This book allows the purchaser to make copies for their students or personal use.
Art mixes with literature as we create illustrations for famous quotes on art by some of the most names throughout history like Einstein, Picasso, O’Keeffe, and Queen Victoria to name but a few. Read, interpret, and learn; a deeply interdisciplinary approach and supplement to an art education program or for personal growth.
A short blurb about the author of each quote appears on the back of each page with space to write an interpretation on what the author meant. There is also space for readers and students to explore more about the author of each quote. This combination of art, history, literature, writing, interpretation, and illustration becomes a powerful educational tool attaining the highest levels of learning on Bloom’s Taxonomy; analyze, evaluate, and create.
The author, Eric Gibbons, was awarded New Jersey’s Best High School Teacher award by the AENJ in 2015. The materials contained here have been used in his classroom since 1990, and have been fully tested in a real environment with grades 4 through 12. Gibbons’ students outscore their non-art peers by a wide margin due to his intercurricular approach featured in this book and many of his other books through Firehouse Publications.
A really great classroom resource for Art and English! Reading, interpreting, writing, researching, and creating come together in this one amazing book. Though there are other books of quotes out there, none offer the educational power of this one from Firehouse Publications. Whether you are a teacher, home school, or parent, this connected learning resource will be appreciated! Written by an award winning art educator with a blog full of amazing resources (ArtEdGuru) you can’t go wrong with this book in your collection. The bonus is that with your…
Great for art educators This book is great. It has great writing prompts for connecting literature and art. The two have gone together for since the existence of the written word. As an educator, this books allows for me to give writing assignments easily.
A great resource for art teachers! Not only are the quotes in this book varied and fascinating, but the format is very user-friendly. What a great idea to create a resource like this with the intention that it be reproduced and used with students! I am no longer in the classroom, but it is going to make a perfect gift for one of my student teachers !