Featured Resources
Storytelling Through Asian Art
Updated Jul 20, 2022
Through classroom and museum experiences, elementary students will be able to describe how East Asian artists used various materials and symbols to tell a story using the work of art.
Image: Bojagi, mid to late 20th century, Korean; silk, cloth.
Through classroom and museum experiences, elementary students will be able to describe how East Asian artists used various materials and symbols to tell a story using the work of art.
Visualizing Verbs
Updated Jul 20, 2022
What kinds of action words could your students use to describe works of art? Use this graphic organizer to support students in using verbs to write dynamic interpretations of art.
What kinds of action words could your students use to describe works of art? Use this graphic organizer to support students in using verbs to write dynamic interpretations of art.
Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971 Curriculum Guide
Updated Dec 8, 2023
This Curriculum Guide was created by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to support the special exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971, on view at the DIA February 4–June 23, 2024. Containing five standalone modules, this robust set of lessons and activities provides students with historical context and the film studies terms needed for critical thinking and discourse to prepare for a visit to the exhibition. High School teachers of history, social studies, film studies, visual art, and ELA can use this inquiry-based learning resource to explore historic and contemporary issues around race, gender, discrimination, power, and activism.
Explore the resource online or download below
Image: Glenn Ligon, Double America 2, 2014. ©Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, and Chantal Crousel, Paris
This Curriculum Guide was created by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to support the special exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898 – 1971, on view at the DIA February 4–June 23, 2024. Containing five standalone modules, this robust set of lessons and activities provides students with historical context and the film studies terms needed for critical thinking and discourse to prepare for a visit to the exhibition. High School teachers of history, social studies, film studies, visual art, and ELA can use this inquiry-based learning resource to explore historic and contemporary issues around race, gender, discrimination, power, and activism.
Explore the resource online or download below
Image: Glenn Ligon, Double America 2, 2014. ©Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, and Chantal Crousel, Paris
Teen Arts Council
The Teen Arts Council is a group of 12 high school students who design and implement meaningful, empowering, and entertaining programs for metro Detroit teens.