Using this graphic organizer, students investigate how art can build an understanding of individual, group and world identity.

Help students capture descriptive details in their writing to make their thinking visible and find identities in art at the DIA.

How can communities of the past help students understand their own? This graphic organizer is designed to help students draw connections between their own communities and the many different ones on view at the DIA.

Encourage students to look closely at works of art and capture their detailed observations with a sketch and a quick write to launch descriptive writing back in the classroom.

Using essential questions from the new visual arts standards, this graphic organizer supports students as they explore the galleries and discover the standards in action.

Encourage students to explore their understanding of mathematical concepts by identifying real-world examples of math in works of art.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed and transferred. Use this graphic organizer to assist students to investigate and describe how artists explore this concept.

How can art help students understand the world around them? Use this graphic organizer during a self-guided visit to help connect art with the five themes of geography.

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.

How can adjectives help refine writing and more accurately describe student thinking? This graphic organizer helps students connect descriptive words with works of art and encourages more detailed writing.