Picturing Art in the

Elementary Curriculum

Ideas for Using the NEH Picturing America Prints

Kathryn TammsInstructional Media Aide

Gary D. Wright ElementaryHampshire, Illinois

3-A Grant Wood (1892–1942), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931. Oil onMasonite, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.). The Metropolitan Museum of Art,Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950 (50.117). Photograph © 1988 TheMetropolitan Museum of Art. Art © Estate of Grant Wood / Licensed byVAGA, New York.

Language Arts Standards: LA.1:13-4 Explain information from a drawing or graphic source.LA.3:16 Generate questions about a defined focus area.

Math Standards: MA.K:3-3 Locate plane shapes in the environment (Examples: circle=clock; rectangle=door; etc.)MA.1:3-6 Locate objects in surroundings that meet geometric descriptions.MA.2:8-5 Identify, compare and contrast 2-dimensional shapes.MA.4:6-7 Identify and describe how geometric figures are used in practical settings.

Social Studies Standards:SS.5:2-6 Summarize the causes and effects of ideas and actions of significant political figures during colonial times.SS.5:3-1 Analyze political events, figures, and ideas in the colonies that led to the Revolutionary War.

What is happening in this painting? Write a list of at least 5 different things you see in the painting: 1. ____________________________________________________2. ____________________________________________________3. ____________________________________________________4. ____________________________________________________5. ____________________________________________________

Where do you think the rider is going? Where do you think he has been?

The artist uses simple shapes to compose his painting. How many of the following shapes can you find in the picture?

Artist: Grant Wood (1892-1942)The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1931)

3-B Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), George Washington, 1796. Oilon canvas, 971⁄2 x 621⁄2 in. (247.6 x 158.7 cm.). National PortraitGallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; acquiredas a gift to the nation through the generosity of the DonaldW. Reynolds Foundation.

• Background details – European Nobles• Objects in painting – Meaning?

-rainbow-medallion with stars & stripes-ink stand/quill-books-saber

7-B George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879), e County Election, 1852. Oil on canvas, 38 x 52 in. (96.5 x 132.1 cm.). Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Mo., Gift of Bank of America.

•What is happening? •Compare this scene to modern voting place.•How many different hat styles? Why? •What is missing? Why?

9-B Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Abraham Lincoln, February 5,1865. Photographic print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library ofCongress, Washington, D.C.

•How old do you think Lincoln is here? •How does his face compare to photos at beginning of presidency?•What is he holding? Why is his hand blurred?

10-B.1 Hannah Greenlee (c. 1827–before 1896) and EmmGreenlee (died c. 1910), Crazy Quilt, begun by Hannah andfinished by her daughter, Emm, 1896. Fabric scraps (somehomespun), length 90 in., width 711⁄2 in. (228.6 x 181.6 cm.).Historic Carson House, Marion, N.C., Gift of Ruth Greenlee.

10-B.2 Susan Noakes McCord (1829–1909; McCordsville, HancockCounty, Indiana), Grandmother’s Fan Quilt, c. 1900. Wool, silk,and cotton, length 801⁄2 in., width 701⁄2 in. (204.47 x 179.07 cm.). From the Collections of The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich.

10-B.5 Split Bars Pattern Quilt, c. 1935. Top, plain-weave and crepe wool; back, black-and-white twill printed-pattern plain-weave cotton. Overall dimensions 76 x 76 in. (193 x 193 cm.). Collections of the Heritage Center of Lancaster County, Lancaster, Pa

19-B James Karales (1930–2002), Selma-to-Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965, 1965. Photographic print. Located in the James Karales Collection, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University. Photograph © Estate of James Karales.

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http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=634 National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment, Everything in Its Right Place, a curriculum overview to a four-part lesson on the structural elements of a painting, featuring Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware, for Grades 9–12. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=641 National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment, Horse of a Different Color: An Introduction to Color in the Visual Arts has two lesson plans on color; the first, In Depth with the Full Spectrum, for Grades 9–12, introduces students to color basics, the color wheel, and how artists manipulate color to draw attention to aspects of their work.http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=255 National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment, What Portraits Reveal, for Grades 9–12. A lesson on portraits that engages students in looking at a portrait to discover not only the physical description of a person, but how to interpret what is viewed. Also discusses manipulation of the image, including caricature.http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/building_lessons/ Getty Museum Education department Web site, Teachers’ Programs and Resources, is designed for K–12 teachers who wish to introduce art and art history into their classrooms. The site uses works from the museum’s collection along with pages A Grade-by-Grade Guide, The Elements of Art (teaching the formal components of art such as line and color), and a PDF file, Lesson Template. Also included are pages for California State Content Standards and National Standards in the Visual Arts. Lesson plans for Grades 1–2 and 9–12 use the photography of Dorothea Lange.http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/ Art Institute of Chicago Education department Web site, Art Access, is arranged by subject matter. Click on a link to open a page with essays on selected works, a link to lesson plans, online family activities, a glossary and maps. Artists covered are: Bearden, Cassatt, Copley, Homer, Lawrence, Sargent, Tiffany, and Whistler.http://www.nga.gov/education/american/aasplash.htm National Gallery of Art Web site, Themes in American Art, covers topics such as abstraction, historical subjects, narrative art, and portraiture; illustrated by works in the collection. Includes a glossary.http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=620 National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment, Realistic Impressions: Investigating Movement in the Visual Arts, for Grades 9-12, teaches students about the meaning of the term "movement" in the visual arts, and cover the major movements of Impressionism, Realism, and Romanticism, with links to other movements in the arts.