- Really cool Quicktime Virtual
Reality clips of the California Missions from the Virtual Guidebook to El
Camino Real. Also take a look at Panoramas
of Spanish Missions.
- Missions Trail from the California Department
of Parks and Recreation, includes a short paragraph about each of the 21 California
Missions (text only).
- Loretto
(spanish only) del California Department of Parks and Recreation, sobre la colonizacción
de California.
- The California
Mission Site: has background
and information
on all 21 Missions, color photographs, black and white sketches, and authentic
Mission music,
and then, more
history! © 1998 The Civic Group.
- California
Missions includes a half page or more with a photo of each Mission. No way
to tell who the author is...also includes a 60 second movie.
- Need to make a Mission floorplan? Here's
a general map
from "Annie's Mission"
that will help you.
- Mission
Tour Home: complete description of each Mission, a pictorial tour, and maps.
© 2001 Computer Knowledge.
- A good page of links to Missions sites
called simply California
Mission Links by Donald Laird.
- Historic photographs
from the California Museum of Photography. And still more photos
from the California Museum of Photography, Setzer - Alexander / Friends of Photography Collection.
- Current
photographs from Pete's Lantern Room. Copyright © 2000 Pete Amass.
- About.com's California
Missions site includes general information, links
to individual missions, and related
resources.
- California Missions as photographed
by the Keystone View Company. Circa 1910-1929. Photos are small.
- Cool photoessays
on many of the Missions by Athanasius Schaefer.
- Research Starters from Britannica Online,
Spanish
Missions of California. Copyright © 2001 Grolier Incorporated.
- Unbelievable as it may seem, there are
1911 postcards of parade floats made to look like the missions! Might be
useful for that assignment where you make a model of the mission! San Diego's
Panama-California Exposition (1915-1916), San Diego Historical Society, Copyright
©1996. Use the search tool to find more photos.
- Missions
of California: nice drawings and a one page description of each of the missions
from Earlene's Roots.
- More photos, both historic and current,
part of a slideshow
by RJackson. Use the table
of contents to see which missions are included.
- MY MISSION is dedicated to presenting information about the missions as well as historic preservation needs. See the section on Missions for photos and info or History for a quick overview.
- Photographs
by Adam Clark Vroman
- Photographs
of the Missions that might come in handy for comparison by REA Studio
- More photos,
these are very old from the University of California Riverside/California Museum
of Photography.
Art Links
- Printable artworks so you can experiment with styles and color, play wordsearch games, and more.
- Pigments through the Ages from webexhibits.org. An interesting mix of visual examples, scientific information, and basic definitions about the origins and use of color in the 20th century.
- K-6 Elementary Art Lessons from Michal Austin with student examples. Sorted by grade and by theme. Also includes a teacher page with links to organizational and presentation ideas. Additional pages with Middle School/High School lessons
- ArtEdventures
for teachers and students consists of lesson plans, technique demos, art history, glossary terms, and artist biographies.
- Kind of a wild page but links to a tremendous number of lesson plans, check out Favorite Lessons from the Incredible Art Department.
- World Myths and Legends in Art is divided into 3 main sections. Themes and Culture presents background info, stories, and discussion questions as well as the art. Compare and Contrast guides the user through creating a comparative essay. There is also downloadable curriculum.
- Visual and performing arts standards for California public schools.
- Art History Study Prints prepared for students at the University of Wisconsin. Lots of art works presented for online viewing and study. Topics include Twentieth Century, African-American Artists, Hispanic-American Artists, Asian-American Artists, Gay and Lesbian Artists, and Women Artists.
- Learning to Draw, an essay by Marvin Bartel covers the basic goals of teaching drawing and provides loads of links to other articles and related sites.
Related Links (history, gardens, travel, maps, people, events)
Mission / Art Glossaries
- Illustrated Glossary
of Terms relating to California Missions from the California Mission Studies
Association.
- California
Mission Glossary from About.com
- For more information on various artists and styles, try the
WebMuseum Timeline
- A Brush with Greatness Gallery Art
Glossary
- About.com offers a Drawing/Sketching Glossary and a Painting glossary.
- ArtLex art dictionary is an extensive list of terms.
- Pigment: see http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_pigments.html
- Dictionary
of Art Terms from Aliceville
- ArtLex
by Michael Delahunt
- Art
Terms from Scribbles. A glossary kids will understand.
- Alphabet of Art discusses the seven elements that the artist or designer works with: Line, Line Direction, Shape, Size, Texture, Value, and Color. The system also considers the concept of Composition, which is defined as the total effect of the use of the Elements.
- Visual Arts Glossary has some definitions, although brief and text only, that you will not find anywhere else easily. From Heart's Ease.
- Brush with Wildlife glossary provides definitions and examples. You may have to adjust the window size.
General Glossaries / Dictionaries:
- Grolier
Online Dictionary provides a multiple search of several dictionaries/thesauri including Spanish to English, English to Spanish
- Lots of words you don't understand?
How about looking them up at WordCentral.Com
- RhymeZone,
rhyming dictionary and thesaurus from Lycos. Find definitions, antonyms,synonyms
and more. Could be used to generate your own activitie
- Look up words using the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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