College of Education and
Human Sciences

Art and Music

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York - This site offers the option of subscribing to MOMA enews. This option allows teachers to be informed about current MOMA exhibits or educational opportunities.
• Web Museum - Tour Paris at night and visit exhibits on this web site.The quality of the photographs is excellent.
• Band Director Resources - The site has advice for teachers on giving private music lessons and elementary teaching. In addition, this site provides links to the Band directors forum and K-12 Resources page. The forum includes discussions about pedagogy and personal experiences related to music.
• The Artchive - This page offers a variety of images from various periods in history. The number of ads that accompany the page is a bit distracting.
• The Louvre - This is an excellent site that includes a detailed history of the Louvre, a virtual tour, a description of the collections, images of artwork and current exhibits. This description only begins to describe this intricate and well made web site.
• Piano on the Net - Piano Nanny offers free piano lessons. The lessons cover all levels. The service is free.
• Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom - This site includes bulletin board ideas for the K-12 classroom. The web builder is a teacher who has been teaching music for seven years.
• Music Teacher's Resource Site - The MTRS site provides many links with lesson ideas and it offers an 'Ask an Expert' link. A free subscription for support material.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - This excellent web site offers links to the Hall of Fame, exhibitions and the museum. The graphics are wonderful and the navigation throughout the page is direct and well designed.
• Artists' Birthdays -
• Poetry 180 - This Library of Congress site, created by Poet Laureate Billy Collins, debuts a new program for making poetry an active part of the daily experience of American high school students. 180 poems are presented, making it easy to hear or read a poem every day of the school year.
• Poetry Daily - This link presents poems to read, information about poets, poetry in the news and information about newly published books and anthologies. Also features information on National Poetry Month.
• Academy of American Poets - This site provides detailed information about National Poetry Month, including events, resources, frequently asked questions and information on the 100th birthday celebration of Langston Hughes.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art -

  This is a lovely web page. Images from the current exhibits are available. This page is an excellent asset for art teachers and teachers from all disciplines.