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Curated OER

Claude Monet Seasonal Painting

For Teachers K
Students discuss and examine paintings of Claude Monet. They examine the style he uses and then create their own painting based on the seasons. They also discuss the difference in the four seasons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Painting - Science Integration - Ponds - Monet - Painting

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify Monet as an Impressionist artist. They create impressions of trees and bushes, paint with sponges, and mix tints and shades. They create impressions of flowers with q-tip dabbing and mixing tints and shades.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fine Arts

For Students 6th - 10th
In this fine arts activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and artists of the visual arts. There are 54 terms and/or names located in the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seascapes

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover the watercolor techniques used by Monet and create their own "seascapes" in this Visual Art lesson for the elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on using various brushstrokes and paint application methods.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Fresh Scenes - Geography With Monet

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate a site in Indiana that has a different look or topography than their hometown. They develop a brochure for this place from the point of view of a publicist who desires artists to come to this area and paint the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Monet's Japanese Bridge -A Scientific Journal

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design a bridge and answer critical questions about scientific inquiry and enterprise in a Science journal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Journey Through France

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine France and its culture. They create a passport, convert collars to francs, listen to French music, research Impressionism and Monet, and compare/contrast the French version of Cinderella.
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Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Exploring Weather Conditions in Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Enrich your science lesson with watercolors! This lesson plan contains assessment criteria, links to more information, and step-by-step ideas to cultivate your students' knowledge about weather conditions.
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Periods: Cubism

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed history and explanation of the ideologies behind cubism. Lots of cubism links as well.
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Handout
Other

A Biography of Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
This great biographical timeline of Claude Monet's life. Includes images of some of his works as well as the works of those who he referred.
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Website
Other

Reunion Des Musees Nationaux: Exposition Monet 2010

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich retrospective of the life and career of French impressionist Claude Monet.
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Website
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Collection Highlights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Numerous pieces of art are available to view. Students just click on the red "s" and get a larger image of the piece as well as some information and inquiry about the piece. Teachers get a more in-depth overview as well as activity...
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Lesson Plan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Painting an Impression

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Impressionists used new methods of mixing colors based on contemporary scientific writings about optics. This lesson plan explores the theory of optical color mixing, painting the same subject under different conditions of light, and the...
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Lesson Plan
Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Monet's Garden by the Sea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great lesson plan using oil pastels where the student looks at Monet's "Garden at Saint-Adresse," and then creates their own composition focusing on foreground, middleground and background.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art: Manet and the Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
An impressive investigation into one artist's lifetime fascination with the sea. Find information on the seascape paintings of French artist Edouard Manet and a gallery of Manet's at-sea and seaside paintings where you can hear and read...
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Website
Other

Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit Claude Monet's home and view the gardens that were the inspiration for many of his paintings.
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Website
Other

Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Claude Monet. See all the main canvases the master of Impressionism created. Tour the museums where the original Monet masterpieces are on display.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Collections: Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
From the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, this is a set of 37 images with descriptions of works by Claude Monet (1840-1926). Click on 'View All Works' to access the collection.
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Lesson Plan
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: The Elements of Art: Color

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students will be introduced to color, one of the basic elements of art, through analysis of works of art by Monet, Matisse, and Kandinsky. Class discussion focused on these paintings will help students understand how artists use color to...
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Website
Other

Kunstmuseum Basel ( Fine Art Museum of Basel, Switzerland)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home page of the Fine Art Museum in Basel, Switzerland. You can browse through the artworks in the collection online. Among the paintings on exhibit are ones by such renowned artists as Picasso, Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh....
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Activity
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a detailed biography of Claude Monet, as well as images of many of his works. His work is broken into numerous sub-sections for display purposes, and many include detailed accounts of the work.
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Website
The Wharton Group

Discover France: Art Nouveau

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on Art Nouveau in great detail. Find out what this term means, and how this "new art" adapted from old styles.
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Other

Claude Monet's Works

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of Monet's painting in brief format.
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Other

Claude Monet's: Works of Claude Monet

For Students 9th - 10th
View 85 representational works of the artist. Each painting is titled and dated, and is supplemented with either a description or a quote from the artist. Written in both English and French (available from homepage).