Arts Education Online
A curated list of links to teaching/learning/growing from home. All are free unless noted
Never Again Japanese American Incarceration Curriculum - created by Miko Lee & Jennifer Daly with downloadable audio clips and interactive social studies, arts and civics curriculum.
Anti Racist tools
1619 Project Podcast and lesson plans - this brilliant radio series reframes American history beginning with the start of slavery.
Anti Racist Animation Syllabus - great resource with links to films to watch
Anti Racist Lessons - open source docs created by teachers
Anti-racism Resource Guides curated by Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Black Lives Matter @ School - amazing curriculum to delve into anti racist pedagogy
Rebuttals to racist talking points
Language Arts
Author Katy Kelly doing video visits
Author Grace Lin talking to educators
Children’s book Authors who will do online visits from social justice publisher Lee & Low
Read Author Grace Lin book with students then sign up for Q & A via zoom
Writing Prompts from Youth Speaks about isolation
Youth Speaks Wednesday & Friday zoom writing workshops
Read Along Links
Illustrators using Instagram Live to read their books aloud during a daily story time.
Oliver Jeffers Frequency: Daily; 2 p.m. ET/11a.m. PT Where to find it: @oliverjeffers Jeffers will be reading his popular books like How to Catch a Star, Lost and Found, and more every day on Instagram Live. The posts will be up for 24 hours, and then the recording will be available on his website, according to his post.
Sophie Blackall Frequency: Every few days Where to find it: @sophieblackall Children’s book author and illustrator Sophie Blackall is reading from some of her favorite books too, including Ivy and Bean and Hello Lighthouse. Each video is about 10 minutes long. She hasn’t announced a set schedule, but the videos so far have been posted two days apart.
Mac Barnett Frequency: Daily; 9 a.m. ET/12 p.m. PT Where to find it: @macbarnett Children’s book author Mac Barnett is starting his own daily book club and will be reading one of his books everyday for about a month, according to his announcement post. The video will be available on Barnett’s Instagram story for 24 hours after it’s posted. So grab a hat, join in, and start reading.
Mondays with Michelle Obama on youtube, our forever first lady reads children’s books
San Francisco Public Library read along on Instagram at @sfpubliclibrary Tuesdays & Thursdays at 2 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. Select stories will also be shared on the Library's YouTube channel.
Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Taika Waititi as he reads James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, in full across 10 episodes (with guest actors Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ryan Reynolds and many others)
Theatre
A series monologues about the CoVid19 https://24hourplays.com/viral-monologues/
Broadway Plays - free for 7 day trial, then a monthly fee
Cal Shakes Online - offering weekly 10 minute video lecture on each of Shakespeare’s plays and #ShelterHereabouts, a series of “micro-commissioned” monologues performed by Bay Area actors.
Center for Puppetry offering shows online for daily free
Cirque du Soleil’s One Night for One Drop
Lion King interactive theatre experience activities for K-12
Magic Theatre podcast featuring well known playwrights talk about their work
National Theatre of London, every Thursday free production
Public Theatre’s What Do We Need to Talk About
Stratford Festival of Canada’s productions, live for one week
Sunshine Songs - Broadway star Laura Benanti gathers music theatre students from across the US to sing for seniors
TYA @ Home is a weekly roundup of virtual performances for young audiences, online education programs, and digital content—offered during the COVID-19 crisis while children can't physically visit the theatre, the rehearsal room, or the classroom.
Virtual Theatre links - comprehensive list of streaming for theatre, film, music
Resources for theatre educators
Dance
List of free Online Dance classes!
Bill T. Jones company past productions each Thursday
Broadway Stars teaching their dance routines
Daily Ballet Dance classes free with Boshio Ballet
305 Fitness is offering cardio dance live streams twice a day at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. PSTT
CLI Studios offers a full schedule of free online dance classes
The Joyce Theater hosts a continuous rotation of top dance companies from across the country and around the world.
Resources for Teaching Dance Online
Music
Alphabet Rocker’s Rock the Block Dance Party, weekdays at 4 p.m., Zoom, sign up on their website
Arkells Band offering IG live guitar lessons daily at 11am PST
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - free recordings and livestreams
Megadeth's David Ellefson is offering free music lessons to youth impacted by CoVid school closures, apply here for one on one skype sessions with rock metal musicians
Virtual Music Teacher Database - resources for music educators
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra curated a list of music to watch & listen following the CoVid19 outbreak
Metropolitan Opera is currently offering free streaming
Visual Arts
Artist Kalen Meyer’s daily arts lessons
Award Winning Illustrator Mo Willems daily drawings
Block letters with Elizabeth Washburn
Rad Women author Kate Schatz and illustrator Miriam Stahl’s youtube channel
Making a tiny book with award winning illustrator Miriam Klein Stahl
K-Fai Steele's drawing class on YouTube.
Carson Ellis Frequency: Daily Where to find it: @carsonellis Illustrator Carson Ellis is leading art classes for adults and kids alike with her Quarantine Art Club.
