Overview   Timeline   Lesson 1: The Sensory Palette   Lesson 2: The Literary Palette    Lesson 3:  The Color Palette 
Lesson 4: The Studio Palette  Enhancements & Follow-Up   Resource List  Illustrative Materials & Showcase Gallery 
Assessments & Evaluation Strategies    Gallery Guestbook   Teacher Diane Lufrano's Adaptation of this Unit
Link to Other Lessons by Lori  (middle school level)

Resource List

Books

Getting to Know World’s Greatest Artists: Vincent van Gogh, by Mike Venezia, Children’s Press, Chicago

 “the best way to introduce kids to art and artists is through fun, if kids can look at art in a fun way, and think of artists as real people, the exciting world of art will be open to them for the rest of their lives.”

Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story about Vincent van Gogh by Laurence Anholt, Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. 250 Wireless Boulevard, Hauppauge, NY  11788

"this delightful picture book tells how Camille made friends with Vincent van Gogh, a lonely unknown painter who is now recognized as a great artist.  Beautifully illustrated with the author’s delicate watercolors, and reproductions of some of van Gogh’s most famous paintings, this is a charming introduction to one of the world’s most popular artists."

Slides

 20^th Century Art/ A Resource for Education.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art. By Stella Paul - Copyright 1999.  Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Magazines

Art&Man and  Scholastic Arts.  Published by Scholastic under the direction of the National Gallery of Art.

Web Sites

There are many wonderful sites that showcase artists' works and include biographies.  These are the sites I used in my lessons:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://metmuseum.org

The Philadelphia Museum of Art: http://philamuseum.org

The Museum of Modern Art: http://moma.org

Community Children's Museum, van Gogh's Bedroom http://communitychildrensmuseum.org/htm/exhibits.htm

The van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl and virtual visit of van Gogh's bedroom    http://vangoghmuseum.nl/cgi-bin/virtual-tour/login.asp

 Monet’s house and gardens  http://giverny.org

Other Resources

"Ruckus: 3-D Collage/Assemblage" from American Art Appreciation Activities Kit; Ready to Use Lessons, Slides, and Projects for grades 7-12.  Helen D. Hume. Prentice Hall Publishers, 1996. pp. 294-296.

Great Wave Tsunami in Asian Art: Art Appreciation.  from http://bellaonline.com/articles/art27378.asp, 2/10/2005.

3D Artist Bedrooms:  lesson plans written by my colleague Diane Lufrano.

Credits

The music playing on the index page is Wynton Marsalis's "Jig's Jig" featured on his web site: http://wyntonmarsalis.net/index2.html

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