Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Colonial Period Arts units in the Layers of Learning curriculum.
Colonial Period Arts is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the Colonial Period Arts book. Here’s a link to a free printable cover to accompany all of your Colonial Period Arts PDF units.
Mannerism
- YouTube Playlist Mannerism and the Dutch Golden Age
- Kiddle site: Mannerism Facts for Kids
- Mannerism from Academic Kids
- National Gallery of Art: Mannerism
- Mannerism Art: A Look at the Ins and Outs of the Mannerism Period
- Khan Academy: Mannerism
- Dutch Golden Age from Academic Kids
- The Art Story: Dutch Golden Age Painting Movement
Baroque & Rococo
- YouTube Playlist Baroque and Rococo Art
- Playlist of Baroque Music
- The Art Story: Baroque
- The Art Story: Rococo
- Biography of Gottfried Silbermann, an organ maker
- Khan Academy: Baroque 17th Century and Rococo and Neoclassicism 18th Century
- Baroque Art and Architecture Fact or Fiction
- A variety of Baroque art quizzes
- A Beginner’s Guide to Rococo art
Reformation & Counter Reformation
- YouTube Playlist Reformation & Counter-Reformation
- SmartHistory’s Reformation Page
- The Met Museum’s Information on the Reformation
- Protestant Vs. Catholic Art Examples
- The Reformation Trivia
- Khan Academy: Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Mughal Arts
- YouTube Playlist Mughal Arts
- Article about Shah Jahan
- Indian Miniature Paintings – a learning site for kids
- UNESCO World Heritage Site website about the Taj Mahal
- UNESCO World Heritage Site website about Red Fort
- Khan Academy Lectures and Videos about Mughal Arts – 1500-187 C.E. in Art of Asia units from Art History
Classical Music
- YouTube Playlist Classical Music
- DSO.com has lots of cool activities to help familiarize kids with music and instruments
- SFSkids.com has educational resources for kids from the San Francisco Orchestra
- Articles and videos about the orchestra instruments
- Click on and play the instruments in the orchestra than try a quiz
- Biography of Franz Schubert
American Colonial Art
- YouTube Playlist American Colonial Art
- Khan Academy: British Colonies to the Early Republic
- Activity Pages from Colonial Williamsburg
- Colonial Groups Reading (artisans are included)
- Colonial American Art online museums
- Early American Art from the Smithsonian
- Colonial Trades information from the Colonial Williamsburg Website
- Smarthistory’s site on Colonial American Arts
African Arts
- YouTube Playlist African Arts
- Art of Africa from Khan Academy
- National Museum of African Art
- Smarthistory: Kente Cloth
- Modern African Art
- Artyfactory’s African Masks Site
Folk Art
- YouTube Playlist Folk Art
- Folk Songs – Music for your family to learn
- Free Children’s Sheet Music – you can learn to play these songs on the recorder, piano, etc.
- An introduction to folk art
- Folk art from the Eden Gallery
- Different kinds of folk art from around the world
Neoclassicism
- YouTube Playlist Neoclassicism
- Kiddle Site: Neoclassicism for Kids
- The Art Story: Neoclassicism
- The Painters of Pompeii, a look at the art that was unearthed that inspired the Neoclassical movement
- High school lessons on Neoclassicism from The Getty
- Kiddle Site: The Grand Tour
- Khan Academy: Rococo and Neoclassicism 18th Century