Textbook Research for 2010-11

A listing of Resources and Text ideas for various subjects revolving around a film/animation curriculum.

MYTH and STORY - BOOKS

• Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

• Iliad by Homer
• Odyssey by Homer
• The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood (Written from Penelope's perspective)

• The Myths CD Collection: A Short History of Myth/The Penelopiad/Weight by Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson
• Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C S Lewis (Cupid and Psyche)
• The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J R R Tolkien (pre-Lord of the Rings)
• Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
• Metamorphoses by Ovid

• The White Goddess; a historical grammar of poetic myth by Robert Graves

LINKS -

• Classical Myth - the Ancient Sources - Univ of Victoria. Includes timeline, images and text

ANIMATION

• Exploring Storyboarding (Design Exploration Series) Wendy Tumminello (Author)

• Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation Francis Glebas (Author)

• Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation Giannalberto Bendazzi

• The Unseen Art Of Hollywood: A Retrospective Of Film Storyboards Trevor Goring (Author), Joyce Goring (Author)

ANATOMY and DRAWING

PHYSICS

BIBLE STUDY

• The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) Karen Armstrong (Author)

2010 - 11 Field Trip Ideas

2010-11 SCHOOL YEAR

Listing of field trip ideas by Subject

LANGUAGE ARTS - Mythology (elements of story) / Creative Writing

• MOMA The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times March 10–September 6, 2010
  
• Smithsonian Amer Art Museum Telling Stories - Norman Rockwell Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg July 2, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011

MATH - Algebra

SCIENCE - Anatomy & Zoology (emphasis on animation)

• AMNH Since Darwin: The Evolution of Evolution September 12, 2009 - July 18, 2010
  

SCIENCE - Physics (with focus on electrical engineering applications)

• Lighting a Revolution—Electricity Hall
NMAH Ongoing exhibit Visit the Exhibit online

FINE ART - Animation & Drawing

• Disney California Adventure at Disneyland to see PIXAR Toy Story Zoetrope
• Corcoran - HELIOS Eadweard Murbridge: In a time of Change (April 10 - July 18, 2010) - see the Zoopraxiscope
• MOMA Picasso: Themes and Variations March 28–August 30, 2010


• MOMA On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century November 21, 2010–February 7, 2011

PRACTICAL ARTS - Web Development (Typing, HTML, Photoshop at HCC)

• MOMA Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography
  May 7, 2010–March 21, 2011

PRACTICAL ARTS - Invention (Young Inventors at HCC)

• Artifact Walls - Toys from the Attic NMAH Ongoing exhibit


• Invention at Play NMAH Ongoing exhibit Visit the exhibit online


• Invention Case: Hot Spots of Invention NMAH Ongoing exhibit


• Invention Case: Toying with Invention NMAH Ongoing exhibit

SPANISH (1st year)

• Smithsonian Folklife Festival featuring Mexico (July 2010)

HEALTH - general High School Health course

• Key Ingredients - America by Food online & traveling exhibit

PHYS ED - Biking (DC to Pittsburgh Aug 2010)

DRAMA - Musical Theater (Jan-Mar 2011)

• Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment NMAH April 23, 2010–August 29, 2010


• Nat'l Portrait Gallery One Life: Echoes of Elvis January 8, 2010 - August 29, 2010


• NEWSEUM Elvis! at the Newseum thru Feb. 14, 2011

JUST FOR FUN

• NMAH - Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn
  June 14, 2010–September 1, 2011
  

Got any ideas? Leave them in the comments section.

Anatomy Class links

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY for ANIMATORS
(tracking links and resources for teaching anatomy)


WEB RESOURCES

• Get Body Smart Interactive tutorials of skeletal systems. Flash with Quizes
• Mc Graw Hill Biology FREE Animations
• Gel Person to Teach Human Anatomy (and medical imaging)
• Grey's Anatomy Online