Arts Education Core Learning Resources

Saskatchewan Learning Resources

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Arts Education: Core Learning Resources • Grade 8

Arts Education

Core Learning Resources 8

Prepared by:

Curriculum and E-Learning Branch

Ministry of Education

2009

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Arts education: core learning resources 8 ISBN 978-1-926631-17-2 1. Art – Study and teaching (Middle school) – Bibliography. 2. Art – Bibliography. I. Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Curriculum and E-Learning. Humanities Unit. 011.625 016.3725 All rights for images of books or other publications are reserved by the original copyright owners.

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Table of Contents

Foreword...... v Dance - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 1 Drama - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 16 Music - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 26 Visual Art - Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources...... 43 Community Resources...... 63 Digital Resources...... 65

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Foreword his list of learning resources identifies high-quality resources that have been recommended by the Ministry of Education to complement the curriculum, Arts Education 8. This list will be Tupdated as new resources are recommended and older ones are no longer available. A list of additional learning resources can be found on the Ministry of Education website. (CAN) indicates that a Canadian contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Canadian content. (SK) indicates that a Saskatchewan person contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Saskatchewan content. Other resources beyond those recommended in this list may effectively supportArts Education 8. It remains the responsibility of educators to preview and select materials that best meet the needs of their students, school, and community. Educators should choose resources in accordance with their school division’s learning resources selection policy. Pricing of the learning resources contained in this document is subject to change without notice. The Ministry of Education expresses its appreciation to publishers, producers, and distributors who have provided learning resources for evaluation, and gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by educators who served as evaluators.

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Arts Education:Arts Core Education: Learning Core Resources Learning - Dance Resources • Grade • Grade 8 8

Dance - Print, Audio-visual, K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and Other Resources √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher National Dance Association Distributor American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Brain-Compatible Dance PO Box 385, Dept. C06 OXON HILL MD 20750-0385 Education (800) 321-0789 (703) 476-3400 Author: Gilbert, Anne Green Fax: (301) 567-9553 Annotation E-mail: [email protected] (CORE) In this unique resource, creative Website: www.aahperd.org dance specialist Anne Green Gilbert presents $50.00 U.S. pbk. her ideas regarding the positive impact that Price: dance can have on brain development. The Pagination: 346 p. book provides practical applications for dance ISBN: 978-0-88314-766-5 class derived and developed to support Copyright: 2006 cognitive development. Brain-Compatible Year Recommended: 2006 Dance Education is divided into well-organized lesson plan components that include American standards for dance education, dance concepts, and a format that offers sections on warm-ups, exploring the concept, developing skills, creating, and cool downs. A list of dance skills vocabulary is also provided at the beginning of each chapter. Throughout the book, Gilbert encourages teachers to incorporate theories of multiple intelligences in order to reach all students. Numerous black- and-white photographs enhance the clearly written text. Included are a table of contents and comprehensive lists of resources. The lessons in this book correlate with the Contrast & Continuum Series of compact discs that are also recommended.

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Student Resource Canadian Heritage Collection Professional Resource Series Publisher Authors: Various Rubicon Publishing Inc. Annotation Distributor (CORE, CAN) This series focuses on Canada Vitalink Canada Inc. during the 20th century through the use of 281 Wyecroft Road, PO Box 69596 primary documents. Each book addresses a OAKVILLE ON L6J 7R4 particular Canadian theme and examines it by (905) 849-9188 decade from 1900 to 2000. Whether the topic Fax: (905) 849-7579 is visual art, pop culture, or advertising, each E-mail: [email protected] book uses an excellent selection of original Website: www.vitalinkcanada.com photographs, drawings, writings, and maps to Price: $19.95 each pbk. bring the topic and the time period to life. This appealing series offers students a wealth of Copyright: 2003 insight into our country’s past and its people. Year Recommended: 2004 Each book includes a table of contents.

Title ISBN Advertising: Reflections of 978-0-92115673-4 Culture and Values Popular Culture 978-0-92115688-8 The Visual Arts 978-0-92115687-1

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Student Resource Careers in Culture Professional Resource Annotation Publisher/Distributor (CORE, CAN) Culture is an extremely broad Cultural Human Resources Council term, and careers in this area vary greatly. This 17 York St, Suite 201 interactive website informs students about the OTTAWA ON K1N 9J6 many fields of employment within the cultural (866) 562-1535 sector. (613) 562-1535 The site includes links that provide information Fax: (613) 562-2982 that students require to make a decision E-mail: [email protected] about careers in film and broadcasting, live Website: www.culturalhrc.ca peforming, cultural management, new media, Price: $Free online music and sound recording, the visual arts, writing and publishing, and heritage. Copyright: 1999 Lights Up! An Activity Kit for CIC-Online provides Year Recommended: 2002 teachers with materials to help students learn more about cultural careers. The kit is divided into seven units with activities that expand on the information in Careers in Culture. Careers in Culture and Lights Up! are available at www.culturalhrc.ca/careersinculture/default-e. asp. Note: One copy of the original print version of Careers in Culture was distributed to each high school in 2001.

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists Student Resource Author: Smith, Steven Ross Publisher Saskatchewan Arts Alliance Annotation (CORE, SK) Written in a reader friendly Distributor style, Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists is Saskatchewan Publishers Group divided into three parts: “Status of the Artist”, 2405 - 11th Ave “Artists in Community and Business”, and REGINA SK S4P 0K4 “Artists’ Stories”. The book offers snapshots (306) 780-9808 of numerous Saskatchewan artists and art Fax: (306) 780-9810 entrepreneurs in the fields of dance, drama, E-mail: [email protected] music, and visual art. Brief profiles of the artists Website: www.saskpublishers.sk.ca and entrepreneurs provide black-and-white Price: $19.95 pbk. photographs, artist statements, and highlights Pagination: 243 p. of their careers and life stories. A short section ISBN: 978-0-9780398-0-6 of colour plates features some of the artists and their work. The book includes a table of Copyright: 2006 contents and an index. Year Recommended: 2006 Note: One copy of Celebrating Saskatchewan Artists was sent to each high school in 2006.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Producer/Distributor Ravenna Ventures, Inc. PO Box 51094 SEATTLE WA 98115 Contrast & Continuum Series (877) 576-8742 (206) 528-7556 Annotation Fax: (206) 729-0377 (CORE) This excellent series of four CDs is E-mail: [email protected] Eric Chappelle’s response to many requests Website: www.ravennaventures.com to record pieces to accompany movement exploration and dance technique. Created over Price: $17.00 U.S. each several years with guest musicians in a variety of styles and arrangements, the selections Copyright: 1993-2000 feature contrasts in tempo, texture, and other Year Recommended: 2003 musical elements that correspond to the elements of dance. The conceptual approach Title Order No. to teaching dance provides the framework for Music for Creative Dance: Volume I 93-RV a booklet tucked in the front of each CD. Ideas Music for Creative Dance: Volume II 94-RV on how to use the music and suggestions for Music for Creative Dance: Volume III 98-RV extension and creativity are included. Music for Creative Dance: Volume IV 99-RV Creative dance ideas for all volumes of Music for Creative Dance may be found at www. ravennaventures.com.

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor American Alliance for Health, Physical Creative Dance for All Ages: A Education, Recreation, and Dance Conceptual Approach PO Box 385, Dept. C06 OXON HILL MD 20750-0385 Author: Gilbert, Anne Green (800) 321-0789 Annotation (703) 476-3400 (CORE) Anne Green Gilbert offers theory and Fax: (301) 567-9553 methods for planning a creative dance class. E-mail: [email protected] She lightheartedly warns teachers, however, Website: www.aahperd.org that it may be hazardous to students’ health to Price: $30.00 U.S. pbk. select activities randomly from the methods Pagination: 386 p. section before reflecting upon the theory 978-0-88314-532-6 section. Divided into four sections: “Space”, ISBN: “Time”, “Force”, and “Body”, the methods Copyright: 2006 section provides many suggestions to help Year Recommended: 2006 make lesson planning and teaching successful. The appendices include assessment tools, information on teaching academic curriculum through the kinaesthetic intelligence, music lists, ideas for props, suggestions for integrating dance with the three other strands of arts education, and a bibliography. The book includes black-and-white photographs and a table of contents.

