Elementary School educators, art educators, language arts educators, and English Language Learner (ELL) educators alike may be interested in this collection of four lesson plans related to the intersections of art and language. Each lesson plan centers on a different work of art from the Getty's collections. For example, the lesson Tactile Poem-Forest Textures invites young learners to explore Hans Hoffman's 1585 painting ,A Hare in the Forest, in order to understand the concept of habitat and identify nouns and adjectives. As part of the lesson, learners contribute to a class poem based on the painting. Another lesson plan aimed at middle school and high school learners centers on Garry Winogrand's 1969 photograph, Hollywood Boulevard. This lesson invites students to create their own collage and prose inspired by the photograph. These four lessons each align with content area standards for language arts, visual arts, and English-language development in the state of California. In addition to lesson plans, readers will find an interdisciplinary classroom activity, "30 Second Look," that instructors can use with any work of art of their choice.
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