David Parrish, Kayo. Oil on canvas, 51 7/8 x 76 3/4 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Noah Davis, Black Widow with Brothers Fighting. Oil on canvas, 52 x 60 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Henry Clay Anderson, Motorcycle Riders. Gelatin silver print, 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Beverly McIver, Love Mom. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Odili Donald Odita, Over Here, Over There. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 104 inches. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Barkley L. Hendricks, Bahsir (Robert Gowens). Oil and acrylic on canvas, 83 ½ x 66. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Marianne Manasse, Farm Workers on the Back of a Truck. Oil on Masonite, 24 x 30 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Jasper Gerardi (Geeraerts) (attributed), Still Life with Meat Pie. Oil on panel, 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Feodor Zakharov, View of the Shimmering Sea from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
Cristoforo Munari. Still Life with Blue and White Porcelain. Oil on canvas, 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art.
English Language Arts
Grade 1
6: Around the World with a Glass Slipper
3-5 30-minute lessons
compare and contrast
How can we share what we have learned?
How can we create new ways to think and be detectives?
I can identify familiar artworks and their artists.
I can discuss similarities and differences across artworks.
I can work with my friends to categorize works of art according to technique, subject, and other things.
I can invent new categories.
I can share my thoughts with my friends
Display on the board all of the works of art you have viewed through the year. Introduce the lesson with a couple basic questions:
“Today you are going to work with your table-mates to sort these works! We have done some sorting in math and science. We’ve sorted shapes and we’ve sorted pebbles, sand and silt.”
As a group, brainstorm a few possible ways to sort the artworks. Write down sorting criteria on chart paper or the board. Some possibilities are color, line, texture, genre (e.g., landscape, still life), or setting (e.g., indoor/outdoor, urban/rural).
Give each table a set of small-sized color prints of the artworks to sort, and assign each table a different sorting criterion. (For example, table 1 will sort by texture, table 2 by color, table 3 by shape, table 4 by media, table 5 by subject, table 6 by culture, and so on.) Write down table assignments, either on the board or on each piece of butcher/chart paper.
Explain to students that this is a group project, and each person is going to get a few pieces to be responsible for. Have students talk to each other to sort the artworks, respecting and sharing the materials and each others’ ideas. Remind the students that they have learned throughout the year that sometimes, especially in art, there are many answers to a problem or question. Circulate to help students group their images.
Once the groups are finished sorting, have the students glue down the images, label and circle the groups they have made with a crayon. Some pieces may fit into more than one category, so some circles will overlap (like a Venn Diagram).
Give students 10 minutes to finish sorting, gluing, labeling and circling their artworks.
“How many of you had a hard time deciding or needed to talk it over with a friend?”
Gather the class together. “In a minute you’ll return to your groups and practice presenting your whole sheet to the class. I want each person to talk. One person will introduce your work, then three classmates will talk about your groupings, and one more person will conclude. Then we will open the floor to questions from the class!”
Have students practice and then share their presentations.
Continue presentations and Q&A.
Have students conduct a new sort with different, and possibly more sophisticated, criteria, i.e., culture, time period, location, mood, theme. Let students choose or invent their own criteria and group themselves accordingly, no more than 6 and no fewer than 2 in a group.
Have students present their new groupings.
Beyond Grade Level: Students look through art book and mark 3-6 pieces with sticky notes to go in each category.
Below Grade Level: Students have fewer than 3 images to sort
sort, categorize, texture, color, line, subject, portrait
David Parrish, Kayo, 1976. Oil on canvas, 51 7/8 x 76 3/4 inches (131.8 x 194.9 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift of Louis K. and Susan P. Meisel, New York; 2001.24.6. © David Parrish. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Noah Davis, Black Widow with Brothers Fighting, 2008. Oil on canvas, 52 x 60 inches (132.1 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine, 2009.4.1. © Noah Davis. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Henry Clay Anderson, Motorcycle Riders, c. 1960 (printed 2007). Gelatin silver print, 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (35.9 x 28.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift of Dr. Kenneth Montague / The Wedge Collection, in honor of the exhibition Becoming at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; 2011.13.1. © National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Beverly McIver, Love Mom, 2011. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase with funds provided by Marilyn M. Arthur, 2011.1.1. © Beverly McIver. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Odili Donald Odita, Over Here, Over There, 2001. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 104 inches (213.4 x 264.2 cm). Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Promised gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine, L.1.2011.1. © Odili Donald Odita. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Barkley L. Hendricks, Bahsir (Robert Gowens), 1975. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 83 ½ x 66 inches (212.1 x 167.6 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase with additional funds provided by Jack Neely, 2007.5.1. © Barkley L. Hendricks. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Marianne Manasse, Farm Workers on the Back of a Truck, 20th century. Oil on Masonite, 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jan G. Milner, 1997.3.1. © Estate of Marianne Manasse. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Jasper Gerardi (Geeraerts) (attributed), Flemish, Still Life with Meat Pie, c. 1650. Oil on panel, 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (48.9 x 64.1 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift in honor of Marilyn M. Segal by her children, 1998.22.6. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Feodor Zakharov, American, View of the Shimmering Sea from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, c. 1927. Oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches (81.3 x 114.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase, 1996.6.1. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Cristoforo Munari, Italian, Still Life with Blue and White Porcelain, c. 1690. Oil on canvas, 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (29.8 x 41.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift in honor of Marilyn M. Segal by her children, 1998.22.2. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.