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Suggested Uses Dance Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada Dance about Anything 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 Authors: Sprague, Marty, Scheff, Helene, and (800) 465-7301 McGreevy-Nichols, Susan (519) 971-9500 Annotation Fax: (519) 971-9797 (CORE) This book focuses on helping E-mail: [email protected] educators learn the creative process for Website: www.humankinetics.com developing movement and dance around Price: $35.00 pbk. themes (e.g., weather, community, prejudice, Pagination: 208 p. and human rights) and on how to integrate ISBN: 978-0-7360-3000-7 dance with other areas of study. Dance about Anything provides a logical progression of Copyright: 2006 suggested movement activities that increase Year Recommended: 2009 in complexity from inspiration and design to performance. The book includes a table of contents and a glossary. The accompanying CD-ROM offers reproducible materials including eight inspiration activity cards, eight dance design activity cards, examples of assessment forms, and a template of integrated projects that could be used as a model for creating original integrated projects.

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Dance Composition: An Professional Resource Interrelated Arts Approach Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada Author: Pomer, Janice 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 Annotation WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 (CORE, CAN) This practical resource offers (800) 465-7301 numerous opportunities to explore the (519) 971-9500 interactive relationships among the four Fax: (519) 971-9797 strands of arts education. Dance Composition E-mail: [email protected] provides 28 exercises to assist students in Website: www.humankinetics.com understanding the commonalities across the Price: $49.95 pbk. strands and to explore means of physically Pagination: 208 p. interpreting through movement what the 978-0-7360-6790-4 senses personally reveal to them. It also ISBN: highlights three dance projects that provide Copyright: 2009 a model for students to create choreographic Year Recommended: 2009 works involving music composition, story adaptation, costumes and props, artists’ statements, and reflections on the creative process. The text is supported by black-and- white photographs and diagrams. Included are a table of contents, a general arts glossary, a music glossary, and a list of participating artists. The accompanying compact disc offers original compositions by Barry Prophet that enrich the dance exercises and movement exploration assignments. A website that provides access to music software, instructions on creating computer- assisted music, a journal entry handout for each activity, self-assessment handouts, and rubrics is available at www.HumanKinetics. com/DanceComposition.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Producer Birdsong Communications Grasslands: Where Heaven Meets Distributor Earth Media Group 2710 Millar Ave Annotation SASKATOON SK S7K 4J4 (CORE, SK) This video documentary (888) 682-8808 celebrates the 2004 collaboration between (306) 933-4212 Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s visiting Fax: (877) 444-3354 artists and the ranching community of Val E-mail: [email protected] Marie, Saskatchewan. The artists include Bill Website: http://videodb.mg.sk.ca Coleman and Laurence Lemieux, Margie Gillis, $1.00 per program and the cost of a David Earle, Robin Poitras, Gordon Monahan, Price: blank disc, plus shipping and taxes and many more. Grasslands: Where Heaven Meets Earth follows the creative process Length: 47 min. and culminates in an extraordinary dance Order No.: V2074 performance in the rolling hills of Grasslands Copyright: 2006 National Park. Year Recommended: 2009 Teachers should preview and select excerpts for specific instructional purposes.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor History of Dance: An Interactive Human Kinetics Canada Arts Approach 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 Author: Kassing, Gayle (800) 465-7301 Annotation (519) 971-9500 (CORE) An in-depth review of dance from the Fax: (519) 971-9797 beginning of time to the present, this book E-mail: [email protected] uses an investigative approach that focuses Website: www.humankinetics.com on the who, what, when, where, why, and Price: $66.00 hdc. how of dance in relation to other arts and Pagination: 309 p. world events. The book has many valuable 978-0-7360-6035-6 features including information on dancers ISBN: and choreographers and their work, high- Copyright: 2007 interest history highlights, and a “Developing Year Recommended: 2009 a Deeper Perspective” section that invites students to use visual or aesthetic scanning, learn and perform period dances, observe and write performance reports, and participate in research projects, webquests, and various activities. The text provides black-and-white photographs, maps, timelines, graphics, information boxes, and vocabulary lists. It also includes a table of contents, a bibliography of resources for further study, five informational appendices, and an index. Internet links are provided on the student resource website at www.HumanKinetics.com/ HistoryOfDance.

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Let’s Dance: Indian Social and K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cultural Dances Kit √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Author: Saskatchewan Education Suggested Uses Annotation Dance (CORE, SK) This teacher handbook and Student Resource audiocassette provide information on and Professional Resource instructions for 22 First Nations dances. Publisher One copy was sent to each Elementary and Saskatchewan Education Middle Level Saskatchewan school in 1995. Distributor Curriculum Distribution Service Saskatchewan Ministry of Education 1840 Lorne St REGINA SK S4P 2L7 (306) 787-5987 Fax: (306) 787-9747 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.education.gov.sk.ca/CDS Price: $11.35 kit Order no.: 6097 Copyright: 1995 Year Recommended: 1996

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Métis Dances Kit: Kindergarten to K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grade Nine. 2nd ed. √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Author: Saskatchewan Education Suggested Uses Annotation Dance (CORE, SK) In recognition of Métis Student Resource contributions to the province, Saskatchewan Professional Resource Education, with the assistance of an Advisory Committee, produced the Métis Dances Kit. Publisher The kit contains two audiocassette tapes that Saskatchewan Education provide music by Saskatchewan musicians, Distributor and a teacher handbook that has instructions Curriculum Distribution Service and illustrations on Métis dances. The history Saskatchewan Ministry of Education of Métis dancing and the type of clothing 1840 Lorne St worn are also included. Some of the dances are REGINA SK S4P 2L7 posted on the website of the Gabriel Dumont (306) 787-5987 Institute of Native Studies and Applied Fax: (306) 787-9747 Research at www.metismuseum.ca/browse/ E-mail: [email protected] index.php/208. Either QuickTime or Windows Website: www.education.gov.sk.ca/CDS Media Player is required to view the videos. Price: $11.35 kit One copy was sent to each Elementary and Order no.: 6097 Middle Level Saskatchewan school in 1990. Copyright: 1991 Note: This resource has also been Year Recommended: 1992 recommended to support the renewed Middle Level Physical Education curriculum.

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Suggested Uses Dance Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Human Kinetics Canada Multicultural Folk Dance 475 Devonshire Rd, Unit #100 Treasure Chest WINDSOR ON N8Y 2L5 (800) 465-7301 Author: Lane, Christy (519) 971-9500 Annotation Fax: (519) 971-9797 (CORE) This kit features 18 authentic dances E-mail: [email protected] in two volumes, each containing a DVD/CD, Website: www.humankinetics.com a printed guide, and music. The dances are a Price: $109.95 [Volumes I & II – DVD with CD] collection of popular folk dances representing ISBN: 978-0-7360-7145-1 a mix of cultural diversity. They range from easy to moderately difficult, and each one is Copyright: 1998 demonstrated by a native from the country in Year Recommended: 2002 which the dance originated or by an expert in that particular dance form. The instructors wear traditional costumes and show, step-by- step, how to perform the dances.

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Suggested Uses Dance Music Visual Art Professional Resource The Powwow: An Art History Publisher/Distributor Authors: Martin, Lee-Ann and Boyer, Bob MacKenzie Art Gallery T. C. Douglas Building Annotation 3475 Albert St (CORE, SK) The Powwow: An Art History was REGINA SK S4S 6X6 published to support an exhibition at the (306) 584-4285 MacKenzie Art Gallery. The objective behind Fax: (306) 569-8191 the exhibit was to attempt to bring together E-mail: [email protected] the history of Native American painting and Website: www.mackenzieartgallery.ca/ powwow from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th century. Various styles Price: $17.95 pbk. and artists were selected to help illustrate Pagination: 75 p. the powwow and related performances to ISBN: 978-1-896470-31-3 present a survey of the developments and Copyright: 2000 movements in First Nations painting. The book 2003 includes a history of the powwow and the role Year Recommended: of singers, drummers, dancers, and costumes. Reproductions of the art works of many First Nations artists are featured. This resource is valuable as support for the cultural/historical component of arts education.

