< back to results page < view previous listing  |  view next listing > A Guide to Building Visual Art Lessons 2005 Education Department at the J. Paul Getty Museum J. Paul Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/building_lessons/ The J. Paul Getty Museum Education department has created this guide to help teachers and curriculum developers create successful arts-focused lessons. Included are ideas for preparing lessons, a step-by-step guide for teaching visual arts for each grade level, and ideas for evaluation and assessment approaches. This material is based on the Getty Museum Education department's approach to curricula, which is informed by national and California state content standards and current child development theory. We support classroom experiences that encourage students in all grades to: create art and reflect upon what they have made. seek and construct meaning through encounters with art. create narratives about artworks. understand the historical and cultural contexts of works of art. discover the significance and value of art in their lives. More Information...		Developing an Arts Assessment: Some Selected Strategies The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Designing the Arts Learning Community:a Handbook for K12 Professional Development Planners Synthesizing extensive research of arts education practice across the United States, this handbook is a guide to designing arts education professional development for K-12 classroom teachers and provides a searchable database of 50 arts learning communities.  Arts for All: Los Angeles County Blueprint for Arts Education Arts for All provides a series of policy changes and educational initiatives to create systemic change and institutionalize sequential, K-12 arts education, in Los Angeles County school districts.