Artists are often particularly keen observers and precise recorders of the physical conditions of the natural world. As a result, paintings can be good resources for learning about ecology. Teachers can use this lesson to examine with students the interrelationship of geography, natural resources, and climate and their effects on daily life. It also addresses the roles students can take in caring for the environment. Students will look at paintings that represent cool temperate, warm temperate, and tropical climates. An activity addressing the other climate categories can be found in the Activities section of the lesson.
If you enjoy this lesson, there's more! This lesson is one in a series of
four which are adapted from the Gallery’s free-loan teaching packet "Art &."
The four lessons share a similar format, but focus on different areas of curriculum.
Other topics include origin myths, heroes
and heroines, and 19th-century America.
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