Provides historical information on the art movement of Precisionism. Includes teaching activities and a reproduction of an artwork, "Conversation: Sky and Earth" (Charles Sheeler). Focuses on the life and career of Sheeler and discusses the content of the painting. (CMK)

Provides information on marine painting, the historical treatment of its subject matter, and its stylistic development. Discusses and includes reproductions of paintings, from the marine collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, by Robert Swain Gifford, Stuart Davis, Alfred Thompson Bricher, Augustus V. Tack, and James E. Buttersworth.…

Provides historical background on mosaics. Describes an art activity in which students create their own mosaics. Discusses what the students can use as material to make the project much more cost effective and explains the process of creating the mosaics in detail. (CMK)

Describes an activity for first-grade students in which they learn about cave paintings and become spelunkers, or people who explore caves as a hobby, making their own paper head-lanterns. Explains that students draw animals on the walls of their "cave" (a dark hallway lined with brown kraft paper). (CMK)

Presents an activity for fourth-grade students in which they learn about ancient art and create their own authentic-looking rock sculptures with pictograms, or painted images. Explains how the students create their own rocks and then paint a pictograph on the rocks with brown paint. (CMK)