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Steps in Time: Métis Dances K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Annotation √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ (CORE, SK) This video teaches three Métis dances: Duck Dance, Fancy Jig, and Rabbit Suggested Uses Dance. These dances are combinations of Dance several steps which are demonstrated clearly. Student Resource Steps in Time: Métis Dances can be used independently or in conjunction with Métis Publisher/Distributor Dances Kit: Kindergarten to Grade 9 (that is also Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & recommended). Applied Research 2 - 604 22nd St W This video is available online at www. SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 metismuseum.ca. (306) 934-4941 Fax: (306) 244-0252 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gdins.org Price: $Free online Lenth: 21 min. No order number is required. Copyright: 1990 Year Recommended: 1992

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Drama - Print, Audio- K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 visual, and Other √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Resources Suggested Uses Drama Professional Resource Publisher Libraries Unlimited Distributor Ontario Library Association 50 Wellington St E, Suite 201 TORONTO ON M5E 1C8 (866) 873-9867 Active Learning through Drama, (416) 363-3388 Fax: (800) 387-1181 Podcasting, and Puppetry E-mail: [email protected] Author: Fontichiaro, Kristin Website: www.accessola.com Annotation Price: $35.00 pbk. (CORE) This professional resource, written Pagination: 240 p. by an experienced arts educator and media ISBN: 978-1-59158-402-5 specialist, demonstrates how drama, shadow puppetry, and podcasting can be used as Copyright: 2007 vehicles to meet cross-curricular outcomes. The Year Recommended: 2009 book offers a discussion of the affective and academic benefits of this process-based work, as well as examples of lesson plans. Black-and- white photographs and samples of students’ work illustrate the suggested techniques. Active Learning through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry provides a table of contents, a bibliography, a general index, and an author/illustrator/title index of the resources suggested for use in the classroom.

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Suggested Uses Drama Professional Resource Publisher David Fulton Publishers Ltd. Beginning Drama 11-14 Distributor Author: Neelands, Jonothan Nelson Education Ltd. Annotation 1120 Birchmont Rd (CORE) This book provides an account of what SCARBOROUGH ON M1K 5G4 teachers need to know, understand, and be (800) 268-2222 able to do in order to ensure that their first (416) 752-9100 experiences of drama teaching are controlled, Fax: (800) 430-4445 effective, and based on best practice. Examples E-mail: [email protected] from the classroom and a series of graduated Website: www.nelson.com lesson plans are included that will help provide Price: $48.50 pbk. both new and experienced teachers with Pagination: 102 p. a progressive introduction to the teaching ISBN: 978-1-85346-528-4 of drama. Included are a table of contents, a bibliography of related resources, and an Copyright: 1998 index. Year Recommended: 2003

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Title ISBN Advertising: Reflections of 978-0-92115673-4 Culture and Values Popular Culture 978-0-92115688-8 The Visual Arts 978-0-92115687-1

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Suggested Uses Drama Professional Resource Publisher Heinemann Educational Books Drama Worlds: A Framework for Distributor Process Drama Pearson Education Canada Author: O’Neill, Cecily School Division 195 Harry Walker Pky N Annotation NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B3 (CORE) Drama Worlds examines the complex (800) 361-6128 improvised event called process drama and (905) 853-7888 identifies it as an essential part of today’s Fax: (800) 563-9196 theatre. The sources of process drama E-mail: [email protected] and its connections with more familiar Website: www.pearsoned.ca kinds of improvisation are explained. This book from The Dimensions of Drama Series Price: $35.86 pbk. provides examples of several process dramas Pagination: 169 p. and identifies dramatic strategies and ISBN: 978-0-435-08671-8 characteristics including role play and script acting. This resource is theoretical in nature, Copyright: 1995 and it is specifically aimed at drama teachers. Year Recommended: 2002 Appendices include references for each chapter and an extensive bibliography.

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Making Sense of Drama: A Guide K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 to Classroom Practice √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Author: Neelands, Jonothan Suggested Uses Annotation Drama (CORE) This reprinted edition is a valuable Professional Resource resource for teachers who would like an introduction to working within dramatic Publisher contexts. It offers suggestions for planning and Harcourt Education (UK) evaluating, descriptions of various dramatic Distributor modes, and sample lesson plans that can be Nelson Education Ltd. used as guides in developing further lessons. 1120 Birchmont Rd The book includes a table of contents. SCARBOROUGH ON M1K 5G4 (800) 268-2222 (416) 752-9100 Fax: (800) 430-4445 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nelson.com Price: $86.95 pbk. Pagination: 122 p. ISBN: 978-0-435-18658-6 Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2004

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Suggested Uses Drama Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Pembroke Publishers Limited The New Dramathemes. 3rd ed. 538 Hood Rd Author: Swartz, Larry MARKHAM ON L3R 3K9 (800) 997-9807 Annotation (905) 477-0650 (CORE, CAN) This resource uses themes from Fax: (800) 339-5568 a rich selection of well-known children’s E-mail: [email protected] literature as springboards to drama Website: www.pembrokepublishers.com exploration. In each of the 10 chapters, the “Extended Improvisation” section provides Price: $18.95 pbk. teachers with an array of ideas for establishing Pagination: 160 p. dramatic contexts and developing roles. ISBN: 978-1-55138-141-1 Included are a table of contents and an index. Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2003

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K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Suggested Uses Drama Professional Resource Publisher Cambridge University Press Structuring Drama Work: A Distributor Georgetown Terminal Warehouses Ltd. Handbook of Available Forms in 34 Armstrong Ave Theatre and Drama. 2nd ed. GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 (905) 873-2750 Authors: Neelands, Jonothan and Goode, Fax: (905) 873-6170 Tony E-mail: [email protected] Annotation Website: www.gtwcanada.com (CORE) The purpose of this book is to outline Price: $29.95 pbk. some of the conventions for structuring Pagination: 116 p. dramatic activities. The book sets out models so the use of conventions can be seen as part ISBN: 978-0-521-78729-1 of a dynamic process that enables students Copyright: 2000 to make, explore, and communicate meaning Year Recommended: 2003 through theatre form. This user friendly resource is filled with accessible and adaptable working ideas and strategies for drama including descriptions of 72 key conventions grouped under the following headings: “Context-Building Action”, “Narrative Action”, “Poetic Action”, and “Reflective Action”. The conventions offer starting points for further activities. The book gives clear advice on utilizing theatre as a learning process and planning drama to maximize involvement and learning. This resource is a practical handbook for drama teachers, or anyone engaged in drama activity with students.

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The Art and Heart of Drum Circles Suggested Uses Music Author: Stevens, Christine Student Resource Annotation Professional Resource (CORE) This resource includes a book, a DVD, Publisher and a compact disc. Hal Leonard Corporation Written in two sections, the book offers Distributor valuable information on beginning a drum Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. circle. It emphasizes the simplicity of the main 195 Allstate Pky elements of a drum circle: the music (the art) MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8 and the people (the heart). It also focuses (800) 387-9776 on ways to share musical talent that extend (905) 477-9700 beyond performing and on ways to inspire Fax: (800) 260-9777 others from diverse cultures and age groups E-mail: [email protected] to recognize their commonality through Website: www.fitzhenry.ca musical expression. The book includes a table of contents and a list of resources for further Price: $14.95 pbk. information. Pagination: 95 p. ISBN: 978-0-634-05066-4 The compact disc that is provided with the book offers over 45 minutes of play-along Price: $24.95 DVD grooves and a practice tool to help users Length: 93 min. develop their percussion repertoire. ISBN: 978-0-634-08770-7 The 93-minute DVD shows basic techniques Copyright: 2003 & 2005 for hand drums and percussion, the eight Year Recommended: 2009 most important cues for guiding drum circles, facilitation formats, information on how drum circles touch lives, and the philosophy and research regarding the health benefits derived from recreational music making.

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Student Resource Canadian Heritage Collection Professional Resource Series Publisher Authors: Various Rubicon Publishing Inc. Annotation Distributor (CORE, CAN) This series focuses on Canada Vitalink Canada Inc. during the 20th century through the use of 281 Wyecroft Road, PO Box 69596 primary documents. Each book addresses a OAKVILLE ON L6J 7R4 particular Canadian theme and examines it by (905) 849-9188 decade from 1900 to 2000. Whether the topic Fax: (905) 849-7579 is visual art, pop culture, or advertising, each E-mail: [email protected] book uses a selection of original photographs, Website: www.vitalinkcanada.com drawings, writings, and maps to bring the Price: $19.95 each pbk. topic and the time period to life. This appealing series offers students a wealth of insight into Copyright: 2003 our country’s past and its people. Each book Year Recommended: 2004 includes a table of contents.

