World History
The Met has uploaded hundreds of art catalogs which you can read online or download as PDFs. Here are some of the titles which I copied directly from Open Culture's posting about the catalogs. The catalogs span both world and US history.
- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has some great instructional resources on the main historical events from World War I through the Cold War. Simply click on "Events and Themes" and type in a key word like "Cold War" and a series of downloadable PDFs appear. Some...
- Google Launches Art Talk Series
Google's Art project, which I wrote about last year, allows you to create your own art collection using their library of museums. For example, you could create a gallery for anything you're studying, like Hinduism, or Greece. Tonight, according...
- Acropolis Museum In Greece
Maine teacher, Richard Byrne, has put together a site called ?Free technology for Teachers.? In March, he posted ?7 Good resources for Art Teachers and Students.? One of the sources he posted is called the Art Project and I love it. It?s powered by Google...
- Medieval Art At The Met & Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an interesting exhibit on Medieval art. I developed a simple lesson, which you can see here, in which the kids examine the artwork, watch a short video explaining the exhibit, and create a five-slide...
- End Of The Year: Night At The Museum
There are some movies that work really well for history classes, and some that do not. After watching a Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum 2 this weekend, I put it in the category of works really well. I did not find really any discrepancies...
World History
Art Catalogs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain
- American Art Posters of the 1890s in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Degas: The Artist?s Mind
- Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomical Drawings from the Royal Library Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Art of IlluminationVermeer and the Delft SchoolWisdom Embodied:
- Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Words and Images: Chinese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting
- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has some great instructional resources on the main historical events from World War I through the Cold War. Simply click on "Events and Themes" and type in a key word like "Cold War" and a series of downloadable PDFs appear. Some...
- Google Launches Art Talk Series
Google's Art project, which I wrote about last year, allows you to create your own art collection using their library of museums. For example, you could create a gallery for anything you're studying, like Hinduism, or Greece. Tonight, according...
- Acropolis Museum In Greece
Maine teacher, Richard Byrne, has put together a site called ?Free technology for Teachers.? In March, he posted ?7 Good resources for Art Teachers and Students.? One of the sources he posted is called the Art Project and I love it. It?s powered by Google...
- Medieval Art At The Met & Getty
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an interesting exhibit on Medieval art. I developed a simple lesson, which you can see here, in which the kids examine the artwork, watch a short video explaining the exhibit, and create a five-slide...
- End Of The Year: Night At The Museum
There are some movies that work really well for history classes, and some that do not. After watching a Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum 2 this weekend, I put it in the category of works really well. I did not find really any discrepancies...