection of links in all areas of the arts, including drawing, film, dance, music, architecture, computer arts, and video. Use these links to teach your students how to make handmade paper or lead them in a dance to an African clave rhythm.

www.getty.edu/artsednet
Maintained by the J. Paul Getty Trust, this site contains a wealth of teaching resources related to the visual arts. It allows you access to information on topics such as national landmarks or Navajo art via a categorized list of the collections used in the lesson plans, or through the grade-level scope and sequence charts.

http://artswork.asu.edu
This Web site-a product of the Herberger College of Fine Arts at Arizona State University-provides classroom teachers with resources, assessment ideas, practical tips, and links to advocacy sites in the area of K-12 visual arts, dance, music, and drama curricula. A wonderful student component offers details about a wide variety of careers in the arts.

www.essentialsofmusic.com
Produced by a drama-consulting firm, this site offers an abundance of free information for drama teachers. The lesson plans submitted by classroom teachers include instruction in making costumes from recyclables and teaching the art of mime. The site also offers an extensive set of drama links.

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/erachi
Produced by a drama-consulting firm, this site offers an abundance of free information for drama teachers. The lesson plans submitted by classroom teachers include instruction in making costumes from recyclables and teaching the art of mime. The site also offers an extensive set of drama links.

www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
Probably the largest Web collection of links ideal for music educators, this site has separate lists of links for band teachers, choral teachers, orchestra teachers, and classroom music teachers. Find out the lyrics to songs like “On Top of Spaghetti,” learn more about the lives of classical composers, join a listserv for music teachers, and much more.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml
This digitial collection from the U.S. Library of Congress archives more than 47,000 pieces of sheet music written between 1870 and 1885. Students can view the scores of any music from bicycle waltzes to President Garfield's funeral march. This site is a great starting point for creating a multidisciplinary unit involving social studies and music.

www.webenglishteacher.com
Introduce your class to the fine art of creative writing with lesson plans that explain the basics. The writing section on this site offers exercises in creating memorable characters, writing fables, and using simile. The site also promotes the critical evaluation of literature.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gschtml
A collection of more than 29,000 photographs of homes, stores, offices, factories, and historic buildings, this site is an invaluable tool for use in projects focusing on the 20th century in the U.S., including the 1939 World's Fair.

Kathy Schrock (www.kathyschrock.net) is the administrator for technology at Nauset Public Schools in Orleans, MA. This article was originally published in the January/February 2004 issue of Instructor.