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Art&: A Teacher's Guide to Lessons and Activities for 5th and 6th Graders
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Four lessons on Greek and Roman Origin Myths, Heroes and Heroines, Art and Ecology, and 19th-Century America in Art and Literature are tied to national curriculum standards. Curriculum includes pre-lesson activities, worksheets, student handouts about works of art, and maps assessment and follow-up activities. Lessons were written for teachers who may not have taught art but who would like to integrate art into their classroom teaching. 20 color reproductions and 116-page printed curriculum guide
Note: Available for a nine-month loan period, permitting extended use in classroom or library settings.
This program is also available online.
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens' Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment
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The monumental gilded plaster version of the Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment, by the nineteenth-century American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, is featured in this program. On long-term loan to the National Gallery, the relief depicts Colonel Shaw and the Fifty-fourth, the first African-American infantry unit from the North to fight for the Union during the Civil War, marching into battle. This was the regiment whose courageous assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, was recounted in the movie Glory. 20 slides and illustrated booklet
This program is also available online.
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The Shaw Memorial: The Power and Glory of Public Art
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens' original plaster cast of the Shaw Memorial, installed in the National Gallery, is the focus for discussions among historians, curators, educators, and descendants of members of the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment of African Americans who fought in the Civil War. The program tells us about the history, literary connections, and artistic significance of the sculpture as an artwork and a national monument. Archival photographs, documents, and location footage of related sites provide additional content. (52 mins.)
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