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Exploring Painting and Painters

Introduction | Background Knowledge | Activities | Extensions | Standards

Introduction

About 70 million people visited an art museum in 2021 as the world began to come out of isolation from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The most visited art museum is the Louvre in Paris, where 2.8 million people lined up to see masterpieces like Van Gogh's Mona Lisa or Di Vinci's The Virgin on the Rocks. The most visited art museum in the United States is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Visitors can admire a Van Gogh self-portrait or Monet's Water Lilies, among works by other well-known painters.

While we can stand in awe of paintings by the masters, painting is something anyone can do. The youngest children can create art with finger paint, and many older people have the opportunity to take up painting at local community centers or craft stores.

Paint is a medium that is accessible to all but it can be truly breathtaking when handled by a master.

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Background Knowledge

The earliest known paintings can be dated to about 45,000 years ago. A painting of a wild pig was found in a cave in Indonesia. These prehistoric paintings are thought to be a record of human life and experiences as human language began to develop. The artists used dirt or charcoal mixed with spit or animal fat to create their images. They likely used their fingers as well as twigs or feathers.

The purpose of painting has not changed much in 45,000 years. Artists still paint to record life, emotions, and experiences. The mediums and techniques, however, have evolved.

Scholars of Art History begin their study with the Romanesque Era (1000-1300). The purpose of painting during this time was to share information - usually the messages of Christianity. Most works were simple and easy to read and understand, so the Biblical message was clear. Tempera paint was the preferred medium.

The Gothic Era (1100-1500) came out of the Romanesque Era. Christian values were still the focus of the paintings, but artists began to enjoy the freedom of thought. Human faces became detailed. Pieces became larger as the surface area in churches became larger than before. Schools of art began to emerge across Europe. Most paintings were still done in tempera paint.

One of the most well-known eras in Art History is the Renaissance Era (1420-1520). Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo are two of the best-known artists of this era. Renaissance means rebirth or revival, and the period was considered a cultural rebirth. Art focused on the natural and realistic, and perspective shifted from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, with scenes becoming more complex and human bodies looking more realistic. In addition, the painting medium began shifting from tempera paints to oils.

The Baroque Era (1590-1760) saw a continued focus on humanism rather than religion. Artists painted royal leaders in positions of power and excellence. However, religion was not abandoned completely, as many paintings depicted kings or princes ascending into the heavens or sitting with the angels. Art became a way to show wealth. Opposites - light and dark, good and evil - were featured and overemphasized. Rembrandt and Vermeer were famous painters of this era.

Classicism (1770-1840) and Romanticism (1790-1850) were two contrasting eras that coexisted. Classicism was characterized by strictness and seriousness. Paintings returned to two dimensions. Romanticism, on the other hand, was less strict and can be referred to as "sentimental." Emotions took precedence over nature.

The Impressionist Movement (1850-1895) is known as the first of the "modern" art movements. Impressionism moved away from continuous brush strokes and blocks of color toward individual dots of paint. In addition, artists began painting outside and painted for painting's sake. Master painters Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Mary Cassatt were among the Impressionist artists.

Art Nouveau (1890-1910) ushered in soft lines and florals. Symmetry is a prominent feature. In addition, the paintings have political undertones often overlooked in favor of the art itself. Gustav Klimt is one of the most well-known painters from the Art Nouveau period.

Master painter Pablo Picasso was a leader of the Cubism movement (1906-1914). In Cubism, scenes were broken down into basic geometric shapes. The perspective encouraged viewers to see the subject from every angle at the same time. It was a departure from the unspoken rules of painting from other eras.

Surrealism (1920-1930) transcended the real and tangible, presented many uncomfortable ideas, and often represented the painter's dreams. Salvador Dali is a well-known Surrealist.

The first art movement to originate outside of Europe, the Abstract-Expressionism movement, focused on color and action. Paintbrushes gave way to painting poured paint with one's fingers. Jackson Pollack was a pioneer of Abstract-Expressionism.

