Teaching with Art

Collection Resources include general strategies for incorporating works of art into your teaching, as well as lots of activities that can be used with any work of art from the Museum’s Collection. The section also includes historical information on those works.

Teaching with Art is a special resource full of teaching strategies and easy-to-implement activities for including art in your classroom. You’ll also find activities directly related to the Museum’s roster of school tour topics, which we recommend you use before and after visiting the Museum for a tour!

Last but not least, an archive of Teacher Notes, focusing on individual works in the Museum’s Collection, are available for PDF download.

Recent Resources

Industrial Revolution Inventions by Daisy Breaux

Length: Four 45 minute class periods (2 days for research, 2 days for presentations) Lesson Goal: Students will gain experience…

Roles in the Community by Ghada Hammad

Lesson Goal: Students will discuss different social roles and professions and the impact they have on our communities. Without these…

Geology in Art by Erika Girmscheid

Lesson Goal: Students will observe qualities and patterns in rocks to explain changes over time and can hypothesize observations the…

Motion, Force, and Energy in Art by Elizabeth Daniel

Lesson Objective: Using Newton’s laws, and applying the principles of motion, force, and energy students will gain a deeper understanding…

A Window into Understanding by Aysegul Yazganoglu

Lesson Goal: Students will know how to identify different shapes when they’re presented in a real world scenario. Notice​ Look…

Reading Facial Expressions by Ella Evenson

Lesson Goal: Students will be able to identify how a person’s face can show their emotions. Students will talk about…