Cross-Curricular Connect: Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue
Teach close reading skills, the power of particulars, and America’s enduring spirit with Georgia O’Keeffe’s Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue Cow Skull: Red, White, and Blue… Read More
Medium a Month: Tires
Where the creative rubber hits the road—art made from tires One way to cultivate creativity is to make art from the mundane. There is tremendous freedom in… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Allegory
Teach close reading, symbolism, and housing discrimination with Ben Shahn’s Allegory Ben Shahn’s Allegory is part of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s collection. Visit their… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Teach close reading skills, the art of the selfie, and personal narrative writing with Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Third of May 1808
Teach close reading skills, religious symbolism, and the Peninsular War with Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 Goya’s The Third of May, 1808 is in the… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Whaam!
Teach close reading, onomatopoeias, and Pop art with Roy Lichtenstein’s Whaam! Roy Lichtenstein’s Whaam! is part of the Tate collection. See their website for detailed information. Click… Read More
Bell Curve
Weighing a pig doesn’t make it fatter. Using tests to improve education can be equally absurd. While we have never been better at slicing and dicing student… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Parson Weems’ Fable
Teach close reading skills, satire, and mythmaking with Grant Wood’s Parson Weems’ Fable Parson Weems’ Fable is in the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Teach close reading skills, artistic license, and anagrammatic poetry with Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware. Related Resources Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware is in the… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Banjo Lesson
Teach close reading skills, metaphors, and how to paint a philosophy of education with Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson The Banjo Lesson is part of the… Read More