From soup cans to toilets, the Pop Art Movement (1955-1969) showed the world that anything could be art. Pop Art boasts clean lines and blocks of color. Andy Warhol is an American leader of the Pop Art Movement.

Tempera paint and oils were prominent mediums early in the art history timeline. However, as art and time evolved, five mediums have emerged as favorites among artists.

• Acrylic paints are good for beginning painters. The artist does not need special tools to use the paint, and it is easy to clean up. Most dry quickly, but some dry slowly. Acrylic can mimic other paint mediums. Available as thick or thin, acrylics can look and feel like watercolors if it is thin or oils if it is thick.
• Watercolors are water-based. Water is added to the pigment. Because of the water, watercolors take a long time to dry and need special paper for more serious painters. Watercolors bleed into one another, creating a blended effect but making it difficult to paint clean lines. Colors have to be layered from light to dark.
• Oil paint is the medium of many of the great painters throughout history. Oils are slow-drying, which allows for layering. The colors are vivid and long-lasting. Oil paints never completely dry, so great care must be taken when transporting, storing, and displaying finished paintings.
• Gouache paints fall somewhere between watercolors and acrylics. The water content of the paintbrush allows the painter to alter the shade of the color. Gouache is a paint to use if the finished painting will be made digital. Older layers of paint will react to new layers as water is added, which could make the image darker than expected.
• Ink allows for details to be highlighted in the painting. This medium was widely used in Egyptian and Asian art.

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ACTIVITIES

Books to read as an overview of painting as an art form or as an introduction to famous artists:

• If Picasso Painted a Snowman by Amy Newbold (ISBN 978-0884485940)
• If da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur by Amy Newbold (ISBN 978-0884486688)
• If Monet Painted a Monster by Amy Newbold (ISBN 978-0884487692)
• The Art Room: Drawing and Painting with Emily Carr by Susan Vande Griek (ISBN 978-0888994493)
• I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont (ISBN 978-0152024888)
• When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden (ISBN 978-0811811217)

