STATE ARTS EDUCATION SPECIALISTS
Distance and E-Learning Tools and Resources for the Arts
Our State Arts Education Specialists have collected and created several resources for Minnesota educators to use for distance and e-learning development. Some lesson ideas do not require internet, or could be adapted. Resources are updated regularly. You are encouraged to check back. Please reach out to any Arts Education Specialist for assistance; contact information is below.
dance
- Rosas Dance Company, Belgium video tutorial
- Exquisite Corps Lesson Plan
- Juba 4th and 5th Grade Lesson
- The Elements of Dance
- American Masters – Dance
- Dance Studies Association
- Arts Assessment for Learning
- Advance Video Dance Lesson
- Mark Haim Video Dance Lesson
- Revelations Video Dance Lesson
- Children’s Books Video Movement Lesson
- Bill T. Jones Video Dance Lesson
- Teaching Dance in Fall 2020 – Questions and Potential Practices from NDEO Members
visual & media arts
- Distance Learning Visual and Media Arts
- Art Educators of Minnesota
- Week 1 of Distance Learning Support
- Click! Resource Slide Show – Angles and Shots
- Click! Photography Curriculum – Developing Image
- Mary Doodles! Art Skill Video List
- Native and Indigenous Artist Resources
- Davis Digital
- Goodbye Art Academy
- Google Arts and Culture
- Pixar in a Box
- NAEA Tips for Teaching – Distance Learning – May 26, 2020
- NAEA Tips for Teaching – Returning to the Classroom – May 26, 2020
- NAEA Remote Learning Toolkit
Music
Many, many curriculum resources for your K-12 music classes have been created since March 2020 for distance, hybrid, or in-person learning. Resources are based on the 2018 Arts anchor standards and music benchmarks. You can find all of the resources HERE!
Examples of lessons include:
- Everything Beethoven!
- Music of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities
- Create (and Connect) lessons
- Perform (and Connect) lessons
- Respond (and Connect) lessons
- Foundations or Combined Standards lessons
theater
- ArtsPraxis – Educational Theatre in the Time of COVID-19
- ArtsPraxis – Social Justice Practices for Educational Theatre
- Streaming Live Theater Productions
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- Stage Partners
- Theatre Education Distance Learning Group
- Drama Resource
- Digital Theatre Plus
- Educational Theatre Association
- The Scene Study Emergency Pack
- United States Institute for Theatre Technology
- Shakespeare’s Globe
- Theatre Communications Group Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project
- Teaching Theatre Online – A Shift in Pedagogy Amidst Coronavirus Outbreak
- Park Square Theatre – Virtual Scenes from The Diary of Anne Frank
- Theater Advocacy Points and Resources
- The Kennedy Center’s – Play at Home
- UH Theatre Education Online Learning Project
- Quarantine Bakeoff
- Ordway Education Online
All arts areas
- Arts Education Is Essential
- NAEA Open Letter to Superintendents, Principals, and School Board Members
- SEADAE Arts Instructional Resources
- Establishing Infrastructure for Distance Learning
- Liz Lerman’s Adapting Critical Response Protocols to Distance Learning
- TPT Distance Learning in the Arts
- ArtsLit – The Arts Literacy Project
- Springboard for the Arts – Support for Artists Working in the Community
- Priya Parker’s Podcast – Together Apart
Click HERE to view the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) Student Instruction COVID-19 Resources. Perpich Center for Arts Education Specialists are currently working with MDE to keep these resources updated and current.
CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
We provide consultation and online resources on arts education research, curricula and curriculum mapping, assessment guides, articles about achievement in the arts, and more.
Contact Perpich Professional Development for more information.
Need more assistance?
CONTACT OUR STATE ARTS EDUCATION SPECIALISTS
Dance Education Specialist, Mary Harding mary.harding@pcae.k12.mn.us
Music Education Specialist, Dr. Wendy Barden wendy.barden@pcae.k12.mn.us
Theater Education Specialist, Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth stephanie.walseth@pcae.k12.mn.us
Visual & Media Arts Education Specialist, Jeremy Holien jeremy.holien@pcae.k12.mn.us