University of Michigan
Symbolism in Visual Images
Brief essay on visual symbolism in literature and art. Provides examples and nice images. Shows that visual images can have the same type of symbolism as literary works.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Functions
Use this site to find the defintion of a function. The site offers a discussion on the vertical line test, symbolic, numerical and verbal discussions on the definition of a function.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
Use the left-hand toolbar of this site to investigate an online textbook for the language of design. It provides visual examples and explanations of line, form, color, color psychology, texture, balance, proportion and many more...
PBS
Pbs: Murals (A Lesson Plan About Local History, Culture, and Events)
A lesson plan for exploring the history of mural art and the visual symbolism portrayed in murals, with instructions for leading students through the design and creation of a mural that reflects or symbolizes local history, culture, and...
Read Works
Read Works: Three Symbols of the United States
[Free Registration/Login Required] Three main symbols of the United States are provided in this informational text: The Liberty Bell, the American flag, and The White House. " Early readers can use the visual cues to help them comprehend...
Crayola
Crayola: Kwanzaa Symbol Strips (Lesson Plan)
Use this activity from Crayola as part of your Kwanzaa celebration. The lesson plan incorporates social studies and visual arts as students learn to create the traditional Adinkra weaving patterns used on Kente cloth. Combine several...
The National Gallery (UK)
National Gallery, London: Festival of Light
Follow this museum trail and discover through seven paintings how different cultures have used light as a form of symbolism in their work.
Other
Artyfactory: Color in Art Color Theory Ii, "Color as Symbol"
Color theroy II, "Color as Symbol", from artyfactory ia an introduction to color theory in Art. This page provides an explanation of what each color is used to represent visually in art and what emotions each color represents.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Us Array Ground Motion Visualizations
The USArray Ground Motion Visualization (GMV) is a video-based IRIS DMS product that illustrates how seismic waves travel away from an earthquake location by depicting the normalized recorded wave amplitudes at each seismometer location...
Curated OER
Symbolism in Visual Images
Brief essay on visual symbolism in literature and art. Provides examples and nice images. Shows that visual images can have the same type of symbolism as literary works.
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Home Front: The Visual Culture of the Civil War North
Lesson using primary resources examines the ways in which images shaped the meaning of the war for people at home and the meaning of the home during wartime.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Analyzing Symbolism, Plot, and Theme in "Death and the Miser"
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to apply literary analysis tools to the painting "Death and the Miser" by Hieronymous Bosch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Outsiders
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders and highlight characterization in blue, visualization in red, and symbolism in green.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Bouba Kiki Effect
It may be possible for certain symbolic characteristics, like sharpness and roundedness, to cross language barriers. In this experiment you will investigate the Bouba-Kiki Effect to find out if abstract visual properties can be linked to...
Emory University
Emory University: Odyssey Online
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Art Wonders
Can portraits talk? What's in a landscape? How do artists make furniture? ArtWonders helps young learners ask and answer the kinds of questions that make observing art an interactive experience.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Surrealism
This Artlex website gives a detailed definition of Surrealism including its founder, influences, examples of this type of art, and its relationship to dadaism.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Explore the Multiplication Table
Create multiplication fact arrays using this tool. Click a number on the side and then the times symbol. Now click a number along the top and the equals symbol. The array appears in yellow. The answer in digits is shown at the bottom of...
J. Paul Getty Trust
J. Paul Getty Museum: In Focus: The Tree
Celebrate a universal symbol of life, the tree, represented by different forms of visual art at this virtual exhibition.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Minerva Mosaic of the Library of Congress
Students take a close analytical look at the historic Minerva mosaic from the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, and discover what it can tell them about the mission of the Library's founders. They will perform a basic primary source...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Adventure Island [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will study examples of treasure maps and make a list of features and symbols. They will use their imaginations to create their own treasure maps and compose narratives to describe them.
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Capturing a Moment in Time
This instructional activity allows the young scholars to explore imagery poetry through the use of a digital camera. The students visualize an imagery poem then look at a painting that pays tribute to the poem. Then the young scholars...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Shapes Make the Numbers
A brief overview of the ten shapes used to represent numbers in the United States and number symbols of different cultures. Learn the symbols used for Chinese numbers when you play Chinese Symbols Memory. Then, test your counting ability...