Bring the Arts Alive in Your Classroom

A free gift for K through 12 educators!

In this time of economic challenges, the Music Center, one of the leading performing arts centers in the United States, is making Artsource® materials available at no cost. We invite you to review these exceptional model units of study and download them for use in your classroom. The Music Center will first feature the Artsource® written materials, and later post corresponding audio and video materials.

The Music Center's Artsource® curriculum is designed to bring the expressive world of the arts into classrooms. Artsource® empowers you to:

• Present artistic models in dance, music and theatre to your students
• Integrate the arts with other subject areas, such as Language Arts, Social Studies, History and Science
• Explore a broad spectrum of multicultural art forms with students in the classroom
• Guide students through varied levels of Standards-based lessons

Each Artsource® unit includes short summaries that provide historical and cultural background on selected artists and a description of the featured artwork. Built on the components of the California Visual and Performing Arts Framework and arts Standards, each lesson includes clear student outcomes, criteria for meaningful tasks and assessment questions.

Click on the Quick Links over to the right for the individual Artsource® Model Units available in each discipline.

Watch for the next five amazing Artsource® units of study! The following units and featured artists are coming soon:

• Aman International Folk Ensemble - "Suite of Appalachian Music and Dance"
• Aman International Folk Ensemble - "Suite of French Canadian Dances"
• Aman International Folk Ensemble - "Cajun Medley: Parley-Vous á Boire & Tit Galop Pour Mamou"
• Judith Helton - "The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit & Friends" & "Interview with Judith Helton as Beatrix Potter"
• Ranganiketan Manipuri Cultural Arts Troupe - "Dhon Dholak Cholam; Lai Haraoba; Vasanta Rasa Lila"

We’d like your feedback on these Artsource resources. Please email any comments, suggestions, questions, or concerns about these resources to education@musiccenter.org