K-5 ArtSource ToursArtSource tours were designed for students in grades 1-5 and promote the strengthening of visual literacy skills and appreciation for the arts. During ArtSource tours, specially trained docents (museum guides) lead students through the museum's collection galleries and initiate focused discussions about specially selected groups of art objects and hands-on art activities. All ArtSource tours support the Ohio Academic Content Standards for the Visual Arts and other academic areas, such as science, language arts, and social studies. Programs are thematic and organized by grade level. |
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1st Grade - Making Faces: Exploring Portraits (Visual Arts & Social Studies) What is a portrait? Why do artists make pictures of people? What can we guess about a person by looking at his or her portrait? Raise questions about how children and families lived in the past, with emphasis on daily life, by studying, comparing and contrasting portraits from the museum's collection. |
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2nd Grade - Earth, Sea and Sky: Exploring Landscapes (Visual Arts and Science) What is a landscape? How many different kinds of "scapes" are there? What kinds of information do artists include in landscapes? Identify weather conditions, classify clouds and phases of the moon in landscape paintings and photographs from the Akron Art Museum's collection. |
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3rd Grade - Picturing the Story: Exploring Narrative Artworks (Visual and Language Arts) Is a picture worth a thousand words? Discover your inner storyteller by spinning tales inspired by artworks from the museum's collection that are rich with narrative possibilities. Have fun inventing stories about what is taking place in specific artworks and then illustrating what happens next. |
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4th Grade - In Our Own Backyard: Exploring Ohio Art & Artists (Visual Arts and Social Studies focused) There are famous artists from Ohio? Of course there are! Learn about artists who lived and worked in Ohio (and Akron!) throughout the past 150 years. What kinds of art did they make? What did they want to show other people about our great state? Could you be the next famous artist from Ohio? |
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5th Grade - Mod Squad I: Exploring Modern Painting / Mod Squad II: Exploring Modern Sculpture (Visual Arts focused) Are you puzzled when you look at works of modern art? Modern art CAN be a puzzle. Let our docents help you put the pieces together! Learn how an abstract artist "sees" his or her subject. What exactly do artists mean when they talk about abstraction? Explore works by artists who took painting in new directions by using line, shape, and color in new and exciting ways. |
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Educators guide for John Heartfield vs. Nazi Germany, on view through November 30, 2008 This 33 page guide for middle school and high school students and teachers includes seven full-page reproductions of a selection of Heartfield's works. The guide supports various Ohio Academic Content Standards for Visual Arts, Language Arts and Social Studies. File Download: [ PDF Format ] |
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Educators Guide for Jean-Pierre Gauthier: Machines at Play, on view through January 4, 2009 This 77 page guide was created by Maria Mastromatteo, Education Content Producer for Western Reserve Public Media (formerly PBS 45 & 49). The guide addresses Ohio Academic Content Standards for Science for students in grades 2 through 9. File Download: [ PDF format ] |
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Available Curriculum Guides and Resources
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