George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s offers mentor art for teaching students expressive word choice and sentence structure. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques…. Read More
Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night offers mentor art for teaching students about ekphrastic poetry. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art… Read More
Teach close reading skills, expressive brushwork, and prizefighting with George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s. Share the Look and Learn interactive module with your students. George Bellow’s Stag… Read More
Use Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to turn art wonderings into research questions The ability to produce questions, improve questions and prioritize questions may be one of the… Read More
Teach close reading skills, symbolism, and the Great Migration with Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series Jacob Lawrence’s 60 panel The Migration Series is shared between the Museum… Read More
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Teach close reading skills, allegory, and the importance of wildlife conservation with Albert Bierstadt’s The Last of the Buffalo. Related Resources Albert Bierstadt’s The Last of the… Read More
Georgia O’Keeffe’s Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue offers mentor art for teaching students the importance of elaboration and how to make the most of meaningful details…. Read More
Winslow Homer’s The Fog Warning offers mentor art for teaching students the value of thoughtful titles. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor… Read More
Edward Hopper’s preliminary sketches for Nighthawks offer mentor art for teaching students the revision process. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art… Read More
Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware offers mentor art for teaching students about artistic license. Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art… Read More