Learning@Whitney: www.whitney.org/learning.The Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). recently added this new online resource for K-12 educators to its website, which consists of a gallery of works from the museum's collection of twentieth- and twenty-first century American art American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, , interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct. interdisciplinary Adjective lesson plans that examine some of the key themes and concepts in the works featured in the gallery, plus a list of related print and online resources for further study. The lesson plans include discussion questions, art projects, writing activities, teacher information, and examples of student work. Directions for downloading and printing the gallery images for classroom use are also provided. This site is easy to navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. (2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. , well-organized, and accessible to students. Teachers will appreciate the quality of information presented on the site as well as the curriculum ideas it offers for exploring contemporary art practices in the classroom. |
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