American Painters

• Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) was an American portraitist best known for an unfinished painting of George Washington. The image from the painting is the one used on the one-dollar bill.
  • Dear Mr. Washington by Lynn Cullen (ISBN 978-0803730380)
  • Analyze the portrait of George Washington with this resource from the Smithsonian.
• Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was an American landscape painter most well-known for painting the ocean.
  • Breaking Waves: Winslow Homer Paints the Sea by Robert Burleigh (ISBN 978-0823447022)
  • Use one of Homer's paintings as a setting inspiration for a story.
• Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American Impressionist painter. Born in Pennsylvania, Cassat is best known for her paintings of women and children.
  • Read
    • Mary Cassatt by Mike Venezia (ISBN 978-0531212929)
    • Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter by Barbara Herkert (ISBN 978-1627790161)
  • View her paintings at the Art Renewal Center (TeachersFirst review).
  • The National Gallery of Art has created a cross-curricular lesson plan focusing on the painting, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878).
• Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was an American realist painter known for his images of American life.
  • Edward Hopper Paints His World by Robert Burleigh (ISBN 978-0805087529)
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was an American modernist painter known as the "Mother of American modernism".
  • Read
    • Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe by Kathryn Lasky (ISBN 978-0374325299)
    • Through Georgia's Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez (ISBN 978-0805077407)
    • Who Was Georgia O'Keeffe? by Sarah Fabiny (ISBN 978-0448483061)
  • Explore some of these art activities from the O'Keeffe Museum and combine the finished products in a zine.
  • Students can create large flowers using pastels. Find more information here.
• Grant Wood (1891-1942) was an American painter best known for paintings of the American Midwest.
  • Read
    • American Gothic: The Life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (ISBN 978-1419725333)
    • Grant Wood: The Artist in the Hayloft by Deba Foxley Leach (ISBN 978-3791334011)
  • Wood was known as a Regionalist. Have students create a painting of their region. What would they put on the paper to represent where they live?
• Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American painter known for his depiction of American life. Many of his works were published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
  • Read
    • Hi, I'm Norman by Robert Burleigh (ISBN 978-1442496705)
    • Who Was Norman Rockwell? By Sarah Fabiny (ISBN 978-0448488646)
  • Connect to Social Studies by analyzing Rockwell's painting, The Problem We All Live With. The Norman Rockwell Museum has a discussion guide to help.
  • As you are creating a classroom community, look at Rockwell's Golden Rule. Work as a class to create a collage that represents the Golden Rule.
  • Take a virtual visit to the Norman Rockwell Museum.
• Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was an American Abstract Expressionist known for using the drip technique.
  • Read
    • Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti (ISBN 978-0714879086)
    • Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg (ISBN 978-0312367510)
  • Use Pollock's techniques in a study about gravity. Students can explore how gravity impacts paint.
  • Try one of these Ten Jackson Pollock Activities in the classroom.
• Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an American painter who was a leader in the Pop Art movement.
  • Read
    • Whaam! The Life and Art of Roy Lichtenstein by Susan Goldman Rubin (ISBN 978-0810994928)
  • Look through Roy Lichtenstein's works in the Image Duplicator.
  • Use Lichtenstein's Comic Book Graphics style to paint new vocabulary words or content words that the students have learned.
• Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was a leader in the American Pop Art movement.
  • Read
    • Uncle Andy's by James Warhola (ISBN 978-0142403471)
    • Art is Everywhere by Jeff Mack (ISBN 978-1250777157)
    • Andy Warhol (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (ISBN 978-0711257955)
    • Who Was Andy Warhol? by Kirsten Anderson (ISBN 978-0448482422)
  • Take a virtual visit to the Warhol Museum (TeachersFirst review).
• Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter.
  • Read
    • Dancing Through Fields of Color: The Story of Helen Frankenthaler by Elizabeth Brown (ISBN 978-1419734106)
  • The Kimball Art Center has many activities in this lesson plan.
  • Explore color and Frankenthaler's "soak-stain" technique. Pair this activity with It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw (ISBN 978-0064431590) and have the students tell what their "soak-stain" picture looks like.
• Keith Haring (1958-1990) was an American Pop Artist known for his graffiti style.
  • Read
    • Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by Kay Haring (ISBN 978-0525428190)
    • Drawing on Walls by Matthew Burgess (ISBN 978-1592702671)
  • Use Keith Haring's artistic style to support geometry concepts like turns, flips, slides, reflections, and rotations.
  • The Keith Haring Foundation contains information about the artist and has lesson plans that are searchable by curriculum content.
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was an American Neo-expressionist painter who embedded social commentary into his graffiti style.
  • Read
    • Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (ISBN 978-0316213882)
    • Jean-Michel Basquiat (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (ISBN 978-0711245808)
  • Experiment with painting and music through Paint with Music (TeachersFirst review). Choose the canvas, On the Street, for a graffiti-type look.

