Chimney sweeps, street urchins, and Queen Victoria — very different characters living in the very same era. A collection of images enhances any lesson on Victorian England, making a great addition to classroom decoration, slideshows, or...

Winter, spring, summer, and fall—Earth experiences them all! But what about Mars? Scholars compare the planets in terms of distance, tilt, and rotation during a lesson from PBS's Space series. Great visual models of Earth and Mars, plus...

This slide presentation provides a background of why the process of brainstorming is important as well as elements and tools you can use to get your creative juices flowing.

Often times, getting your students to think creatively is as simple as asking the right kinds of questions. This excellent article discusses the types of questions to ask and provides valuable insight into the creative thinking process.

This resource highlights several female artists from various visual art genres. You can view one piece from each artist and read their biography. Included in the list of women are Frida Kahlo and Alma Woodsey Thomas.

An audio slideshow about the work and creative process of American artist Richard Tuttle. Excellent examples of Tuttle's work made during the early, middle, and late stages of his career, with equally excellent commentary on the aspects...

We know that it is important to teach students to be creative thinkers. We also know there are many websites that show how to encourage the creative process. This site explains how those creative thinking techniques work.

Often times, getting your students to think creatively is as simple as asking the right kinds of questions. This excellent article discusses the types of questions to ask and provides valuable insight into the creative thinking process.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Creative Writing."

The New York Times provides 140 pictures that will prompt student's creative written expression.

Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the "New York Times," narrates a slideshow of the work of two titans of twentieth-century art, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. He clearly documents the friendly rivalry that existed between these two...

This creative infographic from SuperScholar helps us understand how much William Shakespeare's plays and poetry have influenced both our language and our culture today.

View the entries of a creative art competition through a slideshow or by artist by using an interactive map. Website is in French, but there is an option to view it in English. The audio commentaries from the artists are available only...

This visual is a representation of engineering design process which includes teamwork and design. Students will be able to follow the steps of the design process to strengthen their understanding of open-ended design and emphasize...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will write for an extended period of time. Students will engage in this silent writing activity to building their stamina and to increase their creativity.

This innovative resource offers a wide selection of photographs and words to stimulate writing in an interactive format.

An industrial designer shares his examples of products that are designed so well that it would be pointless to tinker any further with them. Teachers should be aware that one product is a handgun. Many of the others are examples of...

The best designs are usually the simplest, but just because they're simple doesn't mean they're easy to come up with. Here are seven examples of objects that aren't particularly sophisticated but have a subtle, genius simplicity to their...

A site that shows images of flowers and other natural objects imported to the computer using a flatbed scanner and then printed as artwork. Read the artist's statement, then click on "Prints" at the top to see her work.

This resource provides several curator-selected sketchbooks, from the Smithsonian's archives, belonging to different American artists working during the period from 1840 to 1970.

A tour of nine of the collections' newer photographs from the National Gallery of Art. These are from 1936 and before from artists like Bill Brandt, Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Charles Sheeler, and more.

Front cover of the book Live Writing by Ralph Fletcher.

Front cover of the book Show; Don't Tell!: Secrets of Writing by Josephine Nobisso

There are several methods that can help develop creative thinking skills. This site explains what a few of those methods are and how they can help you think more creatively.