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The Creative Band & Orchestra K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Author: Lieberman, Julie Lyonn √ √ √ √ √ √ Annotation Suggested Uses (CORE) Filled with many creative and practical Music ideas, this book offers games, techniques, Professional Resource exercises, and musical examples designed to help enliven ensemble interaction. One Publisher/Distributor of the key features of this resource is that it Huiksi Music Company introduces five approaches to improvisation. PO Box 495 Included are a table of contents, a bibliography NEW YORK NY 10024 of additional resources, and an index. (800) 484-1333 Fax: (212) 724-3515 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://julielyonn.com Price: $34.95 U.S. pbk. Pagination: 108 p. ISBN: 1-879730-33-2 Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2009

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Drops of Brandy and Other Applied Research Traditional Métis Tunes: 2 - 604 22nd St W SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 Volume Two (306) 934-4941 Annotation Fax: (306) 244-0252 (CORE, SK) On two compact discs, Volume E-mail: [email protected] Two of Drops of Brandy offers a comprehensive Website: www.gdins.org collection of traditional Métis fiddle tunes. It Price: $19.95 – Compact Discs (set of 2) features accomplished Métis fiddlers including No order number is required. John Arcand, Mel Bedard, Hap Boyer, Ed Lafferty, Richard Lafferty, Garry Lepine, and Price: $25.00 – Companion Book Homer Poitras. Pagination: 137 p. ISBN: 978-0-920915-63-9 The accompanying book Drops of Brandy: An Anthology of Métis Music contains biographies, Copyright: 2001-2002 archival and contemporary photographs, sheet Year Recommended: 2005 music, stories about the fiddle, and a history of each fiddle tune featured in the collection. A companion book of music to support the compact disc is available.

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Drum Circle Spirit: Facilitating K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Human Potential through Rhythm √ √ √ √ Author: Hull, Arthur Suggested Uses Annotation Music (CORE) Broadly known as the father of the Student Resource drum circle movement, Arthur Hull addresses the subject of the drum circle spirit, the role Publisher/Distributor of the facilitator, and of course – the drum. White Cliffs Media He maintains that the community is the c/o Pathway Book Service benefactor of successful drum circles because PO Box 89, 4 White Brook Rd they help to build spirit, develop unity of GILSUM NH 03448 purpose, and foster healing. The book offers E-mail: [email protected] drum circle games, exercises, and stories. Website: www.wcmedia.com Included are a table of contents, a list of Price: $29.95 pbk. resources for further information, and an index. Pagination: 206 p. A play-along universal grooves compact disc ISBN: 978-0-941677-84-2 with exercises accompanies this book. Copyright: 1998 Year Recommended: 2009

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Experiencing Choral Music Series: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Intermediate: Grades 7-9 √ √ √ Annotation (CORE) Experiencing Choral Music is a series Suggested Uses designed to promote vocal development Music for students in Grades 6 to 12. It is written Student Resource for treble, mixed, and tenor/bass voices Publisher and is available in four levels: beginning, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill intermediate, proficient, and advanced. Every song is recorded in three ways: voices and Distributor accompaniment, accompaniment only, and McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited part dominant. 300 Water St WHITBY ON L1N 9B6 The resources for the intermediate level (800) 565-5758 include print material and compact discs. The (905) 430-5000 choral selections include a variety of styles, Fax: (800) 463-5885 cultures, and periods in history. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.mcgrawhill.ca Title ISBN Price Copyright: 2005 Mixed 978-0-07-861108-7 $34.64 pbk. Year Recommended: 2009 Mixed: Teacher’s 978-0-07-861109-4 $54.69 Wraparound Edition spiral- bound Mixed: Compact Discs 978-0-07-861110-0 $212.58 Tenor/Bass 978-0-07-861114-8 $34.64 pbk. Tenor/Bass: Teacher’s 978-0-07-861115-5 $54.69 Wraparound Edition spiral- bound Tenor/Bass: Compact 978-0-07-861116-2 $179.26 Discs Treble 978-0-07-861111-7 $34.64 pbk. Treble: Teacher’s 978-0-07-861112-4 $54.69 Wraparound Edition spiral- bound Treble: Compact Discs 978-0-07-861113-1 $179.26

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Suggested Uses Music Student Resource Publisher Lucent Books The History of World Music Distributor Author: Kallen, Stuart A. Saunders Book Company PO Box 308 Annotation COLLINGWOOD ON L9Y 3Z7 (CORE) This book from The Music Library Series (800) 461-9120 offers valuable information on the music (705) 445-4777 history of Africa, the Middle East, India, Europe, Fax: (800) 561-1763 the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United E-mail: [email protected] States. Colourful maps, photographs, and Website: www.librarybooks.com information boxes enhance the text. The book includes a table of contents, a bibliography for Price: $35.85 hdc. further reading, and an index. Pagination: 112 p. ISBN: 978-1-59018-741-8 Copyright: 2006 Year Recommended: 2009

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Suggested Uses Music Professional Resource Publisher Gordon V. Thompson Music Lifeline for Children’s Choir Distributor Directors. Rev. ed. Alfred Publishing Author: Bartle, Jean Ashworth PO Box 10003 VAN NUYS CA 91410 Annotation (800) 292-6122 (CORE, CAN) The techniques and philosophy (818) 891-5999 outlined in this guide for choir directors Fax: (800) 632-1928 are based on Jean Ashworth Bartle’s more E-mail: [email protected] than 20 years of experience in teaching Website: www.alfred.com and directing. It offers helpful information on recruitment, organization, rehearsal, Price: $39.95 U.S. pbk. techniques, performances, the role of the Pagination: 215 p. accompanist, and more. Although intended ISBN: 978-0-7692-7701-1 for directors of Elementary and Middle Level students, it would also be useful for high Copyright: 1993 school directors. The book includes resource Year Recommended: 1996 lists for further reading, a table of contents, and a bibliography.

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Music! Its Role and Importance in K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Our Lives √ √ √ √ Authors: DeGraffenreid, George, Fowler, Charles, Gerber, Timothy, and Lawrence, Suggested Uses Vincent Music Student Resource Annotation Professional Resource (CORE) This 2006 edition is a comprehensive compilation of activities for engaging students Distributor in the study of music from several cultures McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited in varied modes of expression. Included are 300 Water St short profiles of musicians and composers, WHITBY ON L1N 9B6 musical scores, weblinks, chapter reviews, (800) 565-5758 and suggestions for discussion and creative (905) 430-5000 projects. The book offers colour visuals and a Fax: (800) 463-5885 world map. It also includes a table of contents, E-mail: [email protected] a glossary, an index of composers, indexes of Website: www.mcgrawhill.ca musicians and visual artists represented in the Copyright: 2006 text and their works, a music theory handbook, Year Recommended: 2009 a music careers handbook, and a general index. Title ISBN Price A teacher’s annotated edition is also available. Student Book 978-0-07-829756-4 $67.75 hdc. The instructor’s guide offers step-by-step Teacher’s 978-0-07-829757-5 $94.27 lesson plans, brief chapter introductions, a Annotated Edition scope-and-sequence chart, detailed teaching suggestions and background information for Teacher’s 978-0-07-829758-3 $150.20 Resource each activity, answers to chapter reviews, and Binder an index to the compact disc program. Audio Library 978-0-07-869812-X $833.34 The compact disc program provides an (set of 15 extensive repertoire of musical selections on CDs) 20 CDs. This updated version includes a music theory CD that correlates listening selections and ear training segments to the music theory handbook in the student text.

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The resource book offers a listening map and a transparency package that provides visual guides for listening to selections with easy-to-follow graphics. It also includes pronunciation practice guides, assessment tools, music reading keyboard and recorder Silver-Burdett Making Music: accompaniments, and more. Grade 8 The high-quality compact discs provide a Authors: Beethoven, Jane, Brumfield, Susan, varied and rich repertoire of listening exercises, Shehan Campbell, Patricia, Connors, David N., Orff arrangements, and singing activities that Duke, Robert A., et al. include various genres and styles performed by a wide range of child, youth, and adult Annotation vocalists. (CORE) The comprehensive student book A booklet of compact disc contents is from the Silver-Burdett Making Music Series is included with each set. This booklet organized in two parts. Part One, “Steps to includes information on performing groups, Making Music”, includes Units 1-6. These units instrumentation, track length, cross-references provide sequential instruction using elements, to pages in the student books, and special skills, and connections. Part Two, “Paths to recorded features. Making Music”, includes Units 7-12. These units increase students’ music knowledge and skills Each copy of Making Music with Technology through theme-based activities and lessons. includes a guide, a compact disc, and four Each lesson offers ample opportunities for floppy discs. This resource offers a series of students to be actively involved in music lessons that use technology to support musical experiences. The book provides a wide range learning in classrooms. The technologies of songs, including popular, contemporary, addressed are organized into the following folk, traditional, multicultural, seasonal, and categories: Electronic Musical Instruments, holiday songs. Each music piece is presented in Instructional Software, Notation Software, a user friendly format on a white background. Music Production, and Multimedia. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, and The DVDs for dance offer students experiences an index of the music selections. in folk dance, choreography, and singing. Keyboard accompaniments are available in an (to be continued) easy-to-use spiral-bound book that will stand upright on a keyboard stand. The teacher’s edition offers “Unit at a Glance” sections, three-step lesson plans: Introduce, Develop, and Close, plus numerous assessment tools. Included are a themes index, a pitch and rhythm index, a classified index, a listening index, and a song and speech pieces index.

