The Bedouins of ancient Arabia and Persia made poetry a conversational art …
The Bedouins of ancient Arabia and Persia made poetry a conversational art form. Several poetic forms developed from the participatory nature of tribal poetry. Today in most Arabic cultures, you may still experience public storytelling and spontaneous poetry challenges in the streets. The art of turning a rhyme into sly verbal sparring is considered a mark of intelligence and a badge of honor. Students will learn about the origins and structure of Arabic Poetry.
Help students learn about archaeological methods and how archaeological interpretations are made. …
Help students learn about archaeological methods and how archaeological interpretations are made. It is organized around questions that include: What is archeology? What do archaeologists do? How do archaeologists determine how old things are?
This art history video discussion examines the Arch of Titus, originally Pentelic …
This art history video discussion examines the Arch of Titus, originally Pentelic marble, early 19h-century restoration is in travertine, c. 81 C.E. (Via Sacra, Rome).
This 14 day Unit Plan integrates the Utah Core Standards for Language …
This 14 day Unit Plan integrates the Utah Core Standards for Language Arts and for Reading and Writing in History/Social Studies with the existing Utah Social Studies Standards. The students read, research, draw conclusions, and write beginning level argumentative essays comparing/contrasting major world religions. For a more thorough summary see the Background For Teachers section.
In this 28 day unit, students will gain background information on historic …
In this 28 day unit, students will gain background information on historic wars, compare different genres presentations of events, recognize different points of view, research an essential question, compile evidence, create warrants that lead to a claim which answers the essential question, and write an argumentative essay.
Students will discover a policy within their school or district that is …
Students will discover a policy within their school or district that is important to them and that they'd like to change. They will conduct an investigation of the policy in question and write a letter with their claim, results, and recommendation to the appropriate audience.
This course is particularly focused on helping you develop visual literacy skills, …
This course is particularly focused on helping you develop visual literacy skills, but all the college courses you take are to some degree about information literacy. Visual literacy is really just a specialized type of information literacy. The skills you acquire in this course will help you become an effective researcher in other fields, as well.
This art video discussion is titled "Art & Context: Monet's Cliff Walk …
This art video discussion is titled "Art & Context: Monet's Cliff Walk at Pourville & Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White." It looks at Claude Monet's "Cliff Walk at Pourville", oil on canvas, 1882 (Art Institute of Chicago); and Kazimir Malevich, "Suprematist Composition: White on White", oil on canvas, 1918 (MoMA).
How are poetry and American art interrelated? This guide pairs American artworks …
How are poetry and American art interrelated? This guide pairs American artworks with the lives and poems of the nation's most revered poets including William Cullen Bryant, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Carlos Williams, and Charles Olson.
How do museum conservators apply science to analyze the condition of an …
How do museum conservators apply science to analyze the condition of an artwork? This lesson will help students understand applications of electromagnetic radiation in art conservation.
ŔCules son las fuentes histricas, sociales, y culturales que informan al trabajo …
ŔCules son las fuentes histricas, sociales, y culturales que informan al trabajo de las artistas latinoamericano? Esta porcin del mdulo de Arte y Cultura Latino describe races culturales del Latino de una mezcla rica de fuentes europeas, indgenas, y africanas.
ŔCules son las fuentes histricas y culturales que informan al contenido social …
ŔCules son las fuentes histricas y culturales que informan al contenido social de la obra de los artistas latinos? Esta porcin del mdulo de Arte y Cultura Latino examina el movimiento chicano en los Estados Unidos.
ŔCules son los factores histricos que influyen sobre las modalidades de migracin …
ŔCules son los factores histricos que influyen sobre las modalidades de migracin e inmigracn a los Estados Unidos de la poblacin de origen latinoamericano? Esta porcin del mdulo de Arte y Cultura Latino describe cmo se han adaptado los latinos a su Nuevo entorno, desde la perspective de los artistas mexicano-americanos, puertorriqueos y cubano-americanos.
ŔCules son las influencias histricas en el desarrollo de las tradiciones artsticas …
ŔCules son las influencias histricas en el desarrollo de las tradiciones artsticas del sudoeste? Esta porcin del mdulo de Arte y Cultura Latino explica cmo la tradicin de los santos reflejo de los valores culturales del pasado y presente.
The following artifact analysis worksheet was designed and developed by the Education …
The following artifact analysis worksheet was designed and developed by the Education Staff of the National Archives and Records Administration. You may find this worksheet useful as you introduce students to artifacts and primary sources of material culture, society and history.
In this art history video Beth Harris and Steven Zucker discuss Paul …
In this art history video Beth Harris and Steven Zucker discuss Paul Troost's House of (German) Art (1933-37) in relation to the Great Exhibition of German Art and the Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) Exhibitions of 1937 in Munich.
The House of German Art now exhibits international contemporary art in direct opposition to original National Socialist intent.
Paint a vivid picture in your reader's mind with good descriptive writing! …
Paint a vivid picture in your reader's mind with good descriptive writing! Artwork provides the perfect starting point for practicing descriptive writing that conveys color, shape, line, and mood.
The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African American artist explore …
The visual narratives and abstractions of this preeminent African American artist explore the places where he lived and worked: the rural South, Pittsburgh, Harlem, and the Caribbean. Bearden's central themes: religion, jazz and blues, history, literature, and the realities of black life he endured throughout his remarkable career in watercolors, oils, and especially collages and photomontages from the 1940s through the 1980s.
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