Describes techniques for integrating drama lessons into the media center curriculum in elementary and middle schools, featuring sample lesson plans, explaining how to showcase the benefits of arts-centered learning in the media center, and including Web links and an author and illustrator index.
Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater, and neriage ceramics.
Explores fifteen different career possibilities for people who have artistic interests and aptitudes, including animator, cosmetologist, chef, floral designer, interior designer, and photojournalist.
Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help.
Provides an overview of the history and culture of Jamaica, and includes discussion of the country's religion, education, language, social customs, media and cinema, literature, music, and performing and visual arts.
Provides an overview of the history and culture of Haiti, and includes discussion of the country's religion, people and society, social customs, media and cinema, literature and language, performing arts, and visual arts and architecture.
Provides an overview of the history and culture of Cuba, and includes discussion of the country's religion, social customs, broadcasting and print media, cinema, literature, and visual and performing arts.
Provides an overview of the history and culture of El Salvador, and includes discussion of the country's society and economy, religion, education, entertainment, literature, media, and visual and performing arts.
Examines debates over cultural ownership, discussing the battle over the rights to intellectual property, and tracing the history of the idea of "the commons" as a possible solution to the problem.
