After reading "The Mysterious Giant of Barletta" by Tomie DePaola, about an ancient Roman statue that comes to life, students create a paper sculpture based on ancient Greek and Roman statues in the Getty Museum. They then write a narrative story told from the viewpoint of their sculpture.
Cross curricular unit plan.
This art history video lecture Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Giorgione's "The Tempest" c. 1506-8. At the Accademia in Venice.
In this Smarthistory art history video Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Giorgione's "Three Philosophers", c. 1506. At the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
This art history video discussion looks at Giotto di Bondone's St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata with predella scenes of the Dream of Innocent III, The Pope Approving the Rule of the Order, and St. Francis Preaching to the Birds, c. 1295-1300 (originally, Church of San Francesco, Pisa), tempera and gold on panel, 3.13 x 1.63m, original frame inscribed: "OPUS IOCTI FIORETINI".
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Ognissanti Madonna", 1306-10, tempera on panel, 128 x 80 1/4" (325 x 204 cm). Painted for the Church of Ognissanti, Florence.
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Lamentation", c. 1305 (Arena Chapel, Padua).
This art history video discussion examines Giotto's "The Entombment of Mary", 1310, tempera on poplar, 75 x 179 cm (Gemaldegalerie, Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Verein, Berlin).
This art history video discussion examines Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson's "The Sleep of Endymion", 1791, oil on canvas, exhibited in the salons of 1793 and 1814 (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the biographic text, Gloria Estefan. Along with her worldwide musical fame, Gloria Estefan also experienced tragedy, but continued to help others in unfortunate situations. Gloriaĺĺs success has allowed her to receive multiple honors and awards for her selfless work leading to her being referred to as "a star with a heart."
This activity is for upper primary or middle years students, but could easily be adapted for younger students too. Students draw an African animal of their choice on watercolor paper, outline the animal with black glue, then finally paint over their project with watercolors. The final result is BEAUTIFUL!
Students will understand the use of personification as a way of expressing ideals. Students will transfer this understanding to the present by creating an allegorical depiction of a contemporary ideal or value inspired by precedents in classical Greece and the Neoclassical period.
Students examine primary resources, photographs by Dorothea Lange, and a U.S. map to understand the migrant experience during the Great Depression.
Students explore healthy posture through storytelling and observation.
Google Arts and Culture is a massive collection of videos and images of cultural artifacts from over 2,000 museums around the world. You can explore places around the world and gather vetted resources for lessons and activities for your classroom.
There are many things you can do with web version but there is even MORE to explore when you download the Arts and Culture App available for Android and IOS.
10 Things you can do with Google Arts and Culture: (plus much more!)
1. Explore pocket galleries
2. Color famous artwork
3. Take an art selfie
4. Play in a blob opera
5. Go on a Google Expedition
6. Do the cultural 5
7. Take an (augmented) reality check
8. Zoom in on art
9. Grab a lesson plan
10. Try a crossword puzzle
Zoom over the Sahara desert. Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower. You can do it all with Google Earth, the tool that makes the world feel a little bit smaller with its map-generating capabilities. If you're new to Google Earth, the tutorials offer a great introduction.
*Guided tours with the Voyager option. Take a guided tour around the globe with some of the world's leading storytellers, scientists, and nonprofits. Immerse yourself in new cultures and test your knowledge of the world.
*Measure distances & area
*Take your students virtually to the place you are studying
*Globe & map view
"With VR and AR, teachers are no longer limited by the space of the classroom. VR lets you explore the world virtually while AR brings abstract concepts to life—allowing teachers to guide students through collections of 360° scenes and 3D objects, pointing out interesting sites and artifacts along the way."
You will have to download the app to use this from the app store (available for andriod and IOS).
Copy and paste this url into a browser to see the massive list of tours that are available!
Currently there are 900 trips! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uwWvAzAiQDueKXkxvqF6rS84oae2AU7eD8bhxzJ9SdY/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0
To experience VR you will need Expeditions app, a mobile device or Chrome OS, and optional - a VR viewer
SUN WEST - Contact Doug or Terry to bring this to your school!
This art history video discussion examines Gordon Bunshaft's (for Skidmore Owings and Merrill) Lever House, 1951-52 (390 Park Avenue, NYC).
In this art history video Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker discuss Jan Gossaert's "Saint Luke Painting the Madonna", c. 1515-25. In the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
This art history video discussion examines Francisco Goya's "The Family of Charles IV", c. 1800, Prado Museum, 280 cm x 336 cm (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).