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Silver-Burdett Making Music: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grade 8 (continued) √ The Music Magic Video Library provides a guide and three videos, Percussion Instruments, Suggested Uses Singing Styles, and String Instruments: Bowed Music which are approximately 15 minutes in length, Student Resource and place emphasis on a given concept in Professional Resource more than one cultural context. Through Publisher these programs, students learn that while Scott Foresman the materials of music making including the instruments, scales, tone colours, melodic Distributor materials, rhythms, and textures vary from one Pearson Education Canada culture to another, the gestures of music are School Division universal. 195 Harry Walker Pky N NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B3 Online music resources for teachers and (800) 361-6128 students are available at www.sfsuccessnet. (905) 853-7888 com. These resources include music reference Fax: (800) 563-9196 articles, sample rubrics, adaptations for E-mail: [email protected] meeting individual needs, and more. Website: www.pearsoned.ca

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Standard of Excellence: K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Comprehensive Band Method: √ √ √ √ Book 1: Conductor’s SCORE Suggested Uses Author: Pearson, Bruce Music Professional Resource Annotation (CORE) Each book from the Standard Publisher/Distributor of Excellence Series comes with two CDs Neil A. Kjos Music Co. containing all the full-band accompaniments 4380 Jutland Dr and the iPAS Practice and Assessment SAN DIEGO CA 92117 Software. (858) 270-9800 Website: www.kjos.com The features include: Copyright: 1999 • two CDs of audio accompaniment recordings Year Recommended: 2002 for all full-band exercises • Interactive Pyware Assessment Software Title Order No. Price (iPAS), for Windows or Mac, which takes students through the entire book and Conductor Score: W21F $49.95 U.S. Book 1 pbk. provides numeric performance scores Accompanying W21CD $14.95 U.S. • a tuner and a metronome Compact Disc (set of 2) • an iPAS teacher’s edition which gives directors objective assessment and record- keeping tools.

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World Music: Traditions and K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Transformations √ √ √ √ Author: Bakan, Michael B. Suggested Uses Annotation Music (CORE) Useful for both non-music and music Student Resource majors, this resource focuses on world music Professional Resource with a unique tradition-and-transformation emphasis that covers a wide range of music Distributor styles from traditional folk and classical McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited genres to contemporary world beat, popular, 300 Water St jazz, and experimental music. The resource WHITBY ON L1N 9B6 offers guided listening experiences that assist (800) 565-5758 students in exploring the way that music is (905) 430-5000 organized and how musical elements reflect Fax: (800) 463-5885 music cultural issues. Musical guided tours E-mail: [email protected] break down styles of music into parts, and then Website: www.mcgrawhill.ca piece them back together, helping students Copyright: 2008 to improve their listening skills. Hands-on Year Recommended: 2009 exercises offer students a performance-based perspective. The text provides black-and- Title ISBN Price white photographs, maps, timelines, graphics, information boxes, pronunciation guidance, Student Book 978-0-07-241566-7 $96.95 hdc. key terms lists, student activities, and student Compact Discs 978-0-07-241567-3 $64.95 (set discussion questions. It also includes a table of of 3) contents, a glossary, and an index. A set of three compact discs includes over 100 music pieces, the majority of which are drawn from high-quality professional recordings by artists such as Johnny Cochrane, Eileen Ivers, Yo-Yo Ma, and Ravi Shankar. The CD tracks are closely integrated with the guided tours and listening experiences in the student text. Also available are valuable online resources for teachers and students at www.mhhe.com/ bakan1.

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Visual Art - Print, Audio- K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 visual, and Other √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Resources Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher Office of the Treaty Commissioner Distributor Allen Sapp Gallery #1 Railway Ave E Allen Sapp’s Art: Through the Eyes PO Box 460 NORTH BATTLEFORD SK S9A 2Y6 of the Cree and Beyond (306) 445-1760 Annotation Fax: (306) 445-1694 (CORE, SK) This kit includes a book, a DVD, a E-mail: [email protected] compact disc, and a teacher’s guide. Website: www.allensapp.com The book, Through the Eyes of the Cree and Copyright: 2005 Beyond: The Art of Allen Sapp: The Story of a Year Recommended: 2006 People, depicts the life of the Northern Plains Cree through the art work of Allen Sapp. Title ISBN Price It captures the beauty, warmth, pain, and Student Book 978-1-897010-13-6 $29.95 sadness of their history. pbk. The 18-minute DVD offers the comments of Teacher’s Guide No order number is $50.00 Elders as they reflect on the life of the Northern required. binder Plains Cree that is so beautifully captured DVD/CD set No order number is $12.00 in the work of Allen Sapp. These comments required. provide valuable insight into the impact of the treaties on First Nations people. The compact disc provides a teacher’s guide to assist teachers and students in understanding the Cree worldview and to encourage reflection on their personal worldview through the study of Sapp’s images. A print version of the teacher’s guide is also available in a binder. The DVD/CD set has been distributed free of charge to Saskatchewan schools courtesy of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner. It is suggested that this learning resource kit be added to the Treaty Resource Kit that should be available in every school.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Art First Nations: Tradition and Art Image Publications Innovation 109 Favreau St DUNHAM QC J0E 1M0 Authors: Bergland, Don L. and Zuk, William M. (800) 361-2598 Annotation Fax: (800) 559-2598 (CORE, CAN) Featuring both traditional and E-mail: customer.service@artimage innovative art works, the posters in these kits publications.ca are beautiful examples of painting, carving, Website: www.artimagepublications.ca clothing, basketry, jewellery, and masks of Copyright: 1992 First Nations peoples from the Arctic to the Year Recommended: 1996 American Southwest. The manual contains thematic modules Title Order No. Price comparing traditional and modern artists Elementary Program 1 D200138 $157.95 and their works from each of the five major cultural regions. Activities are suggested for Intermediate Program 2 D200145 $157.95 each of the curriculum components. Included are biographies of artists, maps, timelines, assessment activities, bibliographies, and a glossary. These resources contain significant Canadian content. One module in each kit focuses on Plains art work, but the inclusion of Arapaho of Kansas and Oklahoma under the heading “Métis” may cause confusion. The map on page 19 in each manual shows where individual artists live/lived, but the actual cultures are more widespread. Both kits are useful for the Middle Level.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource ARTSask Teacher Resource Annotation Partners (CORE, SK) ARTSask was created through Canadian Heritage a partnership including the University of MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina Arts Education Progam, the Ministry of Mendel Art Gallery Education, Mendel Art Gallery, MacKenzie Art Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Gallery, and Canadian Heritage: Partnership’s University of Regina Fund for Canadian Culture Online. The website is a showcase of visual art from the collections Website: www.artsask.ca of MacKenzie and Mendel Art Galleries, the Price: $Free online two major public art galleries in Saskatchewan. The art work can be searched by artist, theme, Copyright: 2009 or gallery. Year Recommended: 2009 A glossary of art terms is included. Numerous artists are represented, and the themes include the following: • All about Eve • Identity • Artist as Activist • Imaging Conflict • Beyond Representation • Interior Places • Body in Crisis • Isolation and Landscape • Coexistence • Natural Light • Common Place • Place • Craft Redefined • Pop • Earth Science and Art • Recorders and Keepers • Environmental Matters • Regional Identity • Futureperfect • Structures • The Gaze • Technobabble • Homelands • Time Telling • Humour This resource is currently available at www. artsask.ca.