Wendy MacNaughton Frequency: Daily on weekdays; 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT Where to find it: @wendymac Wendy MacNaughton, the well-known San Francisco illustrator who did the art for Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, launched a daily drawing class on Instagram for “kids of all ages, parents of kids, parents of parents, aunties/uncles, friends and pets.” Be sure to use the hashtag #drawtogether.
Trisha Zemp Frequency: Ongoing Where to find it: @trishazemp Designer Trisha Zemp has made her stop-motion kids camp free. You need to take a few steps in order to access it: share her post announcing the free service in your Instagram stories and tag her account. If your account is private, DM her a screenshot of your story. She’ll then DM you a code to access the camp at no cost. grownups are welcome too.
Jarrett Krosoczka Frequency: Daily on weekdays; 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT Where to find it: Krosoczka’s YouTube channel Children’s book illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka has launched a daily YouTube series called “Draw everyday with JJK.”
Jarrett Lerner Frequency: Daily Where to find it: Lerner’s website Comic book illustrator Jarrett Lerner is releasing a series of illustrated activities each day, including blank comic book pages, a “character-maker,” blank clothes your kids can help design, and a “Finish This Comic” Activity, which is like MadLibs for artists. #creativesilence.
E.B. Goodale Frequency: Daily on weekdays; 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT Where to find it: @ebgoodale Children’s book author and illustrator E.B. Goodale is launching a drawing class for toddlers aptly called “Drawing with toddlers.”
Thyra Heder Frequency: TBD Where to find it: @thyraheder Heder is breaking out of the 2D with all sorts of creative projects on her Instagram feed and stories: You can make animal costumes inspired by her book Fraidyzoo out of cardboard and Scotch tape, or even simpler animal masks out of cereal boxes with step-by-step instructions.
STEAM
Imagineering in a Box (Disney & Khan Academy): https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/hass-storytelling/imagineering-in-a-box
ExpeRimental A series of short films to do science experiments at home with children.
Instructables hands on engineering activities to do at home
Math and Visual Arts lessons
The Tech for Tomorrow - virtual field trip
Science & Natural History Museums
Animal Live Cams
Alaska National Parks - bears
Channel Islands - ocean cam -kelp forest and the 1000 different marine species, bald eagles cam
Cincinnati Zoo - Live footage at 3pm ET/12pm PT every day
Explore.org - many different animals available along with free lesson plans
Georgia Aquarium - penguins and many other animals
Houston Zoo - giraffe, gorilla, chimps, elephant, rhino and ants
Monterey Bay Aquarium - jellyfish and many other animals
National Aquarium in Baltimore - Blacktip Reef, Pacific Coral Reef, Jellies
UC Berkeley livestream of Peregrine Falcons
Wild Earth hosts twice-daily safari live streams from South Africa during sunrise and sunset.
Virtual Tours
Smithsonian Museum of Natural Histor
NASA hubble 360 tour
Children’s Museums:
Boston Children’s Museum Virtual Tour:
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis (Short Video Exhibitions & Activities via Facebook):
Children’s Museum of Houston (Online Videos & Activities):
Social History & Cultural Experiences
50 Objects - online museum of objects directly from the Japanese American WWII concentration camps. Each item helps to illuminate part of the story of the incarceration.
Facing History - uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.
Holocaust Museum virtual tour
Indigenous Films from Latin America & the Caribbean- 80 films available
Internment Experience, This interactive online activity leads users through the experiences by Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. Users chose from one of two slides (either rebellious or passive) to move through. Starts from packing up the home and moves through the entire experience including post war. Told through the perspective of a teen boy.
Jim Crow Museum of racist propaganda
Latinx Culture Collection - Google Arts & Culture collection is one of the largest digital collections of Latino art, culture, and history.
National Women’s History Museum
Using Primary Sources - library of Congresses basic outline for teaching primary sources
Webinar on teaching about migration through graphic novels
Whereever there is a Fight resources for teachers to go with the book about unknown social justice heros
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
check #MuseumFromHome to find out about more museums online offerings
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, Mexico online tour
The Louvre, Paris Take your own online tour of The Louvre museums’s exhibition rooms, galleries and architecture.
Picasso Museum, Barcelona Virtually stroll around the courtyards of Barcelona’s famous Picasso Museum, while learning about the building’s architecture.
Guggenheim Museum, NYC free virtual tour through all of Guggenheim’s contemporary art collections.
The Met, NYC Met 360° Project is a free series of six short videos showcasing the building’s architecture from many different angles and perspectives.
National Museum of Natural History, DC offers 360-degree views of all its exhibits online.
British Museum, London free interactive timeline lets users see artefacts from ancient civilizations all around the world, with the ability to explore different eras, locations, and topics
Museum of Modern Art, NYC extensive online library of photos of its permanent collections.
The Dali Museum, Florida virtual tour of the whole museum complex, starting at the front entrance.
NATIONAL PARKS
all national parks linked above by state, most well known listed below