Dewey 700-799
Arts & Recreation
Art
Art Encyclopedia -Provides information on art around the world. Artist, art work and museums are searchable by name. The images of the artwork are impressive for a web site and are large enough to see detail. Links to famous museums such as The Louvre, British Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art allow users to access famous artwork around the world.
The Incredible Art Department -On the "Just for Kids Page" find interactive art history websites, museums sites, online art lessons, and arts and craft activities.
ArtLex -This site is an art dictionary which contains more than 3,600 art and "visual culture" terms including a pronunciation guide, quotations, and supporting images.
Tate Learning-Kids -Create an imaginary city, become an art detective, write a story inspired by one of Tate's works of art, or make a carnival mask on this interactive web site.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Timeline of Art History" -The Timeline of Art History extends from prehistory to the present day. There is chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world with an emphasis on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Artcyclopedia - A fantastic megasite with 8,500 artists listed, 2,300 art sites indexed, and access to an estimated 180,000 works of art. Sites that allow their images to be used by students for projects are specially checkmarked.
NGAkids -The National Gallery of Art offers a number of resources for children which include interactive art created on-line. The children's page includes a link to search the website for information on artists and artworks.
The Web Gallery of Art
Smithsonian: Archives of American Art
Inside Art
Photography
Get the Picture: Thinking About Photographs : Learn about different photographers and their approaches to photography from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Types of cameras are introduced with each photographer as well as key questions, interesting facts and issues surrounding their specific photographs. A great site for anyone getting serious about photography.
American Museum of Photography
Music
The Mozart Project
Classical Net
Music for the Nation
Popular Songs in American History
The Symphony: An Interactive Guide - A comprehensive and interactive resource that features biographies of the major symphonic composers and live recordings of nine great symphonies, a timeline, explanations of musical forms and structures, and a complete guide to the instruments of the orchestra with audio samples.
San Francisco Symphony for Kids : Learning about the symphony? Check out the San Francisco Symphony for Kids! Relying heavily on graphics and images, this site provides information on how a symphony works, from the instruments to where specific sections are located. The Performalator allows you to try your hand at playing songs, while the Composerizer allows you to try your hand at writing music. Look out - you might just learn something while you're having fun!
Drama & Dance
Internet Movie Database : Who was that actor? Didn't I see him in another movie? Check out all sorts of movie knowledge at the Internet Movie Database. I frequently visit this site to find the answers to movie related questions and find not only new movies, but more obscure titles as well. Particularly useful because it is not only searchable by movie title, director, actor, etc., but names are hyper linked within searches. A resource I can't do without!
Acting Workshop On-line -A web site where beginning actors can learn about the acting business and receive free online lessons. The AWOL offers numerous links to drama/acting-related sites.
Cyberdance -A good website for researching classical ballet and modern dance resources, including choreographers, dance companies, and programs, events, and schools throughout the world.
Academy Awards Database
Internet Broadway Database
Dance Kids - the website for kids who love to dance
Young Dancers
And They Kept On Dancing
Sports & Games
VERB - Includes sports rules
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Baseball Almanac
Sports Rules -All of the rules of all of the games.
Children's Folk Games -Learn about rhymes, customs, tongue-twisters, and traditional and modern games from around the world.
Sports Illustrated for Kids On-line -Do you love the magazine Sports Illustrated for Kids? Here's more! This great, kid-friendly site provides young sports lovers the news and information they want. Users can create fantasy leagues, play games in the Buzz Beamer section, see photos and watch videos of their favorite players as well get news and the latest scores.
U.S. Figure Skating
Art Encyclopedia -Provides information on art around the world. Artist, art work and museums are searchable by name. The images of the artwork are impressive for a web site and are large enough to see detail. Links to famous museums such as The Louvre, British Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art allow users to access famous artwork around the world.
The Incredible Art Department -On the "Just for Kids Page" find interactive art history websites, museums sites, online art lessons, and arts and craft activities.
ArtLex -This site is an art dictionary which contains more than 3,600 art and "visual culture" terms including a pronunciation guide, quotations, and supporting images.
Tate Learning-Kids -Create an imaginary city, become an art detective, write a story inspired by one of Tate's works of art, or make a carnival mask on this interactive web site.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Timeline of Art History" -The Timeline of Art History extends from prehistory to the present day. There is chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world with an emphasis on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Artcyclopedia - A fantastic megasite with 8,500 artists listed, 2,300 art sites indexed, and access to an estimated 180,000 works of art. Sites that allow their images to be used by students for projects are specially checkmarked.
NGAkids -The National Gallery of Art offers a number of resources for children which include interactive art created on-line. The children's page includes a link to search the website for information on artists and artworks.
The Web Gallery of Art
Smithsonian: Archives of American Art
Inside Art
Photography
Get the Picture: Thinking About Photographs : Learn about different photographers and their approaches to photography from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Types of cameras are introduced with each photographer as well as key questions, interesting facts and issues surrounding their specific photographs. A great site for anyone getting serious about photography.
American Museum of Photography
Music
The Mozart Project
Classical Net
Music for the Nation
Popular Songs in American History
The Symphony: An Interactive Guide - A comprehensive and interactive resource that features biographies of the major symphonic composers and live recordings of nine great symphonies, a timeline, explanations of musical forms and structures, and a complete guide to the instruments of the orchestra with audio samples.
San Francisco Symphony for Kids : Learning about the symphony? Check out the San Francisco Symphony for Kids! Relying heavily on graphics and images, this site provides information on how a symphony works, from the instruments to where specific sections are located. The Performalator allows you to try your hand at playing songs, while the Composerizer allows you to try your hand at writing music. Look out - you might just learn something while you're having fun!
Drama & Dance
Internet Movie Database : Who was that actor? Didn't I see him in another movie? Check out all sorts of movie knowledge at the Internet Movie Database. I frequently visit this site to find the answers to movie related questions and find not only new movies, but more obscure titles as well. Particularly useful because it is not only searchable by movie title, director, actor, etc., but names are hyper linked within searches. A resource I can't do without!
Acting Workshop On-line -A web site where beginning actors can learn about the acting business and receive free online lessons. The AWOL offers numerous links to drama/acting-related sites.
Cyberdance -A good website for researching classical ballet and modern dance resources, including choreographers, dance companies, and programs, events, and schools throughout the world.
Academy Awards Database
Internet Broadway Database
Dance Kids - the website for kids who love to dance
Young Dancers
And They Kept On Dancing
Sports & Games
VERB - Includes sports rules
Boston Celtics
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Baseball Almanac
Sports Rules -All of the rules of all of the games.
Children's Folk Games -Learn about rhymes, customs, tongue-twisters, and traditional and modern games from around the world.
Sports Illustrated for Kids On-line -Do you love the magazine Sports Illustrated for Kids? Here's more! This great, kid-friendly site provides young sports lovers the news and information they want. Users can create fantasy leagues, play games in the Buzz Beamer section, see photos and watch videos of their favorite players as well get news and the latest scores.
U.S. Figure Skating