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Ancient Egypt for Young Children
Mummies and more! Activities for pre-school to 3rd grade. Art, Math, Music, Literacy, Science, Social Studies lessons inspired by the coffins of Pa-debehu-Aset.
See also Egypt in the Art Room.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Science, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary
Egyptian mummy on loan from the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Art Alive: Beach at Blue Point
Interactive activities—looking, imagining, questioning and reflecting—based on William Glacken’s painting Beach at Blue Point.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary
William Glackens
Beach at Blue Point
Interactive activities—looking, imagining, questioning and reflecting—based on Thomas Hart Benton’s painting Boomtown.
See also Thomas Hart Benton’s Boomtown, 1928.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary
Thomas Hart Benton
Boomtown
Art Alive: Pittsford on the Erie Canal
Interactive activities—looking, imagining, questioning and reflecting—based on George Harvey’s Pittsford on the Erie Canal.
See also George Harvey’s Pittsford on the Erie Canal: A Sultry Calm, 1837.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary
George Harvey
Pittsford on the Erie Canal
A Sixth Grade Interdisciplinary Unit on the Renaissance created by Pittsford Middle School.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Science, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary
Teaching American History through American Art:
Rochester and the Genesee Valley
Explore art of Rochester, the Genesee River Valley and the Erie Canal.
Curriculum Connections: Art, ELA, Music, Social Studies
Grade Level: Elementary, Secondary
Colin Campbell Cooper
Main Street Bridge
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