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Here is a list of useful resources
for the visual arts.


ART ACTIVITY IDEAS


Art Prep 
https://artprep.weebly.com/
  • PREP - Parent Run art Education Program from Oak Ridge Elementary School
  • K-6 Art Curriculum
  • 1 hour projects (approximate time)
  • Low parent preparation needed
  • Art history inspired projects

Art with Mr. E  http://artwithmre.blogspot.com/

  • Blog from a teacher of students in grades K - 4 in Nashville, TN
  • He was named 2011-2012 Tennessee State Elementary Art Teacher of the Year
  • Some lesson ideas can easily be adapted for middle school students
  • He also hails from the great state of West Virginia!!!

Ms. Eaton's Phileonia Artonian http://mseatonsart.blogspot.ca/

  • Blog from a teacher of students in grades 7 - 11
  • Great photos to inspire ideas for unique artworks
  • Some lesson details and project directions are included.

Art at Hoover Elementary  http://www.hooverartroom.blogspot.com/
  • Great visuals and lesson ideas!!

Davies Reich Pinterest Page  http://www.pinterest.com/daviesreich/
  • Tons of ideas to inspire us all!!

TEACHING

Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Visual Arts  http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/Blueprints/VAbp2007.pdf
  • Comprehensive K-12 curriculum for New York City
  • Aligned with state and national art standards

The Teaching Palette  http://theteachingpalette.com/
  • A collaborative forum for art educators
  • Includes ideas for classroom management in the art room
  • Featured in School Arts Magazine and National Art Education Association (NAEA) News

Thinking Maps http://thinkingmaps.com/
  • The brain is primarily visual.
  • Visual maps allow us to have concrete images for abstract thoughts for all subject matter

MUSEUM LINKS

NEW YORK CITY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/
The Museum of Modern Art:  http://www.moma.org/
The Whitney Museum of American Art:  http://whitney.org/
The Guggenheim Museum:  http://www.guggenheim.org/


VISUAL ARTS PD
Fellow art teachers from the NYC visual arts PD group in November may access my printmaking and collage unit materials by clicking on the following links.

Lesson Summary:  In this lesson, students learned about the life and works of American Collage artist Romare Bearden.  They worked from photos of buildings in my neighborhood to draw a typical NYC building.  They then transferred their drawing to a 9x6" foam plate.  They worked in teams of two to create two prints from their plate on black construction paper using ink colors of their choice.  After all prints were complete, students worked in collaborative groups to create a collage.  They used their prints, painted newspaper, magazine and newspaper photos, construction paper and glossy/metallic papers.

I hope you find this helpful as you plan your own lessons to connecting to history using Bearden, Faith Ringgold, and Ezra Jack Keats.  

Bearden Printmaking Unit Plan
Bearden Printmaking Lesson Plan
Bearden Printmaking and Collage Student Handout
Bearden Printmaking and Collage Power Point
Printing Steps, Collage Planning Sheet and Rubric
Bearden Printmaking Rubric
Bearden Printmaking Parent Handout

Bearden Collage Unit Plan
Bearden Group Collage Lesson Plan
Bearden Collage Written Review
Bearden Collage Parent Handout




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