Discovering Art History

Leah Walton2024-03-25T16:27:07-04:00

Welcome to Our Homeschool Art History Curriculum: Discovering Art History

Would your elementary students like to deepen their understanding of historical art styles? Discovering Art History is a nine-week course for fourth and fifth grade students in which they learn to group artwork by style, subject, and artist, as well as explore various careers in the field of art. Each week, students investigate artistic styles like naturalism, romanticism, impressionism, modernism, etc. With each style, students study several key artists like Rockwell, Monet, Cezanne, da Vinci, and many more. Students can then enjoy practicing each style.

Getting Started with Discovering Art History, Our Homeschool Art History Curriculum

This homeschool art history curriculum helps students learn to group paintings or other artwork by style, subject, or artist and introduces several different careers in the field of art. Discovering Art History first teaches students about various styles and artists and then offers the opportunity for homeschool students to practice each style learned. Numerous art-related books available through many libraries are also suggested to enhance learning.

Overview

9 weeks, 5 days a week
Includes text-based lessons, printable file of images, suggested reading list, and links to additional information
Grades: 4–5

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; corresponding artwork on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; sketchbook; additional supplies as indicated for each project

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan, coursework file, and artwork file. Start with the Day 1 reading assignment. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Discovering Art History, Our Homeschool Art History Curriculum

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Hello, students and parents!

Welcome to Discovering Art History, a 9-week homeschool art history course that will help you learn to group paintings or other artwork by style, subject, or artist. I would also like for you to learn about different careers in the arts, in case you’re interested in taking your art to that level when you’re older. Each week or so, you will learn about a different artist or style of art and get to practice that style.

One of the fun things about doing art is creativity. Do you have a lot of creativity? This course will be a good way to expand your creativity. Feel free to tweak projects and change things up to make this your course.

While you’re enjoying this homeschool art history curriculum, plan to visit art museums in your area, learn how to sew or knit, take pictures, make patterns, arrange flowers, visit a ceramics shop, analyze illustrations in picture books and illustrate your own writing, pay attention to packaging, and notice how art is used in fashion and advertising. In short, pay attention to the art around you and widen your scope. Art is more than just brushes and canvas, though we will be focusing mostly on art of that sort in this class. Remember: art is all around you. Above all, have fun!

Sincerely,

Carla Earley

Course Outline for Discovering Art History, Our Homeschool Art History Curriculum

Nine weekly homeschool art history curriculum lessons introduce elementary homeschool students to various artists, styles, and careers in the field of art.

Week 1: Guiseppe Arcimboldo and Mannerism
Week 2: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Naturalism
Week 3: John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, and Neoclassicism
Week 4: Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Impressionism
Week 5: Impressionism (cont.), Paul Cezanne, and Post-Impressionism
Week 6: Henri Rousseau and Post-Impressionism (cont.)
Week 7: Georges Seurat and Pointillism; Introduction to American Regionalism
Week 8: Grant Wood, Norman Rockwell, and American Regionalism; Georgia O’Keeffe and Introduction to Modernism
Week 9: Pop Art, Cubism, and Surrealism

More About Discovering Art History, Our Homeschool Art History Curriculum

This homeschool art history curriculum introduces elementary students to naturalism, mannerism, neoclassicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism, pointillism, post-impressionism, cubism, futurism, surrealism, American regionalism, abstract expressionism, modernism, pop art, and postmodernism. Discovering Art History lessons also cover several key artists including Mary Cassatt, Norman Rockwell, Grant Wood, Georges Seurat, John Singleton Copley, Henri Rousseau, Paul Cezanne, Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Benjamin West.

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Discovering Art History

Length: 9 weeks
Content type: Printable lessons and famous artwork cards
Grades: 4–5

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