Learning Resources

Use Social and Emotional Learning as a framework to guide four lesson plans. Each lesson includes close-looking questions and an art activity based on an object in SAM's collection. Aligned with Washington State Social-Emotional Learning Standards, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Use these looking questions to guide an art activity inspired by the artist Alexander Calder. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Art Museum, home, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, for school and educators

Recommended poetry and instructional texts for sculptural art-making techniques inspired by and utilizing nature.

English

Olympic Sculpture Park, classroom

grades K-5

Recommended reading for integrating illustration, storytelling, and graphic arts into life and classrooms.

English

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grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Follow along with a SAM Museum Educator to make portraits based on Jung Yeondoo's "Bewitched #2 Seoul" in this instructional six-minute video. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for families

Follow along with a SAM Museum Educator to make portraits based on Jung Yeondoo's "Bewitched #2 Seoul" in this instructional six-minute video. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

Spanish

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for families, for school and educators

Follow along with a SAM Museum Educator to make portraits based on Jung Yeondoo's "Bewitched #2 Seoul" in this instructional six-minute video. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

Vietnamese

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for families, for school and educators

Practice close-looking and respond to looking questions with this six-minute video exploring how Jung Yeondoo, a contemporary artist from South Korea, brings together ideas of identity, clothing, and storytelling in his portrait photography. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for families

Practice close-looking and respond to looking questions with this six-minute video exploring how Jung Yeondoo, a contemporary artist from South Korea, brings together ideas of identity, clothing, and storytelling in his portrait photography. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

Spanish

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for families

Practice close-looking and respond to looking questions with this six-minute video exploring how Jung Yeondoo, a contemporary artist from South Korea, brings together ideas of identity, clothing, and storytelling in his portrait photography. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standard, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

Vietnamese

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for families

Pair this lesson with the Imaginative Portraits Art Activity and Art Spotlight videos to engage with concepts of identity, close listening, and self-expression through a portraiture exercise in the classroom or during self-guided School Tours. Aligned with National Visual Arts Standards, English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for families

Enhance lessons on empathy with reading and online resources that connect art and emotions for many ages and teaching contexts. Aligned with Washington State Social-Emotional Learning Standards, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Discover books and online resources for learning and teaching about race and social justice.

English

home, classroom, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Watch Seattle Public School students and Delbert Richardson, founder and curator of the American History Traveling Museum: The Unspoken Truths, share insights in this nine-minute video on Jacob Lawrence’s "Struggle: From the History of the American People." Created in partnership with South End Stories and Mr. Santos Creations and aligned with National Core Arts Standards: Visual Arts.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades 9-12, grades 6-8, grades K-5, for school and educators, for teens, for families

Expand your understanding of Northwest Coast Native art and culture with five activities that feature artwork information, close-looking questions, and discussion and drawing prompts, Designed for use in the galleries or the classroom and aligned with Washington State Arts Standards, National Visual Arts Standards, Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Recommended reading for students and educators to unpack deeper understandings of modern art and how it relates to contemporary issues.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Watch three dancers from Baile Dior Studios respond to Imogen Cunningham's photography through movement and photography in this five-minute video. Aligned with National Core Arts Standards: Visual Arts.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for teens, for families

Introduce students to the art and life of contemporary sculptor, dancer, visual artist, and entrepreneur, Nick Cave with this collection of three lesson plans focused on performing arts, language arts, and science. Aligned with Washington State Social-Emotional Learning Standards, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Recommended reading for learning and teaching about the Day of the Dead and the history, culture, and art of Mexico.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Everything you need, including close-looking questions and discussion prompts, to provide an introduction to Asian art for students in the classroom or during a self-guided School Tour. Aligned with Washington State Social-Emotional Learning Standards, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Learn more about Asian art with readings and online resource suggestions for students and teachers.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators, for researchers

Recommended reading for kids on the customs, traditions, food, and symbols related to the Lunar New Year.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, preschool, for school and educators

How can characters from our own lives be represented through visual art? Practice close-looking in the classroom or during guided and self-guided school tours. Aligned with Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts, National Visual Arts Standards.

English

Seattle Asian Art Museum, classroom

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Recommended reading including advice and interviews with artists to motivate the artistically inclined and burgeoning artists.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

for school and educators, grades 6-8, grades 9-12

Recommended reading related to teaching and learning about the role of math in art to create perspective.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Recommended reading for learning and teaching about patterns, shapes, and math in art.

English

Seattle Art Museum, classroom, home

grades 6-8, grades 9-12, for school and educators

Recommended reading for integrating art into life and education.

English

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, classroom, home

grades K-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12