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… a point of including children and non-combatant women as part of the "fighting force." How did children and other … how ordinary citizens can contribute? How can children participate? Background Activity 1. A Nation at War During … a link from the EDSITEment resource Center for the Liberal Arts , "World War II posters helped to mobilize a nation. …
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… Study Activity for Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans, Activity 3: How Did the … in Fels Cave, Lelepa Island. Wikimedia Commons (Note: Parts 1 through 4 of the LaunchPad are adapted from the …
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… Commons This lesson will introduce students to the ways artists use color to set the tone of a painting or to convey … the space. However, according to the National Gallery of Art's description of the painting "Despite the wealth of …
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… canvas) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1951). Smithsonian American Art Museum Organized around the compelling question "How … and learning, this lesson brings history, civics, and the arts together to learn about the experiences and …
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… through EDSITEment's Best of Web and former Thinkfinity partners about Franklin in his many different "hats" or … 1858 Congress commissioned one of America's most respected artists, Hiram Powers, to create statues of Benjamin …
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… Exploring Arthurian Legend yes Photo caption King Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, detail from the … stories are presented, both in literature and in the visual arts, students will learn about the cultures that preserve …
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… enjoy masks from many cultures as rich, colorful works of art, one can gain a deeper understanding by considering how masks are used in a particular culture and the meanings that the …
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… scientific study of caves, began in France with Edouard Martel. It's only appropriate that elementary French students learn their cave-art vocabulary by studying the caves of France. In this … cave paintings of France and create their own cave-wall art for the classroom. Preparation Background material is …
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… did not like Earnest, calling it Wilde’s “first really heartless play.” Do you agree with this critique? What does it … of Aestheticism, an art movement that propounded “art for art’s sake,” Wilde believed that artists should be more …
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… house is architect Frank Lloyd Wright ’s potent union of art and nature. Hovering over a thirty-foot waterfall with … decks extending it into the surrounding forest, it seems a part of its natural site. The two-page chapter on …
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… Chronicling America: History's First Draft Media Resource Art and Remembrance: Using Art to Teach the Holocaust and Combat Hate Media Resource …
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… Social Studies classroom and the Literature and Language Arts classroom. Background The essay "Shooting an Elephant" … the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Center for the Liberal Arts . Familiarize yourself with the historical context of …
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… and were brought by African slaves to the Caribbean and parts of the U.S. These tales developed into Brer Rabbit … Visit the Asante Information page in Peoples Resources at Art and Life in Africa Online for background on the Asante …
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… primarily on tales of heroic rescue, for example, may impart an unbalanced view of the period. Be sensitive to … act of armed revolt. During the Holocaust, it also meant partisan activism that ranged from smuggling messages, food, … cultural traditions in defiance of the rules; creating fine art, music, and poetry inside ghettos and concentration …
Emphasis on the arts is found in many of Ken Burns’s films, and The Dust Bowl is no exception.
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… Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood , 1842 (detail). Part of an allegorical series on the different stages in a … familiar with the application of allegory to the visual arts. This lesson plan introduces students to allegory in …
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… to form a coherent whole—is key to the success of a work of art in conveying its message and visually "hanging … students will be introduced to composition in the visual arts, including design principals, such as balance, symmetry …
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… their analyses with detailed description of form, first by participating in a class-wide process of observing shapes, … through the EDSITEment-reviewed Center for the Liberal Arts website, for a history of the term as used by …
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… detail of the background waterside city. Wikimedia Commons Artists often structure their compositions in particular … by discussing the definition of symmetry in the visual arts with students: Symmetry refers to the correspondence in …
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… James Marshall, Voyager , 1992 Courtesy National Gallery of Art Kerry James Marshall, Voyager , 1992, acrylic and … Histories exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo in …
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… by learning the definition of composition in the visual arts and some of its most basic components. Preparation …
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… Martin Puryear's Ladder for Booker T. Washington yes Photo caption Martin Puryear (1941–), Ladder for Booker T. Washington , …
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… Presidential Library October is designated as National Arts and Humanities month in the United States. But, what is …
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… Douglas, Into Bondage, 1936 Courtesy National Gallery of Art Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage , 1936, oil on canvas, … cultural production in visual, literary, and performing arts – a period intertwined with the Great Migration, when …
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… on themes and motifs found in the literature or the visual arts of several lands. With the Internet, students can …
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… Proclamation, 1864 or after Courtesy National Gallery of Art A. A. Lamb, Emancipation Proclamation , 1864 or after, … Histories exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo in …
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… canvas, 24 x 29 in. (61 x 73.7 cm.). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Museum of Modern Art "… the utterly naked look of someone / being stared at” …