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Suggested Uses Dance Drama Music Visual Art Student Resource Canadian Heritage Collection Professional Resource Series Publisher Authors: Various Rubicon Publishing Inc. Annotation Distributor (CORE, CAN) This series focuses on Canada Vitalink Canada Inc. during the 20th century through the use of 281 Wyecroft Road, PO Box 69596 primary documents. Each book addresses a OAKVILLE ON L6J 7R4 particular Canadian theme and examines it by (905) 849-9188 decade from 1900 to 2000. Whether the topic Fax: (905) 849-7579 is visual art, pop culture, or advertising, each E-mail: [email protected] book uses a selection of original photographs, Website: www.vitalinkcanada.com drawings, writings, and maps to bring the Price: $19.95 each pbk. topic and the time period to life. This appealing series offers students a wealth of insight into Copyright: 2003 our country’s past and its people. Each book Year Recommended: 2004 includes a table of contents.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Clearing a Path: New Ways of Canadian Plains Research Center Seeing Traditional Indigenous Art University of Regina 3737 Wascana Parkway Editors: Robertson, Carmen and Racette, REGINA SK S4S 0A2 Sherry Farrell (360) 585-4758 Annotation Fax: (306) 585-4699 (CORE, SK) As part of Saskatchewan’s E-mail: [email protected] centennial celebration, Sherry Farrell Racette Website: www.cprc.uregina.ca and Carmen Robertson were invited to curate Price: $29.95 hdc. an exhibition that brought together a diverse Pagination: 19 p. group of artists who work in traditional First 978-0-88977-226-7 Nations media. This book focuses on that ISBN: exhibition entitled Clearing a Path with two Copyright: 2009 essays, plus a catalogue of attractive colour Year Recommended: 2009 photographs of the featured art work.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Professional Resource Publisher Davis Publications Ltd. Engaging the Adolescent Mind Distributor Through Visual Problem Solving Oxford University Press 70 Wynford Dr Author: Vieth, Ken DON MILLS ON M3C 1J9 Annotation (800) 387-8020 (CORE) This book was designed for art teachers (416) 441-2941 who are searching for non-traditional ways to Fax: (800) 665-1771 identify and solve thought-provoking visual E-mail: [email protected] problems. It offers more than 30 student Website: www.oup.com/ca projects that each present a creative idea, Price: $38.95 hdc. a defined set of objectives that allow for multiple outcomes, a technical challenge, Pagination: 138 p. and an opportunity for reflection on what ISBN: 978-0-87192-694-4 has been learned through the process. The Copyright: 2005 activities explore art design elements, personal Year Recommended: 2009 expression, and hands-on exploration of art history. Many colour photographs of art work enhance the user friendly text. Included is a table of contents.

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Some of the highlights of each unit in the three student resources follow: A Community Connection Unit 1 entitled “Art and Messages” provides sections on visual messages, Luis Jiménez, Explorations in Art Series. 2nd ed. a telling collage, art in early North America, Authors: Stewart, Marilyn G. and Katter, Eldon Pueblo potters, the art of Mesoamerica and South America, the Aztecs, graphic design, Annotation bookmaking, and 3-D photomontage. (CORE) The three books in this series include A Community Connection, A Global Pursuit, Unit 2 entitled “Art and Daily Life” includes and A Personal Journey. The student edition of sections on beauty in the ordinary, George each of these comprehensive resources begins Segal, drawing from observation, a daily-life with an introduction to art that discusses portrait, art in colonial North America from what art is, why people make art, subjects 1503-1776, Paul Revere, art in India, Farrukh and themes, art forms, media, elements of art, Beg, creating a collage of something familiar, principles of design, art criticism, and a five- and pottery traditions. step process to creating art work. Each unit Unit 3 entitled “Art and Belonging” offers includes an overview, an exploration of the sections on how art reveals beliefs, Auguste unit theme, a section on skills and techniques, Rodin, drawing a record of a community story, studio explorations, information on art history sculpting a community hero, art and American and traditions, a global view, connections to Independence, the Pennsylvania Germans, other subjects, and a vocabulary and content decorative plates, the art of Polynesia and the review. Each book includes a table of contents, Maori, and collaborative sculpture. a glossary, an index, a bibliography of books Unit 4 entitled “Art and Places” provides for further learning, and a student handbook sections on common places, Berenice Abbott, that addresses studio safety, the elements of creating expressive spaces, drawing places in art, the principles of design, new directions in perspective and memories of place, American design, major western styles and movements, art from 1820-1860, Sally Cover, Okumura techniques, art forms and media, and basic Masanobu, linoleum relief printmaking, a skills. postcard in perspective, and Japanese places A comprehensive teacher’s edition, a CD-ROM in art. of fine art prints, and overhead transparencies Unit 5 entitled “Art and Nature” includes are available to support each title in the series. sections on Martin Johnson Heade, natural A DVD entitled Art Careers! Talks with Working forms in jewellery, basket weaving, American Professionals is also available. art from 1860-1900, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Grades 6-9 teachers may select specific Scandinavian art, Carl Larsson, natural units from each book to support the monoprint, and clay relief sculpture. conceptual focus identified for each grade in (to be continued) Saskatchewan’s arts education curricula. These include: Grade 6 – Identity; Grade 7 – Place; Grade 8 – Social Issues; and Grade 9 – Taking Action.

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Explorations in Art Series. 2nd ed. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (continued) √ √ √ √ Unit 6 entitled “Art and Change” offers Unit 2 entitled “Artists Show Identity and sections on how art reflects and inspires, Vera Ideals” includes sections on showing shared Mukhina, experiments in painting, American beliefs, Northwest Coast Canadian and art from 1900-1920, John Sloan, paintings for American artists, painting a self-portrait, using change, Russian art, a changing sculpture, texture and rhythm, a paper mosaic, sculpting Aleksandr Rodchenko, and paper making. one’s identity, the art of Greece, Rome, and Unit 7 entitled “Art and Celebration” provides Byzantium from 478 BC-AD1000, Byzantine sections on community honours, Simon artists, First Nations’ objects, Choctaw artists, Rodia, drawing a community celebration, and architecture and meaning. documenting a celebration through Note: When focusing on First Nations’ objects, photography, American art from 1920-1950, teachers should include Saskatchewan and Lois Mailou Jones, drawing and painting Canadian objects. a school spirit mural, Caribbean art, Peter Minshall, sculpting festive figures, and making Unit 3 entitled “Artists Teach Lessons” offers a festive mask. sections on life’s lessons in art, Islamic artists, mixed media, using shape and balance, Unit 8 entitled “Art and Making a Difference” stained glass symmetry, art of the medieval offers sections on how art can help, art from world from 800-1266, Gothic artists, Guler 1950-1980, Canadian artist Miriam Schapiro, artists, calligraphy, the art of India, and paper art with power (montage), making a difference sculpture. with a print, a collagraph with an opinion, the Chicago Mural Group, drawing a message Unit 4 entitled “Artists Create Organization about caring, Ouattara, recycled expressions, and Order” provides sections on making parts two-colour relief prints, and African art today. work together, David Hockney, using unity and variety, organizing a sculpture, the art of the Unit 9 entitled “Art and New Directions” Renaissance from 1427-1564, Michelangelo, includes sections on imagining the unfamiliar, creating a Renaissance painting, the art of Jenny Holzer, digital collage, photo China and Korea, and drawing in perspective. manipulation, new directions in art from 1980 to the present, Stephen Knapp, global changes, Unit 5 entitled “Artists Respond to Daily Kay Walkingstick, expanding traditions Life” includes sections on art and daily life; (weaving), and filmmaking. Hiroshima Kazou; painting, drawing, sculpting, and creating a collage of everyday life; using Note: Sections 1.4 and 2.4 should be balanced light, value, and contrast; European art from with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis content and 1600-1750; Judith Leyster; the art of Latin perspectives. America; and Diego Rivera. Unit 6 entitled “Artists Remember Places” A Global Pursuit offers sections on what places tell us; John Unit 1 entitled “Artists Send Messages” Constable; using space and emphasis; provides sections on communicating visually, painting, drawing, and sculpting special places; Kathe Kollwitz, drawing cover messages, art European art from1750-1875; Honoré Daumier; in the ancient world, messages of African Oceanic art; Papunya artists; and creating a kingdoms, Yoruba artists, and sculpture with a wall hanging of a dreamlike place. message. (to be continued)

