Learning+Through+Museums

=Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago's Learning Through Museums Wiki= This wiki has been created for teachers to share lesson plans created about art works in the Art Institute of Chicago's collection.

**Making it Modern: Using Modern and Contemporary Art in the Classroom: February-March, 2010**
Below are lesson plans created by K-12 teachers about modern and about contemporary art works in the Art Institute's collection. They are divided by grade level and subject area.

__**Elementary Lesson Plans (K-8)**__
Terri Smeltzer, Center Cass School District #66, Elementary Art, Grade 1 Summary: Students will learn about the elements of art including primary and secondary colors and lines, and explore the creative process of abstract art.
 * Abstract Expressionism: Jackson Pollock and Joan Mitchell**



Kim Benain, District 109- Indian Springs, K-6 Grade Art Students will observe/discuss the artwork of Robert Delaunay as an example of modernism. They will recognize modern elements in Delaunay’s work and incorporate these into their own diamante poems and artworks; relating present day influences of technology on today’s society.
 * Mixed Media Collage with Robert Delaunay's //The Red Tower//**



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Sandra Clair, Posen Intermediate School District, 4th and 5th Grade Art Students will discuss relevant questions pertaining to Bruce Nauman’s “Human Nature/Life Death” and Felix Gonzalez-Torres “Untitled” (Word Portrait) and write an essay exploring the artists' purpose in these two works.
 * [[image:learningthroughmuseums/20585_764400.jpg align="left" caption="Bruce Nauman, Human Nature/Life Death, 1983"]]Word Play with Bruce Nauman and Felix Gonzalez-Torres**



**Melissa Gumbs, Elmwood School, 5th Grade Art with a Social Studies Connection**
Students will be introduced to the painting "George Washington" by Roy Lichtenstein and will discuss how the artist recreated a historical portrait in a contemporary style. Students will be asked to choose an important historical figure from their social studies instruction and create a pop art portrait of that person.



Kim Nousaine, Pleviak School, Lake Villa, IL, Grade 5/6, Art Students will explore the idea that a story can be told with objects as well as images and that people connect memories, stories, and experiences to objects
 * Joseph Cornell Shadow Boxes**

Barbara Buttitta, Jefferson Middle School, Waukegan Public School District 60, Grade 6-8 Art Students will discuss the elements of portraiture through prolonged looking at Picabia's //Match Woman// and will then apply knowledge gained to create their own mixed media portrait. To achieve this, students will create a painted surface and collect small objects to arrange and glue into place.
 * Object Portraits with Picabia**



Catherine Phelps, Gurnee Grade School, Grade 8, Art Students will learn how symbolic concepts and ideas are expressed in works of art by examining the work of contemporary artist Robert Gober and the surrealist artists who influenced him. Students will express a personal metaphor visually and in writing.
 * Art as a Metaphor: Robert Gober**



__**High School Lesson Plans (9-12)**__
**Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917 or Uncovering Matisse** Debra Zare, Lake Forest High School and Marla Siebold, Evanston Township High School- 9-12 Art Students will learn about the artist Matisse and the artists/events influencing him during his period of “radical invention”. Students will take one of their older paintings and re-work it incorporating their influences. ·

[|Art News Article on the exhibition Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917] [|Art Institute Matisse Exhibition Web Site]



Mary K. Medema, Chicago Christian High School, Art, 9-12 Using Giacometti’s //Walking Man II// as inspiration, students will create a sculpture in the round that communicates human emotions and personality traits.
 * Expressing Emotions Through Sculpture: Giacometti**



Margarita Silva, Leo Catholic High School, Grades 9-12, Spanish and Reading Students will learn about Diego Rivera's art work, focusing on color and how art can express culture.
 * [[image:learningthroughmuseums/6450_698953.jpg align="left" caption="Diego Rivera, The Weaver, 1936"]]Digeo Rivera: The Weaver**

__**Learning Through Museums Summer Teacher Institute Lesson Plans: July 2009**__
Below you will find lesson plans created by elementary school teachers in summer 2009 about contemporary art works in the Art Institute's Modern Wing.




 * Jonatha****n Brooks and** **Jem Betson, Harvard School of Excellence**: **Love Is..**.
 * Art Work: //Vignette S////uite// by Kerry James Marshall




 * Kristin Pruyn and** **Nai Colton, Williams Elementary: Using Art to Inspire Student Writing**
 * Art Work: //Vignette Suite// by Kerry James Marshall

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 * Rick Isaac,** **Janet Ruff, and Pamela Lutzow, Palmer Elementary: What Does it Mean to Have a Relationship?**
 * Art Work: //Vincent and Tony// by Alex Katz


 * Jeff Stultz and Kelly Handschuh, Oregon Elementary School: Exploring Setting**
 * Art Works: //The Flooded Grave// by Jeff Wall and //Ice 1-4// by Gerhard Richter




 * R****enee** **G****rog****g and Jason Dzija****, Chase Elementary: Discovering Theme**
 * Art Work: //Sanctuary// by Martin Puryear




 * WEB LINKS:**
 * [|Art Institute of Chicago Hompage]**
 * [|Art Institute Collection: Search for Images]**
 * [|Art Institute Online Education Resources]**
 * [|Register for a Student Tour]**
 * [|Art 21 Educator Resources about Contemporary Art][[file:Lesson+Plan+Template TEAM.doc]]**