Curated OER
Lesson: Dongducheon: A Walk to Remember, A Walk to Envision: Interpreting History, Memory, and Identity
Cultural discourse can start through a variety of venues. Learners begin to think about how our minds, memories, and identities shape our attitudes toward culture and history. They analyze seven pieces from the Dongducheon art exhibit...
University of Hawai'i
Uh: Jose Guadalupe Posada: My Mexico
This online exhibit from The University of Hawaii Art Gallery provides many images of Posada's woodcuts as well as insights into life in Mexico.
Other
Global Art Project for Peace
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
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Global Art Project for Peace
Join this inspiring global art exchange that promotes peace around the world. You will be paired with another participating individual or group from another culture and will share art works expressing world peace. The exchange occurs...
Other
Columbus Museum of Art: Art and Social Issues in American Culture
Great reference tool for exploring American history and culture through artistic images. The visual images shown relate to issues Americans face today: economics, war, and race & ethnicity. Included is a teacher resource page with...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Project Portfolio: Art and Understanding
Website offers a video e-seminar from Columbia University artists and theorists on the question, "What is art?"
PBS
Pbs American Masters: Robert Rauschenberg: Reinventing Art
Studying the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, we see a reflection of American culture. Click his name to a full biography and timeline.
US National Archives
Nara: A New Deal for the Arts Activist Arts
The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.
Other
One Million Masterpiece: The World's Largest Collaborative Arts Project
One Million Masterpieces (OMM) is a collaborative project collecting one million digital drawings (rendered using the software on the site) from artists and non-artists around the world, with the goal of raising $5 million for charitable...
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New Museum G:class
The New Museum's global classroom (G:Class) connects high school students and teachers to contemporary art that explores global, cultural, and societal issues that affect their lives.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Scenes of American Life
A stunning array of art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum depicting everyday life and work in America from American masters such as Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Cadmus. Use the right navigation to click through over 60...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Africa
A landing page for a course on African art found in regions and in individual countries.
Goshen College
What Can an Art Teacher Do?
What do we do as educators when tragedy strikes our life? Is art the answer? This article outlines some good suggestions on how to handle hard times in the lives of your students.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Reel Politics: How Hollywood Exercises Free Speech (Lesson Plan)
A lesson for exploring how films can be used as political tools and as vehicles for informing the public and promoting political agendas. Pupils research critically acclaimed political films throughout history and create a two-page...