Additional Distance Learning Resources

Artful Schools provides free arts education resources including classes and lesson plan ideas to teachers at K-12 schools around the world.

Get access to award-winning productions, engaging resources and behind-the-scenes insights to develop your students' understanding of dramatic texts and performance, helping them excel in class and beyond.

Explore virtual museum exhibits from all around the world, stepping into world-class museums right from your living room.

This toolkit is intended to help inform families and educational stakeholders of the facts about Dyslexia, providing pertinent information that can help guide them through the initial phase of navigating dyslexia and the obstacles it presents.

The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM provides free content meant to inspire, reimagine, and transform K-12 education using the largest collection of arts integration and STEAM resources in the world.

For educators looking to infuse the arts into their educational practices, The Kennedy Center has developed a robust, free collection of hundreds of digital learning resources: lessons, articles, performance guides, how-tos and much more. 

This extensive resource list includes guides to online collections, virtual tours, e-learning, and kid-centered museum resources, along with information about distance resources provided by cultural centers across the country. 

The National Art Education Association provides extensive tools and learning resources for teachers, including toolkits for remote learning.

National Geographic’s online educational guides and tools includes virtual journeys through America’s National Parks, family and educator guides, along with age-specific resources from videos to maps and infographics. 

Distinctive Destinations provide a variety of distance learning opportunities and activities such as online lesson plans, virtual field trips, coloring sheets, and other resources for teaching from home from museums and historic sites across the US. 

Experience the New York City Ballet from your home in these one-of-a-kind virtual events for individuals and families to enjoy, including workshops for children, teens, and adults.

Project Zero’s toolbox highlights Thinking Routines developed across a number of research projects at PZ; a thinking routine is a set of questions or a brief sequence of steps used to scaffold and support student thinking. 

With 503 contributors from 201 colleges, universities, museums, and research centers, Smarthistory is the most-visited art history resource in the world, with introductory guides, videos, and essays on how to engage with art virtually and in-person.

The Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach through a free, interactive platform for discovering authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning.

Smithsonian Open Access allows you to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images, including images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.

Through this online resource, students can engage and practice close reading and think critically about intriguing Times images that have been stripped of their captions.