European Painters

• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian Renaissance artist known for multiple mediums. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
  • Read
    • The Story of Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography Book for New Readers by Ciera O'Neal (ISBN 978-1647399412)
    • Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards (ISBN 978-0448443010)
    • Leonardo and the Flying Boy by Anholt Laurence (ISBN 978-1847808165)
  • The Museum of Science has an instructional unit prepared for teachers. Consider adding this lesson to your unit on simple machines.
  • Explore da Vinci's paintings and much more at the NEH's EDSITEment!
  • Make plaster and encourage students to paint something they have learned on their fresco.
• Michelangelo (1475-1564) was an Italian Renaissance artist. He is best known for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
  • Read
    • Who Was Michelangelo? by Kirsten Anderson (ISBN 978-0399543951)
  • Paint like Michelangelo! Think of an event from Social Studies that the students could paint. Tape paper under their desks and encourage them to lay on their backs and paint above them.
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter, working in the Dutch Golden Age. He is known for his portraits and self-portraits and Biblical scenes.
  • Read
    • Rembrandt and the Boy Who Drew Dogs by Molly Blaisdell (ISBN 978-0764160974)
    • A Weekend with Rembrandt by Pascal Bonfoux (ISBN 978-0847814411)
  • Tour the Rembrandt House Museum (TeachersFirst review).
  • Look at Rembrandt's paintings at the British National Gallery. Notice the use of shadow and light.
  • Use technology to have students take pictures of themselves in different lights. Choose the one that has the best contrast of light and dark. Then students use the pictures as a model and paint their self-portraits.
• Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch Baroque painter. He specialized in scenes from inside homes of the middle-class.
  • Read
    • Anna and Joanna by Geraldine Elschner (ISBN 978-3791373454)
    • Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (ISBN 978-0439372978)
  • Learn more about Vermeer at Essential Vermeer (TeachersFirst review).
• Edouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who began the shift from Realism to Impressionism.
  • Read
    • Edouard Manet: Help Me Find My Painting! by Cindy Price (ISBN 978-1733393294)
  • Compare Manet's paintings of the sea with other famous works. Consider the discussion questions and writing correlations from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a French Impressionist painter. He is best known for his paintings of ballet dancers.
  • Read
    • Degas, Painter of Ballerinas by Susan Goldmab Rubin (ISBN 978-1419728433)
    • Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt (ISBN 978-0764138522)
  • Degas often painted dancers. Partner with physical education and have students paint other examples of motion. Paint soccer players or swimmers or basketball players or karate. Any sport or movement would be appropriate for this activity.
  • Degas's work would be excellent story starters.
  • Pair ballet and art with this lesson from the J. Paul Getty Museum.
• Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was a French PostImpressionist painter. His work bridged the Impressionism movement and the Cubism movement.
  • Read
    • My Dog Thinks I'm a Genius by Harriet Ziefert (ISBN 978-1609050597)
    • Cezanne's Parrot by Amy Guglielmo (ISBN 978-0525515081)
  • Learn more about Cezanne from the WebMuseum of Paris (TeachersFirst review).
  • Focus on still-life paintings in the classroom. Students can paint a bowl or display of fruit. Connect to ELA by writing about the experience.
• Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) was a French Impressionist painter best known for his paintings of nature.
  • Read
    • Who Was Claude Monet? by Ann Waldron (ISBN 978-0448449852)
    • Mornings with Monet by Barb Rosenstock (ISBN 978-0525708179)
    • Monet Paints a Day by Julie Danneberg (ISBN 978-1580892407)
  • Use Monet's paintings and a study of prepositional phrases to write poems about the paintings with this lesson from the J. Paul Getty Museum.
  • Recreate the playground at your school in Impressionist style with this lesson from The Kimball Art Center.
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French Impressionist painter. He is best known for his paintings of people enjoying leisure activities.
  Read
  • Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair by Wendy Wax (ISBN 978-0764160417)
  • Smart About Art: Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Paintings that Smile by True Kelley (ISBN 978-0448433714)
  • Paint like Renoir using oil pastels and watercolors. Liberty Hill House walks students through the process.
• Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was a French Impressionist painter. He is best known for his paintings of Tahiti and Tahitian people.
  • Read
    • The Color of the Night by Helene Kerillis (ISBN 978-3791371283)
    • Mr. Gauguin's Heart by Marie-Danielle Croteau (ISBN 978-0887768248)
  • Use this guided painting video to paint a Tahitian mountain.
• Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. His works include landscapes, still-lifes, portraits, and self-portraits.
  • Read
    • Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky by Barb Rosenstock (ISBN 978-1101937105)
    • The Artist and Me by Shane Peacock (ISBN 978-1771471381)
    • Camille and the Sunflowers by Anholt Laurence (ISBN 978-0711221567)
  • Explore Van Gogh's life and art through the Van Gogh Museum (TeachersFirst review). There is a page focused on Van Gogh for Children.
  • Integrate Van Gogh's work in all grade levels with these lesson plans from the Van Gogh Gallery.
• George Seurat (1859-1891) was a French post-Impressionist painter. He is best known for pointillism and chromoluminarism.
  • Read
    • Seurat and La Grande Jatte by Robert Burleigh (ISBN 978-0810948112)
    • Sundays with Seurat by Jule Merberg (ISBN 978-0811847582)
    • Joining the Dots: The Art of Seurat by In-sook Kim (ISBN 978-1925234992)
  • After reading Seurat and La Grande Jatte, have students recreate the painting using q-tips to try their hands at pointillism.
  • Seurat believed in Chromoluminarism, the idea that artists can express emotion using colors, lines, shapes, and intensity. Students can paint a book character's emotions using this idea. Find more information here.
• Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter during the symbolist movement.
  • Read
    • Klimt and His Cat by Berenice Capatti (ISBN 978-0802852823)
    • The Magical Tree: A Children's Book Inspired by Gustav Klimt by Myriam Ouyessad (ISBN 978-3791372143)
  • Recreate Klimt's famous painting, Tree of Life, with collage and paint. Steps for the project can be found here.
  • Learn about Klimt through this video.
• Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian Expressionist painter.
  • Read
    • The Little Paintbrush by Bjorn F. Rorvik (ISBN 978-1620879962)
  • CNN connected The Scream to the explosion of Krakatoa. Discuss other events that could cause the sky to change colors. Recreate the iconic painting with a different sky; report on an actual event that caused the sky to change color or write a fictional story to explain the sky.
  • Learn how The Scream became a famous painting.
• Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a Spanish artist known for pioneering the Cubism Movement.
  • Read
    • Who Was Pablo Picasso? by True Kelley (ISBN 978-0448449876)
    • Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail by Laurence Anholt (ISBN 978-0764138539)
  • Learn more about Picasso in this video.
  • Explore Picasso's work at the Guggenheim Museum.
  • Vantage Point provides cross-curricular connections and classroom activities to learn more about Picasso.
• Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was a Spanish Surrealist painter.
  • Read
    • Just Being Dali: The Story of Artist Salvador Dali by Amy Guglielmo (ISBN 978-1984816580)
    • Dali and the Path of Dreams by Anna Obiols (ISBN 978-1845077778)
  • The Dali Museum has an activity guide to help students learn more about Salvador Dali.
  • Connect to a unit of time by studying and creating a piece in the The Persistence of Memory style.

