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Using a project I found through Pinterest (link of art teacher with the project above), I collaborated with the fifth grade science teacher who was planning on teaching about biomes to students. While they were on this unit, we discussed in class about how science and art overlap in a multitude of ways. We discussed how realistic art is often used in science for documentation, and we looked at examples through Leonardo Da Vinci's inventions. Students then chose an animal from their biome that they are learning how to realistically draw using grids and graphite pencils. Students are then going to pair their drawings with some writing about their chosen biome/animal, and we are going to make a book through studenttreasure (book-making website). We are on the drawing part of the process, and although it's been a lot of work trying to achieve all of these goals, I'm really excited to see how it turns out!

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Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. This lesson ties in nicely (and is a great precursor) to the grid drawing lesson that occurs later in the year!

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Amazing resources and very easy to access!

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Provides for some really interesting and insightful lessons and conversations at the elementary level!

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Absolutely using Romare Bearden and Minnie Evans, I'm also partial to Claude Howell

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Absolutely using Romare Bearden and Minnie Evans, I'm also partial to Claude Howell

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Having all of these resources and lesson ideas all in one place!

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I love the idea of having students create sound effects using items around the classroom or their home to go along with our class stories.... fosters creative and higher order thinking because they have to problem solve!  Would be a great lesson to go along with Figurative Language type onomatopoeia!

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Helping students develop an appreciation for art that has a connection to NC.

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Helping students develop an appreciation for art that has a connection to NC.

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Studying the effects that social conditions have on the the arts could be a way to integrate social studies. 

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Studying the effects that social conditions have on the the arts could be a way to integrate social studies. 

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North Carolina Central University's Jazz Studies program offers free in-school jazz workshops and clinics. 

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North Carolina Central University's Jazz Studies program offers free in-school jazz workshops and clinics. 

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Studying artists and genres by region and the impact of those artists on the national/international scene.

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Studying artists and genres by region and the impact of those artists on the national/international scene.

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April is Jazz Appreciation month and would be a perfect time to study the music of influential NC-born jazz artists.

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April is Jazz Appreciation month and would be a perfect time to study the music of influential NC-born jazz artists.

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Thank you for sharing these resources! Amazing! 

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Thank you for sharing these resources! Amazing! 

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Please consider adding books about Fine Arts that can be provided for students in K-12 that can be educational and entertaining.

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Sharing and connecting with like minded people to expand our children's creative process.

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Comprehensive Resources with all areas in mind!

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Comprehensive Resources with all areas in mind!

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Having such a well laid out and intuitive source is great!  This will save us time and allow easier sharing with teachers.

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Loved hearing about textiles and wondering how we might create a "connected" art/history/ social studies project.

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Loved hearing about textiles and wondering how we might create a "connected" art/history/ social studies project.

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Celebrating diversity in the arts.

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Comparing and contrasting a local artist to an artist from other area of the country that works with the same medium.

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4th graders studying NC architectural and sculptural artist.

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How social media outlets have help developed, changed and shaped performing arts. i.e tik tok, instagram

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Visual Artist Vollis Simpson and the Whirligig Park in Wilson, NC.

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Musicians from your area....research their "history" or "accomplishments"

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Musicians from your area....research their "history" or "accomplishments"

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I'm so happy to have a comprehensive list of NC artists! I grew up in PA and don't have a lot of knowledge about many NC artists. This will help me to integrate these artists into my lessons and will be especially helpful with my 4th Grade curriculum which focuses primarily on NC.

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Students can work in small groups (3-4 people per group) and select a genre of dance that they are interested in such as Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop, Folk, etc. and discuss the beginnings of the genre of their choice. Students can also discuss how has that style of dance changed from the past to today. Students can create a slideshow presentation and provide facts, videos, and visuals of how dance genres changed over time.

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I would love to see a cross-curricular workshop for the whole school where core teachers learn how to integrate the arts into their lesson plans and classrooms.

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Choose one from each region each month....since we have so many

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Choose one from each region each month....since we have so many

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Family Bands, Front Porch Music groups in the Mountains and Piedmont NC.  This was a big part of entertainment before TV.  A lot of my relatives tell stories and play music of this heritage.

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Family Bands, Front Porch Music groups in the Mountains and Piedmont NC.  This was a big part of entertainment before TV.  A lot of my relatives tell stories and play music of this heritage.

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Bill Knotts, from Charlotte, NC, Session band musician in LA, Knotts Family Band (last 15 years)

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Creating cross-curricular lessons is something I strive to do in almost all lessons I teach. This resource will be wonderful in helping me to do accomplish this task!

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I love that this resource gives me connections to all arts information. It will make my planning more immersive in all arts areas!

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Agree that we need more time to really dive into how to use it all efficiently.  

