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resources PRE-VISIT LESSONS | CURRICULUM GUIDES | For Teens, By Teens PRE-VISIT LESSONS Pre-Visit Activities are available for elementary and high school audiences to help you prepare your students for the exhibition they will see on their museum tour. Your museum visit and pre-visit activity together support interdisciplinary learning by connecting Visual Art, Language Arts, and Social Studies content areas, and address the California State Content Standards in the Visual Arts. Please note that the following documents require the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. To upgrade, please visit www.adobe.com/acrobat. 2008 California Biennial Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Birth of the Cool: Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Art Since the 1960s: California Experiments Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Imaging & Imagining California Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-visit activities for High School Students 2006 California Biennial Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-Visit activities for High School Students Catherine Opie: In and Around Home Pre-visit activities for High School students Landscape Confection Pre-visit activities for Elementary School Students Pre-visit activities for High School students   CURRICULUM GUIDES Our classroom curriculum materials connect our collections and exhibitions to core subject areas and allow teachers to incorporate the visual arts into their lesson planning. All of our curriculum materials support interdisciplinary learning and state learning standards. ART + TEXT-CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS INTRODUCTION Art + Text: Introduction Reading an Image: Helen Lundeberg Art + Text: Lesson One Looking at Language: Ed Ruscha Art + Text: Lesson Two Picturing Dialogue: Joseph Grigely Art + Text: Lesson Three Interacting with Poetry: Yucef Merhi Art + Text: Lesson Four NEW! Retelling Narrative: Alexis Smith Art + Text: Lesson Five Alexis Smith Lesson Handouts Art + Text: Lesson Five NEW! Quoting Identity: Glenn Ligon Art + Text: Lesson Six IMAGING + IMAGINING CALIFORNIA - CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS INTRODUCTION Imaging + Imagining Introduction The Golden State: Granville Redmond Imaging + Imagining: Lesson One The Poetry of Nature: Agnes Pelton Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Two Capturing the Atmosphere: Richard Diebenkorn Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Three Cinematic Contrasts: Ed Ruscha Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Four Familiar Landscapes: Kori Newkirk Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Five Sculpture on the Grid: Tom Laduke Imaging + Imagining: Lesson Six Glossary and Credits Imaging + Imagining: Glossary and Credits NEW! 50-minute Studio Lessons for Elementary School Teachers California Pop-Up Landscapes NEW! ART SINCE THE 1960s - CURRICULUM RESOURCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS LESSON 1: THE SMOG COLLECTORS: Kim Abeles Art Since the 1960s: Introduction LESSON 2: EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES: Pearl C. Hsiung Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Two LESSON 3: COMMUNITY DOCUMENT: Catherine Opie Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Three LESSON 4: CONFOUNDING STEREOTYPES: Lorna Simpson Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Four LESSON 5: ASSEMBLING A PAST: Betye Saar Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Five LESSON 6: EXPLORING IDENTITY THROUGH SELF-REPRESENTATION: Charles Ray Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Six LESSON 7: PERFORMING AND DOCUMENTING IDENTITY: Lynn Hershman Art Since the 1960s: Lesson Seven   For Teens, By Teens Visit OCMA Teen Art's Council's very own online video channel. Click here to view videos produced by teens including: - Artist interviews with 2008 California Biennial artists Patrick "Pato" Hebert and Sam Durant - Video commentary on life in the OC created during a workshop with artist Pearl C. Hsiung - Behind the scenes footage with artist Kim Abeles as she works with the Teen Art Council to create mini-museums   BACK TO TOP

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