International Painters

• Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was a Japanese artist from the Edo period. He is best known for his paintings of nature - Mount Fuji and his iconic painting of the Great Wave.
  • Read
    • The Met Hokusai: He Saw the World in a Wave by Susie Hodge (ISBN 978-0744039788)
    • The Great Wave: A Children's Book Inspired by Hokusai by Veronique Massenot (ISBN 978-3791370583)
  • Paint the Great Wave using Google Art and Culture - Art Coloring Book (TeachersFirst review).
  • Learn about Hokusai by watching this video.
• Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was a famous Mexican painter. He was a leader in the Mexican mural movement and painted large murals around Mexico and in a few major US cities.
  • Read
    • Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh (ISBN 978-0810997318)
    • Diego by Jonah Winter (ISBN 978-1442006126)
  • Explore Diego Rivera's life and work here (TeachersFirst review).
  • Diego Rivera's last mural in San Francisco is documented here (TeachersFirst review). The site includes a recording of Rivera and his team painting the mural as well as commentary on various aspects of the work.
  • Using a large piece of bulletin board paper (size will depend on the number of students), use various art materials to create a class mural. Students can write about their contributions to the piece. Consider taking a picture of the mural and using augmented reality to allow students to describe what they painted. Metaverse Studio (TeachersFirst review) is a program to try.
• Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican painter. She is considered a master of the Surrealist movement. Many of her works were portraits and self-portraits.
  • Read
    • Frida Kahlo and her Animalitos by Monica Brown (ISBN 978-0735842694)
    • Frida Kahlo: A Kid's Book About Expressing Yourself Through Art by Mary Nhin (ISBN 978-1637311660)
    • Who Was Frida Kahlo? by Sarah Fabiny (ISBN 978-0448479385)
  • According to CNN, Kahlo is the Queen of the Selfie. Welcome students back to school by studying her paintings and having students paint self-portraits to introduce themselves.
• Yayoi Kusama (1929 - ) is a Japanese contemporary artist known for her use of polka dots.
  • Read
    • Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti (ISBN 978-1838660802)
    • Painter of Polka Dots: Yayoi Kusama by Young-Ji Cho (ISBN 978-1388736217)
  • Paint like Yayoi Kusama by following this video.
  • Connect to biology and the study of cells with this lesson idea Faber-Castell.