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Agree that we need more time to really dive into how to use it all efficiently.  

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Great resource for fine arts educators! We need material to teach our students from collaborating Arts teachers!

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Love this connection to our great state.  SO MUCH STUFF!

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Love this connection to our great state.  SO MUCH STUFF!

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Looking forward to sharing this with my colleagues, both art and regular classroom teachers, as I know they will appreciate the resources collected on this site!

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Creating new connections with students and areas of study.  Asking, "How do I connect to other topics, subjects, people?"  Reaching out and creating a new connection. 

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Creating new connections with students and areas of study.  Asking, "How do I connect to other topics, subjects, people?"  Reaching out and creating a new connection. 

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*Fantasia Barrino (High Point)
*Scotty McCreery (Garner)
*Caleb Johnson (Asheville)
Clay Aiken (Raleigh)
Kellie Pickler (Albemarle)
Chris Daughtry (Roanoke Rapids)

*denotes winners

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Love this resource and can't wait to share it with my colleagues at school!!!

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As lesson plans are developed and practiced, it would be helpful to have the teachers who wrote and used these plans to present on why they chose the resources they did, and how they implemented them into their classroom.

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This resource will help me re-design my curriculum to make sure I am covering the vast amount of music in our State. I'm also excited to make sure I teach music from all backgrounds and people in our State. This is a great resource. Thanks!

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I teach at a charter school that pulls from four counties, so I have a growing board of prominent musicians from the region!

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Didn't know this existed. Thanks!

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I am so excited about this resource!  I can't wait to show it to my students and get them more familiar and excited about music and musicians of NC!  It is especially nice that current, living artists are included, too!!

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Having a list of successful artists from NC to reach the students that seem to believe that you have to be from LA/Nashville /NY to be a real artist

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Having a list of successful artists from NC to reach the students that seem to believe that you have to be from LA/Nashville /NY to be a real artist

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Thankful for the diversity in the resources provided.

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Thankful for this resource! I just moved from Maryland. Glad to have a resource with a variety of genres and artists to help plan to teach NC standards.

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Bebop.

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Nina Simone
John Coltrane
Thelonious Monk
The Avett Brothers
Smitha K Prasad
Elizabeth Cotten
Brooke Simpson

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Bluegrass list of artists, instruments, and festivals!!

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The list of artists! I’m from NY and so many of these artists
are new to me!

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This will be a great source to cross connect literacy standards with classroom teachers!

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The list of artists and all those websites! This will be great for my Famous Musician unit of NC artists I do with my fourth graders!

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I'm not sure this goes here, but I'm new to NC, and didn't know it had a state song.  I wonder how many of my students know there is one, and if they've ever even heard it.  That would make a great introduction to a state-focused unit

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I'm not sure this goes here, but I'm new to NC, and didn't know it had a state song.  I wonder how many of my students know there is one, and if they've ever even heard it.  That would make a great introduction to a state-focused unit

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These sources would be great for Classroom teachers...every year they ask me for resources and ideas, now I have a whole lot that I can share!

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The Avett Brothers
Coltrane
Chris Bullock

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-Johann Friedrich
-Rhiannon Giddens
-Africa Unplugged
-Phonte

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John Coltrane
Rihanna Giddens
J Cole
Anthony Hamilton

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I enjoy connecting music to the everyday life of students, and to their studies in the classroom.  I already add components of their SS and ELA studies, but the particular NC connections will make them more relevant.

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Lou Donaldson

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Burlon Craig

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-Integration with NC History & Social Studies related topics
-I am thinking about how to create a small database like the map for my small local area or local arts council.

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Seeing more artists added to the map and seeing the whole comprehensive list. I know its a TON of work!! THANK YOU

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I will definitely use the artist of the week and will be highlighting NC artists!

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I will definitely use the artist of the week and will be highlighting NC artists!

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It was fast but adding the links was a great thing so we could experience it/practice with it

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Definitely TIME - this could be an all day PD!

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Showing NEW (to me) artists to my students-yay!!!

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The huge amount of resources available for NC artists!

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Sharing ART with my Social Studies teachers at school :)

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-Share with other colleagues, teachers, and subjects.
-4th grade County Unit/Research Project
-This is a great way for core teachers to integrate the arts.
-Arts are deeply woven into the history of NC.

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Consider adding local (to NC) artists that are members of Piedmont Craftsmen, other co-ops, such as Artworks Gallery in Winston-Salem Southern Highland Craft Guild

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Chad Dezern - Game Design

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Brainstorming Ideas on How to Use the Map
-Find artists in certain regions of NC (Social Studies/Art Connection)
-Find connections of types of art, music etc in certain regions/towns
-Create art based on artists of certain towns/cities/regions
-Virtual Field Trips