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Explorations in Art Series. 2nd ed. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (continued) √ √ √ √ Unit 7 entitled “Artists Reveal Nature” Unit 2 entitled “Artists Are Recorders” provides sections on seeing nature in art, Zuni includes sections on recording daily life, Pueblo artists, printmaking natural shapes, Dorothea Lange, drawing student life, shading, drawing colours of nature, creating natural the illusion of three-dimensional forms, genre relief prints, European art from 1875-1900, scenes of daily life from 1660-2000, Whitfield Vincent van Gogh, the art of Japan, painting Lovell, genre paintings from Haiti, Inatace nature close-up, Utagawa Hiroshige, creating a Alphonse, and still life drawing. ceramic vessel, and paper sculpting. Unit 3 entitled “Artists Are Designers” offers Unit 8 entitled “Artists Celebrate Continuity sections on meeting human needs, Issey and Change” offers sections on responding to Miyake, design for the future, drawing human traditions, Georgia O’Keefe, making miniature proportions, drawing a detailed portrait, sculptures, using shape and form, found object designing an outfit, a tradition of design for assemblage in sculpture, European art from living from 1800-2000, Michael Graves, form 1900-1950, Sonia Terk Delaunay, unplanned and function in ceramics, design in Japan, painting, the art of Southeast Asia, Georgette Toshiyuki Kita, a 3-D prototype, and marketing Chen, patterned batik, and traditions in in three dimensions. montage. Unit 4 entitled “Artists Are Teachers” provides Unit 9 entitled “Artists Explore New sections on making a point, Jim Hensen, a Territory” includes sections on expanding current collage, lettering and calligraphy, possibilities, Ursula von Rydingsvard, blurring learning from a licence plate, graphic design, the boundaries with mixed media, using creating a poster that teaches, art and beliefs proportion and scale, drawing a caricature, from 1300-1990, Barbara Kruger, creating a sculptural painting, art since 1950, the town history mural, the Islamic art of North D.A.S.T. Arteam, planning a public sculpture, Africa, Osman Waqialla, creating a decorative possibilities from around the world, First plaque in calligraphy, and teaching using Nations Culture, Shahzia Siklander, a new puppetry. look at heritage in mixed media, and graphic design. Unit 5 entitled “Artists Are Naturalists” includes sections on observing your Note: Section 9.5 should be balanced with environment, Theodore Waddell, expression in Saskatchewan and Canadian First Nations, wire sculpture, colour mixing, painting colour Inuit, and Métis content and perspectives. in nature, a tradition of landscape from 1600- 2000, April Gornik, drawing a colourful outdoor A Personal Journey scene, Chinese nature paintings, Chao Shao-an, painting watercolour flowers, and sculpting Unit 1 entitled “Artists Are Storytellers” from branches to animals. provides sections on finding a story to tell, Jacob Lawrence, story illustration, contour and Unit 6 entitled “Artists Are Messengers” gesture drawing, character in line, the tradition offers sections on recognizing messages, of narrative art from 1000-2000, Roger Keith Haring, thinking visually, one-of-a-kind Shimomura, creating a story collage, narrative prints, printing symbols, symbolism in portraits art from Dahomey, Joseph Yemadje, creating a from1500-1996, Harry Fonseca, animals as cloth animal banner, and clay sculpture. symbols, Australian Aboriginal symbols, Ada Bird Petyarre, linoleum block printing, and sending messages without words. (to be continued) 54 | Arts Education: Core Learning Resources - Visual Art • Grade 8 Arts Education: Core Learning Resources - Visual Art • Grade 8

Explorations in Art Series. 2nd ed. K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (continued) √ √ √ √ Unit 7 entitled “Artists Are Inventors” provides Suggested Uses sections on asking “What if…?”, Remedios Varo, Visual Art perspective, the illusion of depth, drawing a Student Resource fantasy world, fantasy and art from 1930-1990, Professional Resource Ellen Lanyon, fantasy collage, Puerto Rican fantasy, paper mask making, and creating a Publisher fantasy disguise. Davis Publications Ltd. Unit 8 entitled “Artists Are Planners” offers Distributor sections on the planning process, Frank Oxford University Press Gehry, planning a city block, making three- 70 Wynford Dr dimensional models, architecture for living DON MILLS ON M3C 1J9 from 1790-2000, Melinda Gray, dream house (800) 387-8020 drawing, Mexican architecture, Ricardo (416) 441-2941 Legorreta, planning a public space, and Fax: (800) 665-1771 sculpting thrilling architecture. E-mail: [email protected] Unit 9 entitled “Artists Are Pioneers” includes Website: www.oup.com/ca sections on breaking new ground, Jaune Copyright: 2009 Quick-to-See Smith, changing old habits, relief Year Recommended: 2009 sculpture, traditions of sculpture from 1940- 2000, Jesus Bautista Moroles, a challenging clay Title ISBN Price sculpture, inventive forms from Israel, Nomi A Community Connection 978-0-87192-882-5 $75.95 hdc. Wind, experimental weaving, and recycled art Teacher’s Edition 978-0-87192-896-2 $105.95 (sculpture). coilbound Note: This American resource should be Student e-Gallery CD- 978-0-87192-912-9 $259.95 ROM supplemented with Saskatchewan and Canadian content. Overhead Transparencies 978-0-87192-911-2 $139.95 (set of 27) A Global Pursuit 978-0-87192-881-8 $75.95 hdc. Teacher’s Edition 978-0-87192-895-5 $105.95 coilbound Student e-Gallery CD- 978-0-87192-902-0 $259.95 ROM Overhead Transparencies 978-0-87192-901-3 $139.95 (set of 27) A Personal Journey 978-0-87192-883-2 $75.95 hdc. Teacher’s Edition 978-0-87192-897-9 $105.95 coilbound Student e-Gallery CD- 978-0-87192-923-5 $84.95 ROM Overhead Transparencies 978-0-87192-921-1 $139.95 (set of 27) Art Careers! Talks with 978-0-87192-746-0 $239.95 Working Professionals (DVD)

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Expressing Our Heritage: Métis Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies & Artistic Designs Applied Research 2 - 604 22nd St W Author: Troupe, Cheryl SASKATOON SK S7M 5W1 Annotation (306) 934-4941 (CORE, SK) Touted as the first synthesis of Fax: (306) 244-0252 traditional Métis clothing to date, this kit offers E-mail: [email protected] 50 high-quality colour study prints that portray Website: www.gdins.org the diversity of traditional Métis culture. On Price: $19.95 – Teacher’s Resource the back of each print is valuable information ISBN: 978-0-620905-67-7 about that particular visual. These prints and the accompanying teacher’s resource provide Price: $79.95 – 50 art prints support material for the instruction of Métis No order number is required. history and culture, as well as archival research materials for students. Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2004 The teacher’s resource offers extensive background reading and units of study with themes and topics that could be adapted to support various curricula. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, Michif language translations, a section of attractive maps, and a bibliography.

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I Can Make Art Like Kai Chan Ontario sculptor Kai Chan challenges everyone to see the beauty in ordinary things. He has the ability to transform mundane materials into delicate and delightful works of art. Kai guides the students as they build 3-D structures with simple materials such as bamboo and tissue. Students share their perspectives on their I Can Make Art Series projects including what influenced them. Annotation I Can Make Art Like Marcelle Ferron (CORE, CAN) Recommended titles in this video In this program, young students explore series and brief descriptions follow: the work and life of abstract painter and I Can Make Art Like Andrew Qappik stained glass maker, Quebec born, Marcelle Ferron. They experiment with the texture and Andrew Qappik is a world-renowned transparency of cellophane and paint as they printmaker from Pangnirtung, Nunavut who create their own art works. finds his subjects in the stories, traditions, and day-to-day events of his world. Andrew I Can Make Art Like Maud Lewis captivates his student audience by creating a A class of 16 Grade 6 students learns about soapstone relief print before their very eyes. the life and work of renowned Nova Scotia folk The students explore Andrew’s symbolic artist, Maud Lewis. Guided by folk artist Kyle imagery, and their own, as they each create a Jackson, they create a folk art painting of their self-portrait relief print. own Halifax neighbourhood. The power and I Can Make Art Like Emily Carr simple pleasure of folk art is explored. Emily Carr is one of Canada’s most recognized I Can Make Art Like Ron Noganosh and appreciated artists who was a painter, Ojibway installation artist and sculptor, Ron a writer, and a free spirit influenced by the Noganosh, inspires a class of Middle Level coastal forests of British Columbia and the students to turn found objects into art. Northwest Coast First Nations art and culture. Students talk about their individual projects Inspired by Emily’s work, the students try and how they feel about art. Projects include painting trees and then they paint from their themes of personal and cultural identity. own imagination as they create a giant forest mural on a window in their school. Students These programs are closed-captioned for discuss Emily’s life and art, including what people with hearing disabilities. inspired her, and express their reflections on (to be continued) art.

