INTEGRATED+ACTIVITIES

INTEGRATE THE 11 ARTISTS INTO THESE CUMULATIVE ACTIVITIES:

 * Students can easily learn to recognize the identifying characteristics of these 11 artists' works. Point out:**
 * 1) El Greco - the unique hand position - garish, elongated religious figures -
 * 2) Velasquez - formal portraiture that looks lifelike
 * 3) Goya - show works from his early and late periods
 * 4) Dali - surrealist works
 * 5) Picasso - cubism works
 * 6) Miro - colorful, line drawings
 * 7) Posada - skeletons!
 * 8) Rivera - indigenous portraits, murals
 * 9) Kahlo - a self-portrait, of course!
 * 10) Botero - any work will be fat! painting or sculpture (check out his "copies" of famous works like the "Mona Lisa"
 * 11) Lomas Garza - mexican traditions, lots of people, colorful


 * Ways you might Compare/Contrast the Artists:**




 * Differentiated Instruction - Choice Board**




 * Gallery Role-Play -**




 * 1) Post copies of works of the 11 artists around the room. (I used the students' copies from the "Final Project" above mixed with laminated prints of famous works)
 * 2) Assign roles (students may be given 1-2 days notice) to students (11 artists to stand near their "work", gallery hosts, art critics, reporters (newspaper and television - I used FlipVideo Cameras and digital voice recorders to add realism), visitors to art gallery
 * 3) Let the Action take place! As long as students are participating an "in character" they can receive oral grades