Interpretive Resource

Classroom or Home Activity: Sights and Sounds of the City

Discussion questions and activity ideas to be used with the following works of art: Roof, Summer Night; Nighthawks; Nightlife; and Trolley, New Orleans. After examining and discussing these works of art, students are encouraged to explore the sights and sounds of their own city.

Tags: 20th century, American, urban life

Curricula: Fine Arts, Language Arts

Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle School

Interpretive Resources: John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Robert Frank, Archibald John Motley, Jr.

Artworks by: John Sloan, Edward Hopper, Robert Frank, Archibald John Motley, Jr.