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
Charles McQuillen
Cross-Curricular Connect: Migrant Mother
Teach close reading skills, compassion, and the rich tradition of Madonna and Child paintings with Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Mother This page from the Library of Congress provides… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Slave Ship
Teach close reading skills, slave narratives, and cosmic retribution with J.M.W. Turner’s The Slave Ship J.M.W. Turner’s The Slave Ship is in the collection of the Museum… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Fog Warning
Teach close reading skills, foreshadowing, and historical fiction writing with Winslow Homer’s The Fog Warning Related Resources Winslow Homer’s The Fog Warning is in the collection of… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Starry Night
Teach close reading skills, ekphrastic poetry, and compare and contrast with Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night Related Resources This morning I saw the countryside from my… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Guernica
Teach close reading skills, ekphrastic poetry, and humanity with Picasso’s Guernica Picasso’s Guernica is in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte. See their website… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Watson and the Shark
Teach close reading skills, symbolism & allegory, and historical fiction writing with John Singleton Copley’s Watson and the Shark Two versions of Copley’s Watson and the Shark… Read More
Medium a Month: Toothpicks
Where maniacal focus and an exceedingly deft touch meet—art made from toothpicks One way to cultivate creativity is to make art from the mundane. There is tremendous… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Scream
Teach close reading skills, parodies, and Post-Impressionism with Edvard Munch’s The Scream Edvard Munch’s The Scream in the the collection of the National Gallery and Munch Museum,… Read More
Artistic Thinking Bookshelf: The Myths of Creativity
10 Myths of Creativity that May Inhibit Creativity and Innovation in Your Classroom David Burkus’s The Myths of Creativity: The Truth about How Innovative Companies and People… Read More