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Education and Visual Literacy
* indicates a metasite of links to imagebases.
ARTSEDGE: Weblinks, National Arts and Education Network, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts *
ArtsEdNet, Getty Education Institute for the Arts, lesson plans
ARTstor BU
Best of History Web Sites, Center for Teaching History with Technology*
Bugscope, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CERES (Center for Educational Resources) Project, NASA, Montana State University
CLN: Community Learning Network Theme Pages
EdSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities, lesson plans, image links *
ExInEd: Exploration in Education, Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA
Exploratorium, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
GEM: Gateway to 21st Century Skills, National Education Association, click on a subject, then limit to Type: image set
Getty All Curricula, Getty Museum
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web, CUNY and George Mason University, Search "images" or Advanced Search check Topic(s) and Types of Resources Images
Learning Page, Library of Congress, Lessons--by Themes,Topics, Disciplines or Eras
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) Classroom for Teachers and Students
Online Art Collection, Gottesman Libraries, Teachers College, Columbia University
Online Meteorology Guide, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Picturing U.S. History, American Social History Project, Center for Media and Learning, CUNY *
Teaching with Documents Lesson Plans, US National Archives, United States history
U.S. Geological Survey and Science Education
Visual Literacy Concepts and Strategies: Focus on Photography: A Curriculum Guide. Cynthia Way, International Center of Photography
Visual Literacy Portal, International Visual Literacy Association
"Visual literacy resources on the Web," Alessia Zanin-Yost, College & Research Libraries News, vol. 68 no. 8, September 2007. BU
Visual Literacy Toolbox: Learning to Read Images, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland.
Visual Rhetoric and Strategies of Persuasion, Stanford University
Visual Rhetoric/ Visual Literacy, Writing Studio, Duke University:
Writing about Film,
Writing about Comics and Graphic Novels,
Writing about Paintings,
Writing about Photography,
Writing about Maps,
Creating Scientific Poster Presentations
"Visual resources online; digital images of primary materials on public Web sites," Annie Blecksmith, College & Research Libraries News, vol. 69 no. 5, May 2008. BU
Visual Thinking Strategies (VTM): Visual Thinking, Teaching Strategy. In Their Words, and Guiding Principles
Go To References
Ruth S. Thomas, Art/Art History Bibliographer
rthomas@bu.edu (617) 353-3770