LESSON PLANS / CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

Ansel Adams: Educator's Guide ('M' 'H')
Uses the "Learning to Look Guide" ("A format for looking at and talking about photographs") that "leads the viewer through a careful visual analysis" of  Adams work.  By the Center for Creative Photography.
dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/education/guides/aaguide/aainguid.htm
Teacher resources: dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/education/guides/aaguide/lookguid.htm

Building Visual Art Lessons ('E' 'M' 'H') (Standards)
Not only does this site provide a guide for teachers, but also delivers an incredible set of lesson plans. The "J. Paul Getty Museum Education department has created this guide to help teachers and curriculum developers create successful arts-focused lessons. Included are ideas for preparing lessons, a step-by-step guide for teaching visual arts for each grade level, and ideas for evaluation and assessment approaches." Correlated to CA and National Standards for the Visual Arts.
Teacher Resources: www.getty.edu/education/search/

Digital Kids Club ('E' 'M')
Adobe provides lessons and plenty of help for getting the most out of digital pictures, both still and video. Help your students learn to be masters of the craft!
Teacher resources: http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/main.html

Photography Lesson Plans ('E' 'M' 'H')
Kodak provides a number of lesson plans that focus on photography as the subject and ones that incorporate it into other subjects. Traditional and digital.
www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/indices/photography.shtml Teacher resources: www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/plus/chapter5/index.shtml

Space Art Through the Ages ('E' 'M' 'H')
Includes interdisciplinary lesson plans, divided by grade level from K through 12.
Teacher resources: www.getty.edu/artsednet/resource