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Skutt Kilns & Potter’s Wheels
Skutt’s Kiln Management manual is a complete guide for art coordinators, administrators, and teachers covering all aspects associated with kilns in schools and universities. Topics include kiln maintenance and repair, safety guidelines, kiln room design, training, management tools, and more. Download your free copy at skutt.com/kilnmanagement.
RESOURCE BOOK
Adaptive Art
Deconstructing Disability in the Art Classroom
A collection of tools and strategies to help art educators create adaptations for students with disabilities by capitalizing on their abilities. This practical resource will enable the educator to engage all students in a meaningful creative process of self-expression. The book includes a variety of instructional methods to adapt art activities, media, tools, and techniques to meet the needs of students with a wide range of abilities.
RESOURCE BOOK
Beautiful Stuff from Nature
More Learning with Found Materials
This sequel to Beautiful Stuff takes found materials exploration outdoors. It is filled with diverse and inviting stories of real teachers challenged to explore their outdoor spaces with children. Discover ideas and suggestions for:
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Experience Clay
3rd Edition
Encourage high-school students to discover their unique styles and interests while also learning about traditions and innovations in ceramics throughout history. This brand-new edition highlights a wide variety of processes including hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques, firing, and mixed media. Each chapter provides an opportunity to engage students with nontraditional approaches to ceramics in contemporary art and all-new Studio Experiences that feature opportunities for student choice.
RESOURCE BOOK
Fashion Fundamentals
Immerse students in problem-solving and innovative thinking with fashion design! This book covers methods and approaches to teaching fashion, including fashion design history, foundations, cultural and personal influences, and materials and tools. Lesson activities guide students through the process of developing original ideas using the creative process and building fundamental skills in clothing creation with a variety of techniques and materials.
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Making Artists
Making Artists picks up where The Open Art Room left off, covering issues and situations choice-based teachers encounter as they design their programs. This text provides tested methods for working through specific situations including room design, material handling, student ideation, production, and assessment. Additionally, you will enjoy a new set of unit and lesson plans to implement as you develop student-directed classrooms.
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The Open Art Room
Taking inspiration from a variety of contemporary approaches, this book presents a framework for Choice-Based instruction for grades 6–12. The Open Art Room provides a student-centered approach that is inspirational and classroom-tested. This book offers flexible instructional frameworks, assessment for Choice-Based educators, unit plans, mini-lessons, classroom examples, connections to the National Core Art Standards, engaging stories of student struggles and successes, and more.
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SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art
This latest title in the SchoolArts Collection is filled with lessons that will encourage your students to learn about, respond to, and create contemporary art. Organized into chapters on Identity, Social and Emotional Issues, and Collaboration, you’ll find studio lessons based on concepts and essential questions. Engage students in projects that are meaningful and discover what their voices add to the contemporary conversation.
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SchoolArts Collection: Media Arts
The first title in the SchoolArts Collection series will help you incorporate media arts and digital technology into your classroom. We’ve compiled articles written by experienced educators specializing in digital processes and new technologies to help you understand and thrive in this emerging area of art education. In these pages, you’ll find lessons that cover the full spectrum of media arts, from beginner to advanced.