Workshop: Harnessing the Power of the Visual Arts through DBQ

North Carolina Museum of Art: summer 2014 Workshop: Harnessing the Power of the Visual Arts through DBQ (Part 2)VTS enhances aesthetic appreciation..and stops at teaching contentSo when does the teacher share his or her knowledge about the history surrounding the image ?

THINGLINK is a visual platformIt is one way of bridging the gap between conducting a guided discussion to teaching historical relevance.

www.thinglink.com: create an account and upload images. After you upload images, add informational tags

Thinglink Channels these are used to organize your images into logical groups

Thinglink allows you to add TAGS to the image. These tags can be your own writing, a link to videos, links to other images, etc.

Here is an example of how THINGLINK can be used to enhance student learning about this work of art in the NCMAClick here

What follows is how I teach the Harlem Renaissance by using poetry and art.

Uses and examples of THINGLINK1. Hercules 2. World War One and Industrial warfare3. Indian Removal 4. Dawes Act 5. Harlem Renaissance6. US Civil War 7. Nye Munitions Commission8. Reformation and Counter Reformation9. Holocaust 10. Armenia