Curated OER
Appreciation Cards
Students discuss jobs in which have impacted their lives directly. They create appreciation cards for a person who they believe needs appreciation. They give their cards to that person and share their reaction with the class.
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Live Paintings
Students research various works of art, write essays, and create live performance art pieces in this 2-day Art, History, and/or Language Arts lesson plan for 7th and 8th grade. The use of a digital camera to capture the "live"...
Van Gogh Gallery
Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: The Sunflower Series
Rather than a single painting, this web page focuses on a series of sunflower paintings by Vincent van Gogh. Includes quotes from letters and analysis. Wonderful!
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh
A Webmuseum English biographical essay of Vincent van Gogh, with a number of art illustrations.
A&E Television
Biography: Vincent Van Gogh
A brief look at the creative, but tumultuous, career of artist Vincent van Gogh. Discusses several of his most famous works ("The Potato Eaters" and "Sunflowers"), his artistic influences, and legacy.
Other
The Van Gogh Project
This collection contains a series of large scale works inspired by Vincent van Gogh's sunflower paintings.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Van Gogh, the Starry Night
Van Gogh's canvas "The Starry Night" is an exceptional work of art, not only in terms of its quality but also within the artist's collection, since in comparison to favored subjects like irises, sunflowers, or wheat fields, night...
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Van Gogh's Sunflowers
This lesson plan from KinderArt will show students how to use pastels to create a variety of lines and textural effects after the manner of Vincent van Gogh. Students will learn that colors can be subjective as well as objective.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Sunflowers (Drawing/painting Expressionism)
Students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of artists who have painted sunflowers and create their own after following this lesson plan.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Vase With Twelve Sunflowers
An image of "Vase with Twelve Sunflowers", created by Vincent Van Gogh in August 1888, Arles (Oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Vase With Fourteen Sunflowers
An image of "Vase with Fourteen Sunflowers", created by Vincent Van Gogh in August 1888, Arles (Oil on canvas, 93 x 73 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Two Cut Sunflowers
An image of "Two Cut Sunflowers", created by Vincent Van Gogh in August-September 1887, Paris (Oil on canvas, 43 x 61 cm).
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Two Cut Sunflowers
An image of "Two Cut Sunflowers", created by Vincent Van Gogh in August-September 1887, Paris (Oil on canvas, 50 x 61 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Four Cut Sunflowers
An image of "Four Cut Sunflowers", created by Vincent Van Gogh in August-September 1887, Paris (Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm).
Utah Education Network
Uen: Art Smart
Young scholars will learn about the symbolic meanings associated with various colors. Then students will design a piece of art with colors that are reflective of their personal emotions.