Educator Resources The Collection › Educator Resources Educator Resources Collection Educator Resources Page secondary navigation Type: Educator Resource Packets All Early Childhood Activities Educator Resource Packets Student Activities Thematic Curricula Tips & Tutorials Showing 44 educator resources Lesson Plan: Cultural Identity, US-Japan Relations, and Visual Art This lesson plan focuses on a single work of art from the museum’s global collection and provides sequential activities and related resources to explore diverse perspectives on US-Japan relations, cultural identity, and visual art. Lesson Plan: Chocolate, Ceramics, and Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Mexico This lesson plan focuses on a single work of art from the museum’s global collection and provides sequential activities and extensions that activate students’ critical and creative thinking skills. Educator Resource Packet: Zapata by José Clemente Orozco This dramatic canvas was painted by José Clemente Orozco during his self-imposed exile in the United States. A leader of the Mexican Mural movement of the 1920s and 1930s, Orozco painted Emiliano Zapata who had become a symbol of the Mexican Revolution. Educator Resource Packet: We Will Not Become What We Mean to You by Barbara Kruger Barbara Kruger is known for works that provocatively integrate photographs and text. Her art reveals and challenges the ways in which images used in the commercial media often perpetuate stereotypes, objectify women, and encourage conformity. Educator Resource Packet: Two Figures (Menhirs) by Barbara Hepworth Barbara Hepworth’s Two Figures represents the artist’s fusion of geometry and nature. The teak sculpture is composed of two vertical forms that are situated on a platform and punctuated by white-painted circular or oval concavities. Educator Resource Packet: The Herring Net by Winslow Homer In The Herring Net (1885), Winslow Homer captures the conflict between man and nature in his depiction of two fishermen hauling in a herring net amidst a stormy and powerful seascape. Educator Resource Packet: Shukongojin This figure of Shukongojin looks down from his rock-like pedestal, imposing both a sense of awe and curiosity about the target of his aggressive presence. Educator Resource Packet: Self-Portrait by Archibald J. Motley, Jr. In this work, Chicago-based artist Archibald J. Motley, Jr. depicts himself as a debonair yet serious artist, vibrant palette in hand. The traditional composition and lively colors offer a glimpse into the complexity of Motley himself. Educator Resource Packet: Saint George Killing the Dragon by Bernat Martorell This painting features the famous medieval legend of Saint George, who saved a princess about to be sacrificed to the dragon threatening her father’s kingdom. Educator Resource Packet: Starry Night and the Astronauts by Alma Thomas Inspired by the Apollo missions, Thomas’s thickly painted patches of vivid color against a white ground creates a sensation of flickering light, which suggests the mysterious beauty of outer space and inspires a sense of wonder. Educator Resource Packet: Harvest Talk by Charles White Charles Wilbert White depicted the dignity of rural labor with two powerful figures. The contours of scythe, hat brims, and forearms echo the curves of the horizon and clouds, portraying these workers in harmony with the landscape. Educator Resource Packet: City Landscape by Joan Mitchell With its pulsating strands and slashes of bright color, this work evokes memories of bustling cities that Mitchell recalled from her travels in the American Midwest. Educator Resource Packet: America Windows by Marc Chagall Artist Marc Chagall began working on his design for the windows in 1976, America’s bicentennial year, and constructed the windows as a tribute to the freedom of artistic expression enjoyed by the people of the United States. Educator Resource Packet: A Boy in Front of the Loews 125th Street Movie Theater, from the series Harlem, U.S.A This teaching packet includes an essay, discussion questions, activity ideas, a glossary, and images of three photographs from Dawoud Bey’s first significant body of work. Next Previous 1 2 3 Page 3 Share