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Awesome Stories: Vincent van Gogh

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Who was Vincent van Gogh? Most of the questions can be answered in two or three sentences; however, there is at least one essay prompt and one personal response question that require longer answers. Questions call for a good mix of...
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Make a Van Gogh-Style Self-Portrait

For Students 4th - 7th
Learn by doing! Young artists try their hand at creating their own self-portraits in the style of Vincent van Gogh. This worksheet contains a brief explanation of the essential qualities of van Gogh's art: complementary colors and...
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Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Perhaps a useful resource for an Art History course or a project on a famous figure, this standard 25 question multiple choice quiz asks factual questions about Vincent van Gogh's life such as siblings' names, the people who influenced...
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Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This worksheet contains three short answer study questions and seven essay topics about Vincent van Gogh, his life and his work. Clearly designed with higher-level learners, these prompts ask the responder to consider how van Gogh's life...
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Vincent Van Gogh Word Search

For Students 5th - 8th
A standard word search activity, this worksheet contains words that are related to the life of Vincent van Gogh hidden in a 15 by 15 letter grid. Example words include Hague, peasants, outsider, and suicide. This resource is not...
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Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 7th Standards
Living in someone's shadow would be difficult for anyone, including one of the most talented artists of the modern age. Middle schoolers read an excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan...
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Using the Internet - Art and Design

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
An interesting resource that might work best in an upper level art course, this handout provides a list of nine websites where young artists can read and study about all forms of art. These online resources range from a dictionary of...
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Dream Drawing

For Students 1st - 4th
Inspired by the famous quote from Vincent van Gogh, "I dream my paintings and then I paint my dream," young artists are directed to first write about one of their dreams and then draw a picture of it. This worksheet provides wide-lined...
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Art

For Students 7th - 9th
In this artistic knowledge instructional activity, students examine and discuss the concept of art. Students take a quiz to see how much they know about art history, and discuss questions pertaining to the rights that museums have...
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Major Art Periods

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
After examining a brief article about the major art periods, readers use the provided graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting ideas in the paragraph.
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 4 - Exercise 5c

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Astronomy Unit: For Autistic Learners

For Students 1st - 6th
In need of a few great ways to teach an arts-enriched lesson on astronomy? This resource contains several interesting ideas that link poetry to the stars in the sky. These suggestions are very simple and could use a teachers touch, but...
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General Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
For this general knowledge worksheet, students attempt to answer 30 trivia questions on subjects ranging from art, geography, films, books and popular culture. The directions say to listen and answer. It is unclear how this is to be...
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Grammar 3

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar review activity, students practice their language arts skills as they examine 10 sentences and choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
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Interest Survey

For Students 6th - 7th
In this science and social studies worksheet, students complete a survey about their interests. Students check each subject that they are interested in, such as killer whales, Thomas Edison, and magnets.
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Breaking News English: World's Oldest Man Dies

For Students 4th - 8th
In this English activity, students read "World's Oldest Man Dies," and then respond to 20 fill in the blank, 15 short answer, 8 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Van Gogh Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) in the world. The permanent collection includes over 200 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, 500 drawings, and more than 750 letters....
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Van Gogh Gallery

Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: The Sunflower Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Rather than a single painting, this web page focuses on a series of sunflower paintings by Vincent van Gogh. Includes quotes from letters and analysis. Wonderful!
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Museum of Modern Art

Mo Ma: "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
Van Gogh's "Starry Night" is featured here, with background on the painting that conveys its emotional content.
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Canvas Creations: Vincent Van Gogh Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography on the life of Vincent Van Gogh.
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Ducksters: Biography: Vincent Van Gogh for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Vincent van Gogh who was an artist and painter of the Post-impressionist art movement.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Modern Collection: Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait, 1887

For Students 9th - 10th
Click to enlarge Van Gogh's self-portrait from 1886-87, and read the paragraph of text explaining his methods.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: The Two Sides of Vincent Van Gogh

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Senior Producer Jeffrey Brown 1998 interview with Earl Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art, John Leighton, Director, Van Gogh Museum, Richard Schickel, Time Magazine and others. Brown discusses the artist's intent as...
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Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource includes a detailed biography, transcripts of his letters to his beloved brother Theo, photographs, numerous reproductions, and more. The museum also collects Western paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from the...

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