Art+Language+Teacher+Mini-Conference

=[|Art + Language Teacher Mini-Conference]= Thursday, January 25, 2018

Visual art and art museums engage World Language and English Language Learners (ELs) with language in dynamic ways, helping to build conversation skills, vocabulary, and increasing understanding of new cultural contexts. Join our cohort of educators and local experts to discover strategies and resources for using works of art to foster language development for students of all proficiency levels.

Agendas

 * ** Group A ** || ** Group B ** || ** Group C ** ||
 * [[file:Agenda_ArtLang_A.docx]] || [[file:Agenda_ArtLang_B.docx]] || [[file:Agenda_ArtLang_C.docx]] ||

Resources
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 * Tips for Leading a Discussion around a Work of Art (Developed by the Art Institute of Chicago) || [[file:Art_Discussion_Tips.pdf]] ||
 * How to Read a Wall Label (Developed by the Art Institute of Chicago) || [[file:35copies_color_walltext.pdf]] ||
 * [|Educator Resource Finder] || How-to Guide:
 * [|Apply for a Student Tour here] || [|Learn More here], email StudentTours@artic.edu, or call (312)-443-3907 ||
 * Staff and Presenter Biographies ||  ||
 * Academic Conversation Placemat || [[file:Academic Conversation Placemat v3.pdf]] ||

Group A Resources & Handouts



 * "Looking At Art With Toddlers" by Katherina Danko-McGhee, Ph.D. || @https://www.si.edu/content/seec/docs/article-artwithtoddlers.pdf ||
 * "How to Build Language and Literacy Through Powerful Conversations," by Janice Greenberg and Andrea Lynn Koohi || building language and literacy through powerful conversations ||
 * Tips for Using Picture Books in Your Classroom || [[file:Tips for Using Picture Books in Your Classroom.pdf]] ||
 * "Asking Good Questions," from //Minds in Motion: The Docent Educator//, by Alan Gartenhaus || [[file:Gartenhaus_Asking Good Questions.pdf]] ||
 * "Visual Literacy: Exploring Art and Illustration in Children's Books," by Lee Galda and Kathy G. Short || [[file:Exploring Art and Illustration in Picture Books.pdf]] ||
 * "10 Tips for Reading Picture Books with Children through a Race-Conscious Lens," by Megan Dowd Lambert and Sarah Hannah Gómez || [[file:Embrace Race_10 Tips For Reading Picture Books Through a Race Conscious Lens.pdf]] ||
 * Art + Language Connecting Picture Books List || [[file:Book List.pdf]] ||

Group B Resources & Handouts
The Deering Family Galleries of Medieval and Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor [|Bernat Martorell. //Saint George and the Dragon,// 1434/35.] [|Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. //At the Moulin Rouge,// 1892/95.] [|José Clemente Orozco. //Zapata,// 1930.] [|Mēxihcah. //Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns),// 1503.]

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 * Name of Handout || Download File ||
 * Word Hunt Worksheet || [[file:Word Hunt and Conversation Skill Building.docx]] ||
 * "Before & After" Worksheet (English, Spanish, French) || [[file:Sequencing Boxes.doc]]
 * Decoding Worksheet || [[file:Decoding Worksheet.docx]] ||
 * Selections from the Codex Magliabechiano (between 1529–1553) || [[file:codex.pdf]] ||
 * Mēxihcah calendar (Stone of the Five Suns) (between 1503–1521) || [[image:Aztec calendar stone (1).jpg width="160" height="153" align="center"]] ||
 * Second relation letter from Hernán Cortés to emperor Charles V (English Translation) (October 30, 1520) || [[file:Hernan Cortés.docx]] ||
 * Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (view of the back) || [[image:BacksideMontezumaII (1).jpg width="161" height="197" align="center"]] ||

Group C Resources & Handouts

 * //Zapata// (1930), José Clemente Orozco || http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/40619?search_no=2&index=1 ||
 * Word Hunt || [[file:Islamic art vocabulary.docx]] ||
 * Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning from the Metropolitan Museum of Art || https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/Islamic_Art_and_Geometric_Design_Activities_for_Learning ||
 * //Buddha Shakyamuni Seated in Meditation// (Chola period, 12th century), India || http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/21023 ||
 * Buddha Shakyamuni Reading in Spanish || [[file:Buddha text final.docx]] ||

Join us for another Teacher Mini-Conference
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
 * [|Art + History]**