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I Can Make Art Series (continued) K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 √ √ √ √ An I Can Make ART website is available at www. nfb.ca/icanmakeart. Suggested Uses Visual Art The pdf version of the teachers’ guides are Student Resource available from Media Group. Please contact Media Group for details. Publisher National Film Board of Canada Title Length Dup. Order Distributor No. Media Group I Can Make Art Like 12 min. V3326 2710 Millar Ave Andrew Qappik SASKATOON SK S7K 4J4 I Can Make Art Like 11 min. V3324 (888) 682-8808 Emily Carr (306) 933-4212 I Can Make Art Like Kai 12 min. V3329 Fax: (877) 444-3354 Chan E-mail: [email protected] I Can Make Art Like 11 min. V3328 Website: http://videodb.mg.sk.ca Marcelle Ferron Price: $1.00 per program and the cost of a I Can Make Art Like 13 min. V3325 blank disc, plus shipping and taxes Maud Lewis I Can Make Art Like Ron 16 min. V3327 Copyright: 2005 Noganosh Year Recommended: 2006

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor MacKenzie Art Gallery Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making T. C. Douglas Building Editor: Long, Timothy 3475 Albert St REGINA SK S4S 6X6 Annotation (306) 584-4285 (CORE, SK) With essays by four writers and Fax: (306) 569-8191 black-and-white and colour photographs of E-mail: [email protected] the artists’ works, this resource is a catalogue Website: www.mackenzieartgallery.ca/ of an exhibition held at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina during 2005-2006. The artists Price: $Free online featured include Lorne Beug, Victor Cicansky, Copyright: 2005 Joe Fafard, David Gilhooly, Ricardo Gomez, Year Recommended: 2009 Beth Hone, Ann James, Margaret Keelan, Marilyn Levine, Lorraine Malach, Maija Peeples- Bright, Jack Sures, David Thauberger, and Russell Yuristy. The book includes a table of contents, artist biographies, a list of resources for further reading, and an index. This resource is only available online at at www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/ ReginaClay/.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Saskatchewan…Our Place Saskatchewan Arts Board Annotation 2135 Broad St (CORE, SK) This visual art reproduction REGINA SK S4P 1Y6 kit contains 20 large laminated poster (800) 667-7526 reproductions of Saskatchewan art, a CD-ROM, (306) 787-4056 and a teacher’s guide that was developed by Fax: (306) 787-4199 Dianne Warren. The kit was developed by the E-mail: [email protected] Saskatchewan Arts Board in partnership with Website: www.artsboard.sk.ca the Ministry of Education to support the visual Price: $125.00 – kit art strand of the arts education curricula and to $15.00 – transparencies promote the work of Saskatchewan artists. No order number is required. Overhead transparencies of all images are also Copyright: 2006 available. Year Recommended: 2006 Note: A complimentary copy of Saskatchewan... Our Place was distributed to each school division office in 2006.

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Suggested Uses Visual Art Student Resource Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd. Usborne Introduction to Distributor Modern Art Penguin Group (Canada) Author: Dickins, Rosie 90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700 TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3 Annotation (800) 399-6868 (CORE) This history of modern art book is (416) 925-2249 written in a user friendly style. Organized FAX: (800) 363-2665 according to era, the book focuses primarily E-mail: [email protected] on European and American art, and contains Website: www.penguin.ca many high-quality colour photographs of art works and links to websites containing more Price: $29.95 hdc. information about the featured artists and their Pagination: 96 p. work. The book includes a table of contents, a ISBN: 978-0-7460-6204-3 timeline, a guide to using the Internet, and a glossary. Copyright: 2004 Year Recommended: 2009 Note: Many of the Internet sites referred to in this book have not been evaluated by the Ministry of Education.

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Community Resources There are many valuable community resources that can enrich students’ arts education learning experiences. Listed below are a few examples:

CARFAC Saskatchewan Visual Artists New Dance Horizons 1734A Dewdney Ave 202 - 1801 Scarth St REGINA SK S4R 1G6 REGINA SK S4P 2G9 (306) 522-9783 (306) 525-5393 Fax: (306) 522-9783 Fax: (306) 569-4649 E-mail: [email protected] Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils Website: www.carfac.sk.ca 1102 – 8th Ave Dance Saskatchewan Inc. REGINA SK S4R 1C9 205A Pacific Ave (306) 586-1250 Box 8789 Fax: (306) 586-1550 SASKATOON SK S7K 6S6 E-mail: [email protected] (800) 667-8480 Website: www.osac.sk.ca (306) 931-8480 Saskatchewan Architectural Heritage Society of Fax: (306) 244-1520 Saskatchewan E-mail: [email protected] 202 – 1275 Broad St Website: www.dancesask.com REGINA SK S4R 1Y2 Gabriel Dumont Institute (306) 359-0933 917 - 22nd St W Fax: (306) 359-3899 SASKATOON SK S7M 0R9 E-mail: [email protected] (877) 488-6888 Website: www.sahs.ca Phone: (306) 242-6070 Saskatchewan Arts Board Fax: (306) 242-0002 2135 Broad St Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan REGINA SK S4P 1Y6 300 - 1055 Park St (800) 667-7526 REGINA SK S4N 5H4 (306) 787-4056 (306) 721-2767 Fax: (306) 787-4199 Fax: (306) 721-3342 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.artsboard.sk.ca Website: http://mcos.sask.com Saskatchewan Band Association Museums Association of Saskatchewan 34 Sunset Dr N (includes galleries) YORKTON SK S3N 3K9 422 McDonald St (877) 475-2263 REGINA SK S4N 6E1 (306) 783-2263 (306) 780-9279 Fax: (306) 783-2060 Fax: (306) 780-9463 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saskband.org Website: www.saskmuseums.org

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Saskatchewan Drama Association 700D – 4400 4th Ave REGINA SK S4T 0H8 (306) 525-0151 Fax: (306) 525-6277 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saskdrama.com Saskatchewan Music Educators Association Box 519 CUDWORTH SK S0K 1B0 (306) 256-3372 Fax: (306) 256-3489 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.musiceducationonline.org Saskatchewan Professional Art Galleries Association Box 661 REGINA SK S4P 3A3 Website: www.spaga.com Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art Box 9497 326 - 11th St E SASKATOON SK S7K 7E9 (800) 677-7732 (306) 975-0222 Fax: (306) 975-1262 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saskedthroughart.ca SaskCulture Inc. #600 - 2220 12th Avenue REGINA SK S4P 0M8 (306) 780-9284 Fax: (306) 780-9252 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saskculture.sk.ca

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Digital Resources The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education provides a forum through the Digital Resources page for teachers to access and share educationally appropriate Internet sites. The URL Database of websites can be found on the Ministry of Education website at www.education.gov.sk.ca/digital- resources. Information on sites that are recommended and linked to curriculum outcomes can be found by accessing this database. Teachers are encouraged to share Internet sites with others in the province by registering in the URL database. Once an account has been created, teachers are able to suggest new Internet sites as well as access and review sites submitted by other teachers. The reviews are used to help determine a recommendation and links to curricula. Educators can register at the above address. The General Reference Centre (GRC) provides access to general Internet sites that relate to curricula. The GRC can be found on the Ministry of Education website. Current Internet sites that provide information for Arts Education educators follow:

Canadian Museum of Civilization at www.civilization.ca/splash.html (CORE, CAN) Access to displays related to the arts and culture is provided on this site. In addition, there are sections for students and teachers which provide teaching aids and selected learning resources, as well as information on educational programs offered at the museum.

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada at www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index. cfm?PgNm=EMCSubjects&Params=A1 (CORE, CAN) This website offers the full text of the prestigious Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, with some 4000 articles on all aspects of music in Canada.

Museums Association of Saskatchewan - Map at www.saskmuseums.org/museums/map.php (CORE, SK) Using this online map, teachers and students can easily locate museums within Saskatchewan. The site provides the basic contact information, hours, and links to specific websites for art galleries and historical museums.

The National Gallery of Canada at http://national.gallery.ca/ (CORE, CAN) Virtual tours of the National Gallery’s collection can be taken from this site. In addition, there is a teacher section which provides suggestions about integrating art into various areas of study.

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Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Council: Education Packages at www.osac.sk.ca/page. asp?pageID=50 (CORE, SK) The education programs and resources aim to provide Saskatchewan rural residents with access to the same opportunities afforded urban residents in the development of visual literacy. Education packages from previous touring exhibitions are available as resources for teachers and gallery staff. These packages offer arts activity ideas and strategies for engaging audiences in visual art.

Safe Use of Arts and Crafts Materials at www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/prod/arts_e.html (CORE, CAN) It is impossible to list all of the potential hazards associated with every arts and crafts material; this Health Canada website, however, lists some examples of the materials that could be harmful.

Sask Culture at www.saskculture.sk.ca/Default.htm (CORE, SK) The SaskCulture site invites people to discover Saskatchewan’s vibrant cultural community, explore how the depth and diversity of culture and cultural activity are essential to this province, and experience a sample of Saskatchewan’s rich cultural life. The site provides access to news, resources, information on key cultural issues, and more.

Saskatchewan Arts Board at www.artsboard.sk.ca/ (CORE, SK) The Arts Board provides a wide range of services that enable Saskatchewan residents to experience and enjoy the arts. News, exhibitions, the permanent collection, and links to other Saskachewan art sites are provided.

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