Curated OER
Your Body Within Your Community
Students identify and discuss the function of each of the major body systems. As a class, they discover how this relates each one of them in their community. They discuss their role as a member of their community and how people depend...
Curated OER
Emotion in Art & Poetry
Fourth graders are introduced to famous works of art and begin to discuss the artist's work. Use art to explain and reflect their own emotions. The write about feelings in a work of art and make connections between art and other...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Van Gogh's Self Portraits
Young scholars will examine Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits and letters to better understand the artist's life story and personality. They will paint two Van Gogh-style self-portraits to show two parts of their own personality and...
Other
Musee D'orsay: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portrait
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the post-impressionist painting "Self-Portrait" by Vincent Van Gogh.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh, Self Portraits
Displays a representative collection of self-portraits by van Gogh for the purposes of comparing and contrasting. Includes a short note on van Gogh's unique and intense style. Excellent site for exploring the changes in van Gogh's...
Art Institute of Chicago
Modern Collection: Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait, 1887
Click to enlarge Van Gogh's self-portrait from 1886-87, and read the paragraph of text explaining his methods.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Vincent Van Gogh
A Webmuseum English biographical essay of Vincent van Gogh, with a number of art illustrations.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
New York Times
New York Times: Vincent Van Gogh: A Draftsman's Fist
Michael Kimmelman, art critic for the New York Times, narrates a walk-through slideshow of an exhibition of Van Gogh's drawings mounted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. Wonderful examples of Van Gogh's landscapes and...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Vincent Van Gogh
Useful biographical information and fun facts about Vincent Van Gogh's paintings.
Van Gogh Gallery
The Van Gogh Gallery: Frida Kahlo
Biographical account covers the life and career of Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter known for her prtraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by nature.
Curated OER
Slate: Van Gogh's Expressionist Legacy
An annotated slideshow that focuses on the impact that Van Gogh had on the German and Austrian expressionists.
Other
Art With Mrs. Filmore: 1st Grade Art Lessons
This site offers a variety of art lessons that use various media. Each project includes instructions and pictures of the students' completed artwork.
Curated OER
Self Portrait
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Impressionist and Post Impressionist Art
In the late 19th century, the Impressionists defied academic tradition in French art with their emphasis on modern subjects, sketchlike technique, and practice of painting in the open air with pure, high-keyed color. The Art Institute of...