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ADA — Americans with Disability Act
ACCESS
AND OPPORTUNITIES: A GUIDE TO DISABILITY AWARENESS
at http://www.vsarts.org/x523.xml
The Guide can help orient arts professional with the fundamentals of
access.
ACCESSIBILITY PLANNING AND RESOURCE GUIDE FOR CULTURAL ADMINISTRATORS
at http://www.nea.gov/resources/Accessibility/Planning/index.html is an online companion to the printed text Design for Accessibility: A Cultural Administrator's Handbook (2003) http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/DesignAccessibility.html. The Guide provides guidance to cultural administrators on how to achieve accessible and inclusive programming for everyone including individuals with disabilities and older adults.
ADOBE®ACROBAT
Acrobat solutions for accessibility information http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/acrobat_508.html
ADOBE®PORTABLE
DOCUMENT FORMAT CONVERSION
To convert an Adobe® Portable
Document Format (PDF) file to HTML, simply type a URL for an Adobe
PDF document into this electronic form.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html
AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITY ACT
U.S. Department of Justice's home page for Americans with Disability Act technical
assistance.
EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION at www.eeoc.gov/ada/adahandbook.html
has published a practical, reader-friendly handbook "The American
with Disabilities Act: A Primer for Small Business."
EEOC
Disability Employment Fact Sheet The U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released a new fact sheet designed
to educate job applicants on how Title I of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) protects their rights throughout the hiring process. http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/jobapplicant.html
GRAPHIC
ARTS GUILD at
www.gag.org/resources/das.php
posts 12 new symbols that may be used to promote and publicize accessibility
of places, programs and other activities for people with various disabilities.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON
Betty Davidson, exhibit planner emeritus at Museum of Science, Boston, recently completed pages on the MOS
web site that describe their efforts at MOS to create more accessible exhibits. http://www.mos.org/exhibitdevelopment/access/index.html
NATIONAL ARTS AND DISABILITY CENTER (NADC) Information is aimed at artists with disabilities, arts organizations, museums, arts administrators, disability organizations and agencies, performing arts organizations, art centers, universities, arts educators, and students. http://nadc.ucla.edu/
NEA OFFICE FOR AccessAbility The National Endowment for the Arts' Office for AccessAbility is the advocacy-technical assistance arm of the Arts Endowment. http://www.arts.gov/resources/Accessibility/
STATE RESOURCE
DIRECTORIES ON ADA COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Each state has its own directory that contains listings of organizations and
agencies that provide technical assistance regarding the ADA and the
Arts. http://nadc.ucla.edu/states.cfm
VSA arts RESOURCES
offers a large selection of publications, guides, and other resources dealing with a wide variety of subject matter in arts, education, and disabilities. http://www.vsarts.org/x101.xml
WEB
ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (World Wide Web Consortium) at www.w3.org/WAI/
WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility
of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines,
tools, education and outreach, and research and development.
Arts Education
ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES WORK SAMPLES
at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Controller.jpf
View samples of student work from Advanced Placement courses in Studio Art:
2D Design, 3D Design or Drawing. There are also sample responses for Art
History. Go to the web site and select My AP Central. Registration is easy
and you register for a particular subject area but you can also view other
subjects once you register. From the home page take this path: The Exams
to Exam Questions to Exams Question Index then choose Studio Art: 2D Design
or 3D Design or Drawing to Samples. At this point scroll down and click on
the links to view samples of student work.
AN
ARTS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH COMPENDIUM
at
http://www.cac.ca.gov/86/ A publication of the California
Arts Council in 2001.
ARTIST'S
TOOLKIT, THE
This engaging site is an introduction to basic concepts in art for students
and teachers.
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html
ARTSLYNX at http://www.artslynx.org/
Curated link libraries and extensive original material (especially in the areas of theatre and dance) are specifically optimized for researchers, scholars, educators, students, and professionals working in the arts.
ARTS EDGE
A cooperative venture between the J.F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
and the National Endowment for the Arts, the organization's goal is to
place and maintain the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum.
ArtsEdge also hosts a variety of arts related websites.
ARTS ED NET
Sponsored by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, the site offers
numerous links to the latest information about arts education, professional
development opportunities and more.
ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
at http://aep-arts.org/ is a national coalition of arts, education,
business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates
and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and
in the improvement of America's schools. Check out their extensive links to arts education sites.
