COURSE TITLE: MUSEUM MASTERS IN THE CLASSROOM NO. OF CREDITS: 6 QUARTER CREDITS WA CLOCK HRS: 60 [semester equivalent = 4.00 credits] OREGON PDUs: 60 INSTRUCTOR: Debora Supplitt, M.Ed. (360)254-1200 supplitt@comcast.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: K-12 Educators will explore selected Museum Masters from Egyptian times to Modern art, and in a systematic way, study timelines, artistic movements, artists and their masterpieces. From your texts you will develop classroom lesson plans from your choice of over forty Masters. Locate priceless art via the Internet that will directly connect you with a host of world-renowned museums. Through-out this course and by downloading a simple PowerPoint presentation you will have a greater understanding of how to view these classic paintings, times lines, colorful paintings, and the artistic movement of these creative master artists. Required text The Usborne Introduction to Art with Internet links. 2009. ISBN-10: 1409509516. $15.00 new from amazon.com or may be found at your local library (and) The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings. 2009. ISBN ISBN-10: 0794525423 $12.00 New from amazon.com or may be found at your local library. LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course, participants will have: 1. A greater understanding of the art, the masters and the timeline of the given movements. 2. Knowledge on how to access via the Internet the museums that house classic pieces of art. 3. Discovered hidden techniques, symbolisms and mediums used by chosen master artists. 4. Developed an inventory of lesson plans and resources for grade appropriate classroom use and connections. 5. Reflected on their own knowledge of art and how to establish lessons for classroom use. 6. Customized and successfully implemented and integrated Masters in the Museum lessons. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Completion of all specified assignments is required for issuance of hours or credit. The Heritage Institute does not award partial credit. HOURS EARNED: Completing the basic assignments (Section A. Information Acquisition) for this course automatically earns participant s their choice of 60 Washington State Clock Hours or 60 Oregon PDUs. The Heritage Institute is an approved provider of Washington State Clock Hours and Oregon PDUs. Museum Masters 1
UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT Continuing Education Quarter credits are awarded by Antioch University Seattle (AUS). AUS requires 75% or better for credit at the 400 level (Upper Division) and 85% or better to issue credit at the 500 level (Post-Baccalaureate). These criteria refer both to the amount and quality of work submitted. 1. Completion of Information Acquisition assignments 30% 2. Completion of Learning Application assignments 40% 3. Completion of Integration Paper assignment 30% CREDIT/NO CREDIT (No Letter Grades or Numeric Equivalents on Transcripts) Antioch University Seattle (AUS) Continuing Education (CE) Quarter credit is offered on a Credit/No Credit basis; neither letter grades nor numeric equivalents are on a transcript. 400 level credit is equal to a C or better, 500 level credit is equal to a B or better. This information is on the back of the transcript. AUS CE quarter credits may or may not be accepted into degree programs. Prior to registering determine with your district personnel, department head or state education office the acceptability of these credits for your purpose. ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION REQUIRED TEXT The Usborne Introduction to Art with Internet links. (Yellow Monet Cover) 2009. ISBN-10: 1409509516. Usborne Publishing Ltd. London The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings. 2009. ISBN ISBN-10: 0794525423 Usborne Publishing Ltd. London. MATERIAL FEE $14.62 (and) $11.55 for required texts on amazon.com HEADING REQUIRED FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS A heading is required; please use the following format. Your Name: Instructor Name: Course Number: Course Name: Date: Level: Clock/ PDU/ Credit (400 or 500) Assignment #: Museum Masters 2
ASSIGNMENTS REQUIRED FOR HOURS OR UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT A. INFORMATION ACQUISITION Assignment #1: Introduction and Slideshare Viewing In a 1-2 page Introduction describe your current professional situation, and say why you chose this course. Access Slideshare PowerPoint on the Internet (free). www.slideshare.net Sign up and download the PowerPoint presentations. Access, download, and view: How to Look Inside a Painting by Betsy Streeter. Include a brief summary in your introduction paper. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #1 Assignment #2: Introduction to Art: Ancient, Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo Read pages 1-75, Introduction, Ancient and Medieval art, The Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo. Read pg. 139, Usborne Quicklinks. Access four (4) Internet sites from the text books Internet Quicklinks connection. In 1-2 pages discuss the Masters of Art chosen and your findings from the Internet Quicklinks sites. