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Handout
Other

Vincent Art Gallery: About Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a definition of Expressionism with links to Van Gogh and Gauguin.
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Handout
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Peter Paul Rubens

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum site offers a short biography of Peter Paul Rubens.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: "Live" Paintings (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This art project will teach students about various art styles and allow them to investigate various art historical periods. The site has a lesson plan included.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Henri Rousseau Fantasy Jungle (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
KinderArt provides a site with information on how to teach students art techniques. Students learn to recognize and identify foreground, midground and background. They also create a stylized drawing using simple shapes as well as...
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Norval Morrisseau (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A wonderful educational art site from KinderArt that includes creating a work of art in a style similar to that of Morrisseau. Includes a short biography, art vocabulary, and information on Ojibwa culture.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Emily Carr's Trees (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The objective of this art project from KinderArt is to learn about flowing lines and form. Follow the lesson plan to see how it is done.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Mondrian Style Painting (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site students are encouraged to create a Mondrian style painting which will consist of geometric shapes and primary colors.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Flowers & Georgia O'keeffe (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will have the opportunity to create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration. They will develop skills in drawing and composition and understand the difference between realistic and abstract art.
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Website
Other

American Paint Horse Association: Fun Zone

For Students 1st - 8th
Games, puzzles, coloring sheets, activities, and facts about paint horses, and about horseback riding and showing.
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Website
Purple Math

Purplemath: "Work" Word Problems

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Explains the "trick" to "work" word problems (such as two people painting a room, or two pipes filling a tank), and demonstrates how to set up and solve these exercises.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Beautiful Breeds: Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed illustrations and description of the paint horse, an American stock horse. Choose Paint from the list on the right.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Poet Who Painted With His Words

For Students 9th - 10th
Among the great poets of literary history, certain names like Homer, Shakespeare and Whitman are instantly recognizable. However, there's an early 20th century great poet whose name you may not know: Guillaume Apollinaire. Genevieve Emy...
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Handout
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Abstract Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This Artcyclopedia site offers a brief overview of Abstract Expressionism and a timeline that links to each artist.
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Website
Other

My studios.com: Lavinia Fontana (1552 1614)

For Students 9th - 10th
A general, easy to read, biography with links to two art images.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.25 Indoor Air Pollution

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about some of the main sources of indoor air pollution.
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Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Featured Artists

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers links to sample works of over 50 artists including, but not limited to, Expressionists.
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Website
Other

The Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a comprehensive overview of expressionism in art, literature, and music.
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Activity
Van Gogh Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: Drawings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers tremendous drawings by Vincent van Gogh that are listed in alphabetical order. Peruse through the listings and gaze upon some of the most creative works of art in history.
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Sweet Stuff

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Art students will learn about visual balance, visual texture, and textural paint by following the example of Wayne Thiebaud, famous for his dreamy 1960s paintings of cakes.
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Handout
Baertracks

Creative Quotations: Eugene Delacroix

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Creative Quotations contains a brief list of quotes from the artist. A very short biographical sketch is also available. An interesting site, and worth checking out.
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Website
Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Watercolor Paints

For Students 9th - 10th
See an example of watercolor paints in this image and description of the painting medium.
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Website
Other

Don Quijote: Salvador Dali I Domenech

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from don Quijote, you can review Salvador Dali's biography and paintings. The artist Salvador Dali is an icon of the Spanish art in the 20th Century and a world famous Spanish painters.
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Graphic
Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Caspar David Friedrich

For Students 9th - 10th
Picture of Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon with links to other sites that feature the artist's works.
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Graphic
Other

Alfred Currier

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers images of paintings done by a contemporary artist using the impasto technique.