http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT learning exercises Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:14:31 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 00:14:31 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=91593 This assignment supplements the development of an arts lesson plan. Student teachers will work in teams of two to develop a holistic and an analytic rubric for the same lesson plan. The debate and interaction needed to development both rubrics and show the difference between them will help these http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92386 This research and writing assignment is designed to broaden the perspective of creativity in the curriculum and help students realize connections among different types of theories and philosophies. It is geared for a graduate level course and includes peer reviews. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92414 This assignment is designed to give students the opportunity to use an online imagebase and learn how to use specific features in the imagebase which may be useful in presenting an elementary lesson. Search activities that relate to elementary classrooms, zoom capabilities, copyright issues and re http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92385 This assignment combines storytelling and the many ways that a story can be told with practice in aligning arts teaching with National Standards for Arts Education.It is geared for student teachers who are learning about national standards, lesson planning and developmental levels of their stu http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92404 The virtual tour, one of several online from the National Gallery of Art, allows you to navigate through panoramas of the exhibition galleries. As you walk through the space, you can select specific paintings for larger image views, close-up details, and more information. The tour is offered in a http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92396 This assignment introduces students to the National Standards for Theater and offers online concrete examples of radio drama for them to discover and use in forming K-12 arts/drama lessons for their own students. The Mercury Theater on the Air provides an historical and cultural context for drama http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92383 This assignment is designed to help student teachers take existing online art activities and begin developing a more complete lesson plan that is anchored in national standards, has an assessment, and requires student reflection of the process. Student teachers actually select and complete an onli http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=92384 This assignment is designed to heighten awareness and depth of understanding of dance and K-12 dance education in America. Exploration, target information and educational reflection are all part of the research.