"The Problem We All Live With" is one of Norman Rockwell's most famous, and provocative, images. First printed in the January 14, 1964, issue of "Look" magazine, the image features an approximately six-year-old African American girl walking. She is wearing a white dress, white socks and white shoes. Her hair is parted in neat…

This article presents a brief history of glass-making. This article also provides a brief description of the Pilchuk Glass School, one of the largest glass workshops, and features Einar and Jamex de la Torre, two brothers who are both glass artists. Several activities to engage students in the art of glass-making are also presented.

As perhaps the most encompassing idea in biology, evolution has impacted not only science, but other academic disciplines as well. The broad, interdisciplinary impact of evolution was the theme of a course taught at Marian College, Indianapolis, Indiana in 2002, 2004, and 2006. Using a strategy that could be readily adopted at other institutions,…

Last year, a school embarked on a school-wide project that would take all of their students, kindergarten through-sixth grade, through a tangible art timeline. The result was a passageway--over seventy-five feet in length--that revealed the history of art, from cave painting to modern-day graffiti art. The "walk through time" was inspired by how…

Three approaches that teachers can use to incorporate related ideas into art history courses are discussed. They are parallelism, or the analogous developments in other spheres of study; the elucidation of the credo of a famous personage whose image has been perpetuated through art; and etymology. (RM)

Virtual environments are able to extend the space of interaction beyond the classroom. In order to analyze how distributed cognition functions in such an extended space, we suggest focusing on the architecture of intersubjectivity. The Euroland project--a virtual land created and populated by seven classrooms supported by a team of…

Describes an art instructor's alternative to lecture in an art survey course; i.e., minidramas providing characterizations of well-known artists. Suggests that other disciplines can use the model effectively. Indicates that the approach increases student interest and participation. (DMM)

In the art lesson described in this article, students explore the arts of architecture, design, painting, and sculpture within four time periods: early colonial (1500-1700), late colonial (1700-1776), the quest for independence (1776-1860), and industrialization and growth (1860-1900). Through class discussion, readings, and slide presentations,…

Compares Oskar Kokoschka's teaching practices with American Progressive Education literature. Observes that the latter stresses the need for practicing artists to teach in the schools. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the artist-in-the-classroom concept revealed in light of Kokoschka's practices. (KM)

Presents four classroom lessons designed for elementary and secondary students based on paintings in the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Provides an overall goal, specific objectives, background of the painting, and suggestions for discussion and activities for each painting. Includes full-page color prints of each painting. (CFR)

Norman Rockwell's Triple Self-Portrait provided the perfect starting point for taking self-conscious teenagers on a personal journey into the intimidating world of introspective art. Asking students to find the three self-portraits in the Rockwell work was an easy way to draw them into painting. From the visual clues and objects meaningfully…

This publication includes descriptions of arts programs, units of study, lesson plans, and course outlines submitted by Illinois arts teachers who answered the invitation to document their successful approaches to art edication. This compilation was not designed to be prescriptive, but to be representative of activities in Illinois. The articles…

The four content areas of discipline based art education (aesthetics, art criticism, art history, and art production) should be addressed in every art education unit planned and taught to students. All four content areas are addressed in the process of formal art criticism therefore every unit/lesson that utilizes a formal art criticism also…

How a seventh grade teacher incorporated art history into a 12-week unit on drawing, painting, color, ceramics, printing, and sculpture is discussed; an art program that involves sixth graders in preparing one-artist shows is described; and suggestions for developing a permanent high school art gallery are presented. (RM)

Describes how three groups of twentieth-century U.S. artists--Landscape and architectural artists, pop artists, and the photo-realists--used the object as the primary image in their artwork. Maintains that this approach to studying still life may be more relevant for teachers and students today. (KM)