Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...

Students explore Impressionism and artists like Monet and Renoir. In this Impressionism lesson, students visit an Impressionism website and discuss the themes used in the art. Students select an Impressionist artist and research them....

Students analyze the impact of the New Deal programs in Pennsylvania. In this Great Depression lesson, students examine the New Deal programs and their legacies in Pennsylvania. They relate these programs to the preservation of national...

Students investigate visual arts by researching art on the Internet. In this expressionism instructional activity, students identify several famous artworks on-line based on self expression and discuss the techniques. Students examine...

Students watch segments of a video to explore portraits. They create a self portrait using mixed-media.

Students paint portraits in the style of Rouault.

Students observe people at work. They create their own drawings of those people at their jobs.

This thirty-slide presentation, designed to accompany a lecture on the first act of Arthur Miller's The Death of a Salesman, would be appropriate for a college-level American literature class or perhaps as a teacher resource. 

This Artcyclopedia resource offers a brief overview of Expressionism and a chronological timeline that links to each artist.

This resource provides information about abstract expressionism, its leading practitioners (especially Pollock and de Kooning), and its place in American art during the period from 1940-76.

A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.

From the landing page of a past exhibit introduction, use links to learn about Edvard Munch and the themes in his work. View selected works and the tools and techniques he used to create his art. A chronology of his life and additional...

This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.

Expressionism described primarily in terms of visual art. A good history of the movement and its key artists.

This Artlex site offers a brief description of Expressionism, examples of Expressionist work, quotes, and related links.

This site offers a definition of Expressionism with links to Van Gogh and Gauguin.

This Artcyclopedia site offers a brief overview of Abstract Expressionism and a timeline that links to each artist.

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.

This definition of expressionism in art includes numerous quotes from artists and pictorial examples of art that embodies the concept.

If you visit a museum with a collection of modern and contemporary art, you're likely to see works that sometimes elicit the response, "My cat could make that, so how is it art?" But is it true? Could anyone create one of Jackson...

This site offers an overview of Expressionism with links to related topics, art movements, and artists.

Kids learn about the Expressionism Art movement and its major artists such as Franz Marc and Edvard Munch on this site.