Curated OER
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Using Vivid Language
Analyze the components of precise wording and vivid language in this language arts lesson plan. Middle school writers illustrate a passage from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and write a response to a Norman Rockwell print....
Council for Economic Education
NOT Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand
Learners participate in a WebQuest to apply economic concepts. In this economics lesson plan, students are guided to various websites and simulate being an entrepreneur.
Curated OER
The Four Freedoms
Students discuss the four freedoms. In this freedom lesson plan, students discuss freedom of speech, freedom to worship any God, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. They create a picture to match each freedom and make a book shaped...
Curated OER
Norman Rockwell Paints America
Students examine paintings by Norman Rockwell. They discuss what stories they believe he was trying to tell in his paintings. They work together to describe the different paintings.
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Thanksgiving Day
Discusses the history of Thanksgiving, food traditions, Thanksgiving art and artists, lesson suggestions from teachers, and presents links to Thanksgiving resources.
Other
The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge
This museum resource provides images, education resources, and a wonderful biography of artist Norman Rockwell.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech "Know It When You See It"
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech "Know It When You See It." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Other
Columbus Museum of Art: Curator's View: Norman Rockwell's "Soda Jerk"
See the painting 'Soda Jerk' by American commercial artist of the mid-20th-century, Norman Rockwell, in this Curator's View series description of the piece from the Columbua Museum of Art.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Norman Rockwell
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the American realist illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. A biography, photograph portrait, and image of work on view in the collection with a map to locate it are included.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell
Exhibition featuring Norman Rockwell paintings from the collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg explores the relationship between the iconic images of American life and the movies. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: Rockwell: Freedom of Speech [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Norman Rockwell inspired by Franklin's state-of-the-union address delivered in 1941.
Brown University
Brown University: Norman Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter"
Norman Rockwell illustration of Rosie that appeared on the front of the "Saturday Evening Post," May 29, 1943.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Norman Rockwell
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Norman Rockwell.