Terra Teacher Lab
2009-10 Summer Institute Materials
Agenda and Outcomes
Terra Teacher Lab Summer Institute Agenda 2009-10
Professional Development Outcomes
Teacher Development: Competencies and Indicators
Faculty and Presenter Biographies
Defining Self and Society through Portraits
Wendy Greenhouse's Portrait Image List
Related Readings:
George Washington Lansdowne Portrait, from Picturing America Resource Book
Quick, American Portraiture Reading
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Website Page on Lansdowne
Reproduction: The Promised Land--The Grayson Family
Amy Mooney's Portrait Image List
Related Readings:
"Beauford Delaney," African American Art Teacher's Manual
Biography of Beauford Delaney, Smithsonian Website Page
"On the Painter Beauford Delaney," W.E.B. DuBois Institute
Diversity of Place: Natural and Urban Landscapes
Wendy Greenhouse's Landscape Image List
Related Readings:
Thomas Cole Biography from Terra Website
Hudson River School Essay from Metropolitan Museum of Art Website
Reproductions:
Landscape with Figures: A Scene from "The Last of the Mohicans"
Brace's Rock, Brace's Cove, 1864
Amy Mooney's Landscape Image List
Related Readings:
Georgia O'Keeffe, AIC Art Access
Georgia O'Keeffe, "Her Life" from the Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation Website
Reproduction: Telegraph Poles with Buildings
Communities and Their Stories
Wendy Greenhouse's Stories Image List
Related Readings:
Lilly Martin Spencer Biography from Terra Website
Reproductions:
The Home of the Red, White and Blue
Amy Mooney's Stories Image List
Related Readings:
Archibald Motley, Jr., AIC Art Access
Interpreting Art
Art Institute Gallery Activity 2009 Word / PDF
Developing Questions about Works of Art
How to Interpret Art through the "Close Read" PDF / PowerPoint
Strategic Questioning Practice
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Template Word / PDF
Exemplary Lesson Plan by Craig Segal, Whittier School
Multi-Grade Language Arts Lesson Draft
American Art Connections Plan for 2009-2010 Word / PDF
Instructions for Uploading Lesson Plans to GroupHub
Romance-Precision-Generalization: The Rhythm of Learning
Reading/Writing
PQROST: The Reading-Thinking-Writing Connection
Connect People and Places and Times
Get It Together: Show What's Important
Field Trip
Register for a Student Tour at the Art Institute of Chicago
Field Trip Planner
Research Resources
American Art Resources at Selected Web Sites
Illinois Learning Standards
Illinois Learning Standards: Fine Arts, English Language Arts, Social Science
Forms
Supplies Reimbursement Form Word / PDF
Field Trip Reimbursement Form Word / PDF
Assignments
June 21 Assignment: Make Interesting Idea-Example Connections
June 22 Assignment: Collect and Combine Information about a Topic