How To Order Your Arts Toolkit
KET’s award-winning Arts Toolkits in Dance, Drama, Music, and Visual Arts are available for purchase by Kentucky educators. The Arts Toolkits are high-quality K-12 resources aligned to Kentucky academic content. These multimedia resources put a wealth of lesson plans, video segments, ideas, and other resources at your fingertips.
Toolkit Contents
Dance Arts Toolkit, 2nd Edition
- more than 160 video segments—about 12 hours in all—featuring dance performances of various styles and from around the world, model lessons in creative dance, and the complete DanceSense instructional series
- the World of Dance and Music CD-ROM
- a binder full of lesson plans (with assessment components), glossaries, responding guides, a statewide listing of dance resources, and informational materials on everything from periods and styles to creative movement
- Idea Cards
- a “Dancing Through Time” poster
- All materials are aligned to Core Content Version 4.1.
- 5 DVDs
Drama Arts Toolkit, 2nd Edition
- nearly eight hours of video segments, including onstage and storytelling performances
- a binder with lesson plans (including assessment components), glossaries, responding guides, a statewide listing of drama resources, and informational materials on everything from Kabuki to Shakespeare
- Stage One’s From Page to Stage CD-ROM exploring the collaborative process of theater
- “The World’s Stage” poster for classroom display
- Idea Cards
- packed in a box that can be converted into a puppet theater!
- The 1st edition Drama Arts Toolkit was named Best Instructional Resource and “Best of the Best” by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
- aligned to Core Content Version 4.1
- 4 VHS tapes and 1 DVD or 3 DVDs
Music Arts Toolkit
- 150 video segments—more than 12 hours in all
- A World of Music CD-ROM
- a binder full of lesson plans (with assessment components), glossaries, a responding guide, information on periods and styles of music, and a statewide listing of music resources
- Idea Cards
- a set of posters highlighting periods and styles
- All materials are aligned to Core Content Version 4.1
- available in both VHS and DVD versions
Visual Arts Toolkit
- the Kentucky Virtual Art Museum CD-ROM, with images of 250 artworks from 20 Kentucky museums
- nearly eight hours of video segments, including museum and studio visits, artist profiles, and advice on how to analyze and respond to works of art
- a binder full of lesson plans (with assessment components), glossaries, responding guides, a statewide listing of visual arts resources, and information on topics ranging from periods and styles to cultural art
- Idea Cards
- overhead transparencies
- a “Purposes of Art” classroom poster
- aligned to Core Content Versions 3.0 and 4.0
- 4 VHS tapes and 1 DVD or 2 DVDs
- The Visual Arts Toolkit was named Best Instructional Resource by the National Educational Telecommunications Association.
Also Available
- Some items can be purchased individually, including posters, the Kentucky Virtual Art Museum CD-ROM, and DVDs. See the order form for details.
Pricing/Ordering Details
Consult the Arts Toolkit Order Form for pricing information and ordering details. Note that discounts are available for multiple-copy orders. You may order by school purchase order, personal check, or credit card. (Add 6% Kentucky sales tax to personal check or credit card orders.)
KET is the sole source of this product. Currently, Arts Toolkits are available for purchase only in Kentucky. Check back as KET investigates the possibility of making some of these resources available nationally.