Art Education Web Resources- Folklife

American Folklife Center
lcweb.loc.gov/folklife
The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress houses thousands of photographs, recordings, and documents. Look for online publications such as "Folklife and Fieldwork," a handy guide to planning conducting fieldwork, including model interview and permission forms. "Commonwealth of Cultures" eloquently defines the discipline of folklore.
American Memory Learning Page
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
American Memory Learning Page features teachers from around the country that have designed lesson plans as part of their participation in an annual summer institute at the Library of Congress using the large online collections of the American Memory Project, which digitizes thousands of photographs, documents, and recordings.
City Lore
www.citylore.org
City Lore is NYC organization that documents and celebrates the folklife of the city and works nationally with teachers through the "Culture Catalog" and houses a Center for Folk Arts Education.
Cowboy Poets on the Internet
www.westernfolklife.org
Cowboy Poets on the Internet, from the Western Folklife Center, provides web casting of the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
Folk Legends of Japan
web-jpn.org/kidsweb/folk.html
Explore Japanese folk legends as you journey to "a fairy-tale world of heroes, terrible ogres, animals matching wits, and more!"
Latino Folklore
latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/folklore.html
Latino Folklore, from the Chicano Library at UCLA has short articles, oral histories, photos, and audio clips on Latino traditions in religion, narrative, music, games food, festivals, arts and Dia de los Muertos.
Masters of Ceremony
www.ohs.org/exhibitions/mocwww.ohs.org/exhibitions/moc
Masters of Ceremony: Traditional Artists and Life's Passages from the Oregon Folklife Program beautifully features short articles and photos on rites of passage as they're conducted by many different cultural groups living in the United States.
Millennium Trails
http://www.altrec.com/features/ontheamericantrail/
National and state trails have been named, and now it's time for communities around the country to identify local cultural, heritage, historical, and physical trails-a great student project.
The Moonlit Road
www.themoonlitroad.com
Read or listen to folktales from the American South. This storehouse of Southern history adds new stories every month.
North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance
www.folk.org
The Web page for the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance contains information on our organization, and our programs and services. You can become a member online, and learn about regional Folk Alliance conferences. It also has a list serve for Folk Alliance members and other interested people.
River of Song
www.pbs.org/riverofsong
Curriculum based on the PBS special on the Mississippi River.