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EXTENSIONS

Scavenger Hunt at the National Gallery of Art

• Visit the National Gallery of Art (TeachersFirst review) and virtually search the paintings for selected items, such as paintings with cherries, a dragon, etc. being specific with other criteria such as the date created if available and the medium used. Students can work individually or as a team to find particular paintings from the clues. Many images can be downloaded, or students can identify the artist and the name of the painting.

Self-Portraits

• Many artists painted self-portraits. After viewing and analyzing some, encourage students to paint their self-portraits in various styles. Display the finished self-portraits side-by-side for comparison and contrast.

Which Artist is This?

• After studying multiple artists from multiple eras, encourage students to paint like different artists. What would the water lilies look like if Frida Kahlo painted them? How would the Campbell's Soup can that made Andy Warhol famous look to Cassatt? Students can compare and contrast the artists and styles by using Canva (TeachersFirst review) to create a Venn Diagram.

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CORRELATION TO STANDARDS

• AASL National School Library Standards
  • Inquire Shared Foundation, Think Domain - Learners display curiosity and initiative by: 1. Formulating questions about a personal interest or a curricular topic. 2. Recalling prior and background knowledge as context for new meaning
  • Inquire Shared Foundation, Share Domain - Learners adapt, communicate, and exchange learning products with others in a cycle that includes: 1. Interacting with content presented by others. 2. Providing constructive feedback. 3. Acting on feedback to improve. 4. Sharing products with an authentic audience.
  • Include Shared Foundation, Share Domain - Learners exhibit empathy with and tolerance for diverse ideas by: 1. Engaging in informed conversation and active debate. 2. Contributing to discussions in which multiple viewpoints on a topic are expressed.
  • Include Shared Foundation, Grow Domain - Learners demonstrate empathy and equity in knowledge building within the global learning community by: 1. Seeking interactions with a range of learners.
  • Collaborate Shared Foundation, Think Domain - Learners identify collaborative opportunities by: 1. Demonstrating their desire to broaden and deepen understandings. 2. Developing new understandings through engagement in a learning group. 3. Deciding to solve problems informed by group interaction.
  • Collaborate Shared Foundation, Create Domain - s Learners participate in personal, social, and intellectual networks by: 1. Using a variety of communication tools and resources. 2. Establishing connections with other learners to build on their own prior knowledge and create new knowledge.
  • Collaborate Shared Foundation, Grow Domain - Learners actively participate with others in learning situations by: 2. Recognizing learning as a social responsibility.
  • Explore Shared Foundation, Think Domain - Learners develop and satisfy personal curiosity by: 1. Reading widely and deeply in multiple formats and writing and creating for a variety of purposes.
  • Explore Shared Foundation, Create Domain - Learners construct new knowledge by: 1. Problem solving through cycles of design, implementation, and reflection.
  • Explore Shared Foundation, Share Domain - Learners engage with the learning community by: 3. Collaboratively identifying innovative solutions to a challenge or problem. Explore Shared Foundation, Grow Domain - Learners develop through experience and reflection by: 1. Iteratively responding to challenges. 2. Recognizing capabilities and skills that can be developed, improved, and expanded. 3. Open-mindedly accepting feedback for positive and constructive growth. 1. ISTE for Students: Empowered Learner 1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
• ISTE Standards for Students
  • Knowledge Constructor - 3d. Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories, and pursuing answers and solutions.
  • Empowered Learner - 1b. Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
  • Innovative Designer - 4d. Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance, and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
  • Global Collaborator - 7c. Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.

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