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #2. Assignment #3: Introduction to Art: Revolution and The Modern World Read pages 76-115 Revolution and The Modern World. Locate six (6) Internet sites from any six of the Museum Masters from your readings. Write 1 page per Master (6 pages) on any 6 of your choice of Museum Masters. Discuss your chosen Master, Artistic Movement they are associated with, their paintings and body of work, and a reflection comparing and contrasting the Masters. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #3. Assignment #4: Introduction to Art: Behind the Scenes Read pages 118-138. In a 1-2 page paper discuss newly gained knowledge about three (3) new Masters of the Museum. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #4. Assignment #5: Book Of Famous Paintings (textbook #2). Read pages1-53. Select 3 artists from the twenty-one presented in the text. In a 1-2 page paper discuss these selected artists and their paintings. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #5. Assignment #6: Book of Famous Paintings: 20th Century Masters. Read pages 54-79. Observe the different style of Modern art compared to previously studied Masters. Choose three (3) 20 th Century Masters, discuss their styles, compare and contrast to previously selected Masters of Art. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #6 Museum Masters 3
Assignment #7: Book of Famous Paintings: Timeline of the Masters Make a creative timeline of all the Masters of the Museum that you have selected. Take a jpeg image. Send jpeg image: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name) #7. Assignment #8: Create a Resource File From the twenty (20) different Masters of Art that you have previously selected create a web based resource, PowerPoint, visual mind map or documented jpeg file of those Masters and their works of art. Place these artists and masterpieces in chronological order. For each piece of art selected, discuss the artist content, their artistic style, mood, and in your opinion, what makes this piece of art worthy to be called a Masterpiece, and how they are all connected to each other. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name) #8 Assignment #9: Colleagues and/or Community Develop a discussion with other teachers at your school regarding your findings on the Masters of Museums and how you hope to integrate this knowledge into your curriculum. In a 1-2 page report summarize the context of this discussion; include all suggested action plan(s) and timeline(s) for implementation. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #9 This completes the assignments required for Hours. Continue to the next section for additional assignments required for University Quarter Credit. Museum Masters 4
ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENTS REQUIRED FOR UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT B. LEARNING APPLICATION In this section you will apply your learning to your professional situation. This course assumes that most participants are classroom teachers who have access to students. If you are not teaching in a classroom, please contact the instructor for course modifications. If you are a classroom teacher and start or need to complete this course during the summer, please try to apply your ideas when possible with youth from your neighborhood, at a local public library or parks department facility (they will often be glad to sponsor community-based learning) or with students in another teacher s summer classroom in session. Assignment #10: (Required for 400 and 500 Level) From any of your selected Masters of the Museum develop ten art lesson plans for your grade level and classroom using the SIOP form (free download) at:www.siopinstitute.net/classroom.html Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name) #10. Assignment #11: (Required for 400 and 500 Level) From Assignment #10 choose three lessons and discuss the Master artist s style; then compare and contrast the artistic style and technique in the three lessons. Teach these lessons to a classroom or community based group. Write a 1-3 page evaluation and include any modifications you made to refine these lessons. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read (your name) #11. 500 LEVEL ASSIGNMENT: Assignment #12: (500 Level only) In addition to the 400 level assignments, complete one of the following: Option A) Prepare a presentation, for colleagues or another group, highlighting the chosen Masters of the Museum, techniques, and information that you have learned from this course. The presentation can be in the form of a PowerPoint or other design with instructor s approval. Include a copy of any handout(s) you will use. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net Subject line to read: (your name) #12-A. OR Option B) Prepare a resource list of Internet sites that highlight all of your chosen Masters of Art from Assignment #8, include the museum, city and country where their art works can be found, and discuss in a 1-3 page paper how the Masters made a pivotal social impacted with their art during their given time, movement or period. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name), #12-B. OR Option C) Another assignment of your own design with prior approval of the instructor. Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name) #12C. Museum Masters 5
ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED FOR UNIVERSITY QUARTER CREDIT C. INTEGRATION PAPER Assignment #13: (Required for 400 and 500 Level) Write a 2-3 page Integration Paper answering these questions: 1. What did you learn vs. what you expected to learn from this course? 2. What aspects of the course were most helpful and why? 3. What further knowledge and skills in this general area do you feel you need? 4. How, when and where will you use what you have learned? 5. How and with what other school or community members might you share what you learned? Send to instructor: supplitt@comcast.net. Subject line to read (your name) #13. INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS ON YOUR WORK: Please indicate by email to the instructor if you would like to receive comments on your assignments. QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHING THIS COURSE: Debora Supplitt M.Ed. received her Masters and Bachelors degree from San Francisco State University. She has worked with students of all levels, including pre-school, elementary, middle school, high school and professional educators, since 1980. She is certified in Washington, Oregon and California in Pre/K-12 Special and Elementary Education and is highly qualified in the core areas of Art, Music, Reading, and Special Education as well as being a trained Intervention Specialist. Debora knows the importance of providing a creative environment where all students and teachers can thrive. Presently, she is working in her dream position as a full time middle school Art Teacher. Recently, she is part of a delegation with the National Art Educators Association (NAEA) to travel to Cuba to study art, education and culture. Debora provides classroom teachers with the tools and resources needed to integrate art into the daily curriculum and is always busy developing new, creative and fun workshops for teachers. She is passionate about providing exciting, meaningful, useful and fun-filled continuing education for all teachers. Museum Masters 6
MUSEUM MASTERS IN THE CLASSROOM BIBLIOGRAPHY Dickens, Rosie. 2009. The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings. Saffron-Hills, London, Usborne Publishing Ltd. 96 pages. ISBN: 978-0-7945-2542-2 This lavish book provides a picture-by-picture introduction to 35 of the world's best known, best loved paintings, from oil paintings to prints, all beautifully reproduced and explained in a simple, engaging way. Dickins, Rosie. 2004 The Usborne Introduction to Modern Art. Saffron-Hills, London, Usborne Publishing Ltd. 96 pages. ISBN-10: 0439895324 From the first stirrings of the avant-garde movement in the 19th century to the latest controversies over contemporary art -- this fascinating book tells the story of modern art, clearly and simply. Over 100 illustrations of modern art are included along with recommended websites for much more from museums and online galleries. Dickens, Rosie. 2003. The Usborne Introduction to Art: Internet - Linked [Blue Hardcover]. 144 pages. ISBN-10: 0439792029 This book is a wonderful introduction to art history. Full page colored photographs of Masters of Art prints. This is different from the Usborne Internet-linked Introduction to Modern Art (Usborne Internet Linked), which has some of the same pages towards the end of this book. This has better coverage on the early masters work. Dickins, Rosie and Griffith, Mari. 2009.The Usborne Introduction to ART Internet Linked. (Yellow Hardcover) Saffron Hills, London, Usborne Publishing Ltd. 144 pages. ISBN-10: 1409509516 This is a magnificent book that no art teacher s library should be without. In this book there are Western paintings, Ancient Egyptian tomb decorations, and modern art. Not complicated to follow, it is illustrated with over 160 of the world's greatest works of art. Find the easy-to-access Internet web guide to locate thousands of masterpieces. Kohl, MaryAnn F., Solga, Kim. 1996. Discovering Great Artist. Bright Ring Publishing, Inc. Bellingham, WA. 142 pages. ISBN: 0-935607-09-9. This book features just about all the masters of art. It's divided into four chapters: Renaissance & Post- Renaissance, Impressionists & Post-Impressionists, Expressionists...& Surrealists, Modern & Folk Art. Each page features a different artist, with a simple sketch of the artist, a brief biography, and several ideas on how to re-create that artist's style. Runyen, Amy. 2010. You Can Paint Like the Masters. Walter Foster Publishing, Inc, Irvine CA. 96 pages. ISBN-10: 1600586090 From Van Gogh's famous flowers to Dali's timeless melting clocks, this book offers beginning artists a selection of masterpieces to re-create. You Can Paint Like the Masters touches on 7 great art movements and several famous artists throughout history. Readers discover fun facts about the Masters and the art movements! Museum Masters 7