Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...

How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...

This tutorial will lead you through the steps on how to view and understand art. Great for all ages.

Article and video discussing various forms of art from the Paleolithic period, particularly cave art. [5:48] With links to additional information.

The home page for the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya. There are many examples of Japanese art from many cultures and periods in Japan's history.

From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "St. Paul's, Manhattan", a painting by American modern artist John Marin.

Students will be introduced to one of the basic elements of art, texture, by identifying different types of textures found in multiple works of art and hypothesize what materials and techniques were used to achieve that texture. Then,...

ArtThink lessons and activities show how interrelated art is with other disciplines, such as language arts and social studies, and teaches us that there are many way to look at and understand a piece of art. The glossary does more than...

Guide to African art answers key questions of interest to any student of the subject. Covers diversity of the continent's geography and cultures, the functions of African art objects, the aesthetics of African art, and traditional and...

The long-term installation, "Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity" is on view at the Brooklyn Museum. This page takes you on a visual, descriptive and virtual tour of the exhibit and selected works from the exhibit.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each instructional activity includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.

Students will discuss opinions on criteria for what makes a work of art and then debate whether Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes can be considered art. Then, students will use everyday objects from their homes as the basis for a new work of art.

View images of beautiful scientific art and read the captions to learn what the images portray. These images are from a contest called the Cool Science Image contest.

Lesson on the 19th Century representation through art and maps of indigenous population and territory of the American West and Mexico. Primary source documents and questions for discussion are included.

Exhibition of art nouveau artwork, glass, jewelry, decorative designs, furniture and furnishings, and architecture.

This tutorial contains three quests. You will be able to find, create, and edit digital images for a digital images selfie project while paying attention to copyright and citing sources. Your ability to use images in multimedia projects...

An extensive overview of the art and architecture of Croatia. Includes biographical sketches of the artists as well as links to more information.

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bronze sculpture "Head of Victory" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bronze sculpture "Diana" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and lonks to...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bronze sculpture "Victory" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and lonks to...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined sculptured mantelpiece "Vanderbilt Mantelpiece" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The mantelpiece is presented as an enlargeable image with a...

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bas relief sculpture "Richard Watson Gilder, Helena de Kay Gilder, and Rodman de Kay Gilder" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is...

Students use a cloud identification guide to identify clouds in landscape paintings, then make their own art to identify cloud types.