THE
ARTS AND LEARNING RESOURCES FOR STATE LEADERS
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and its national and
state partners in arts education are working to improve the environment
for arts education leadership, with a focus on
- arts education managers at state arts councils,
- state arts education teams and partnerships, and
- communication/information sharing.
AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS: INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK IN THE ARTS at http://www.naea-reston.org/pdf/INTERart.pdf
The purpose of this document is to assist and support educators in interdisciplinary
work and to clarify how the arts can be taught with integrity through
the interdisciplinary content standards.
CAMP CRIER at http://www.skc.edu/campcrier/
Camp Crier has photographs and writing from students at Salish Kootenai College, Two Eagle River School and reservation community members.
EDUCATION
PUBLICATION CENTER
Free education publications (free books, brochures, videos, and more)
are available from ED Pubs, the U.S. Department of Education's Publications
Center.
EDUCATION
RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS DIRECTORY (EROD)
The Directory is intended to help you identify and contact organizations
that provide information and assistance on a broad range of education-related topics.
http://www.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/index.html
ENVISIONING
ARTS ASSESSMENT: A PROCESS GUIDE FOR ASSESSING ARTS EDUCATION IN SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND STATES at http://aep-arts.org/publications/info.htm?publication_id=11
A guide to help design large-scale art assessment decisions. Also provides
informational support and activities to be used as both a practical tool
and reference.
FOUNDATION CENTER at http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/topical/artseducation.html
Arts Education: A Resource List which includes: Guides, Reports, Funding Directories, Government Funding Links, Internet Resources, and Video
GETTY EDUCATION INSTITUTION FOR THE ARTS
The Getty Education Institute for the Arts provides grants for arts education.
GUILD OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF THE
ARTS
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts provides assistance to
community arts schools.
IMAGINE
MARS at http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov
The Imagine Mars Project is a national arts, sciences and technology education
initiative that has harnessed America's fascination with space and led
young people to work together with educators and civic leaders to design
a Mars community for 100 people.
INDIAN EDUCATION FOR ALL
Resources for Montana's Indian Education for All Act. http://www.opi.mt.gov/IndianEd/Index.html
LEARNING@WHITNEY
A learning resource for teachers, kids, and teens at the Whitney Museum of American Art at http://whitney.org/learning/
MONTANA
STANDARDS FOR ARTS
You can download the Content Standards for the Arts from the Office of
Public Instruction's website. http://www.opi.state.mt.us/standards/index.html
NEA JAZZ IN THE SCHOOLS at http://www.neajazzintheschools.org/home.php
Take a step-by-step journey through the history of jazz, integrating that story with the sweep of American social, economic, and political developments. This multi-media curriculum is designed to be as useful to high school history and social studies teachers as it is to music teachers.
NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
A new elementary and secondary education act called "No Child Left
Behind" was passed on December 18, 2001. Among many other things,
Arts was named as a core academic subject, a major step of recognition
of the arts on the part of the federal government.
For the text of the bill, click on the heading above.
Specific mentions of the Arts in the bill:
Title IX, Part A, Section 9101, number 11
"Core Academic Subject"
Title V, Part D, Subpart 15 "Arts
in Education"
NO
SUBJECT LEFT BEHIND: A GUIDE TO ARTS EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 2001
EDUCATION ACT at http://aep-arts.org/resources/advocacy.htm
This document serves as a guide for state and local arts and education
leaders to learn more about the new legislation "No Child Left Behind"
and the multiple opportunities for arts education. Scroll down to "Resources" to find the link.
ONLINE POETRY CLASSROOM at http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org/
Intended to serve the needs of high school English and Language Arts teachers, this site contains a wealth of resources.
PBS TEACHER SOURCE at http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
The site includes a section on arts and literature. You will find lesson plans and activities subdivided by grade.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian – "Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women’s Dresses" presents a fascinating array of Native women's clothing from the Plains, Plateau and Great Basin regions of the United States and Canada, dating from the 1800s to the present. Be sure to check out the Resource link for a lesson plan dealing with traditional dress making on the Fort Peck reservation. http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/identity%5Fby%5Fdesign/IdentityByDesign.html
YouthARTS at http://www.americansforthearts.org/YouthARTS/
is designed to give arts agencies, juvenile justice agencies, social service organizations, and other community-based organizations detailed information about how to plan, run, provide training, and evaluate arts programs for at-risk youth.
