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Students discuss life and artistic style of Henri Rousseau, recognize and identify foreground, mid- ground and background, create a stylized drawing using simple shapes, and combine oil pastels to create value and depth.
Young scholars discuss the life and artistic style of Henri Rousseau, identify traits of artistic perspective, and create paintings using simple shapes and oil pastels in this 4th through 6th grade Art Lesson. Resource links are included with the lesson.
Students explore the masterworks of Henri Rousseau and accurately interpret masterworks of Rousseau. Students effectively demonstrate visually and orally an understanding of the content of masterworks of Rousseau and thoughtfully reflect upon their learning.
Learners examine lives, philosophies, and political beliefs of four Enlightenment Thinkers: Baron de Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke. Students then work with partner to write short speech from perspective of one of the philosophers.
In this online interactive philosophy learning exercise, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Assess your class's reading comprehension with this short reading quiz. A paragraph about Jean Jacques Rousseau and his contributions to the Enlightenment provides different types of context clues, which readers can use to answer the four following questions. A short answer key is available as well.
Second graders create depictions of a monkey in its' natural habitat. Emphasis is placed on the artwork of Henri Rousseau and techniques of landscape and design. State standards are addressed in this instructional activity.
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions about Rousseau's The Social Contract. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
In this Enlightenment activity, high schoolers read a paragraph and visit the noted Web sites to find the information to respond to 10 short answer questions about the philosophy and philosophers of the era.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), is hard to classify. As he states in the Confessions, he “is without precedent.” Like other neoclassical writers, he drew inspiration from classical sources (Augustine’s Confessions); however, many of his themes are romantic. Introduce viewers to this complex man with a PowerPoint that uses excerpts from his Confessions to reveal his “inmost soul.”