Kimbell Art Museum
Kennedy Center
Library of Congress
Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Geographic
World Almanac for Kids
National Gallery of Art
As a group, pick an artist or a period of folk art from your continent to learn more about.
Collect a list of interesting facts about that artist or folk period.
Pick which facts to include in your article. Arrange them in the best possible way.
These organizers from North Central Regional Educational Laboratory may help.
Day Three:
Write an attention-keeping article to post on the class's "World" project.
Day Four:
Take another look at your article. Use the revision checklist.
Take one more look at your article. Use the editing checklist.
Post your article on the blog for you classmates to read.
Now explore some of the pieces of art on your own. Chose one that made you pause.
Prewrite about it. For ideas, see Prewriting in Writing Reminders.
Day Six:
Write your opinion and reaction to that piece of art. Get help here.
Day Seven:
Revise it for your classmates to read. Make sure it "sounds" like you.
Edit it for your teacher to read.
Add a copy of the picture and your appraisal to the blog.
Day Eight:
Go on to Evaluation
Day Nine:
Consider you classmated comments, make any revisions needed, and place your final copies on the class's "World" display.