Black History Month all year-round: for teachers.Do you know why Black History Month was established in February? February was chosen because the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass fall in this month. Established in 1926 as Negro History Week, the commemoration was extended to a month-long observation in 1976. The sites listed below are especially recommended for use in February and all year long: 160.111.24.8/mainhighlights/main. cfm?id=AA The African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art. Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States. site features an exhibit touring the U.S. through 2005. It includes works by artists and photographers such as Richmond Barthe, Romare Bearden Romare Bearden, (September 2, 1911, in Charlotte, North Carolina—March 12, 1988 in New York, New York) was an African-American artist and writer. He worked in several media including, cartoons, oils, and collage. , William H. Johnson, and Gordon Parks. www.artgallery.umd.edu/driskell Sixty-two artists are represented on this comprehensive site titled, Narratives of African American Art African American art is a broad term describing the visual arts of the American black community. Influenced by various cultural traditions, including those of Africa, Europe and the Americas, traditional African American art forms include the range of plastic arts, from and Identity: The David C. Driskell David C. Driskell ( June 7, 1931) is a scholar in the field of African American art as well as an accomplished artist in his own right. Driskell is currently an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. A major publication, David C. Collection. www.getty.edu/artednet/resources /jacoblawrence/contents.htm This exemplary website of the Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation provides extensive resources as well as a unit of instruction, Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Life Lawrence is probably among the best-known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction also shared by Romare Bearden. : Storyteller, a series of three interdisciplinary lessons for middle school developed by the J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment of $5.8 billion. Based in Los Angeles, it operates two museums: the J. Paul Getty Museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. . www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence The Whitney Museum of Art has developed this site based on Lawrence's works in their collection. Check out Learning Resources to find lesson plans, timelines, and other useful features. www.phillipscollection.org/ lawrence Suggested activities, discussion questions, and teaching strategies are organized by visual arts, social studies, language arts, and science and math. www.albrightknox.org/ArtStart/ SBearden.html This site features an integrated third grade art/social studies lesson about Bearden's collage. www.coe.uh.edu/webscapes/ biggers/index.htm This site from the University of Houston features Biggers' murals and includes "lesson seeds" to help teachers develop their own lessons. |
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