Art & Ideas: Teaching with Themes

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Art & Ideas: Teaching with Themes

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About this course: This course is designed to help build critical skills that support theme-based teaching practices and build confidence in incorporating modern and contemporary art into interdisciplinary lesson plans. By addressing themes and questions that arise in relation to modern and contemporary art, the course will help you to think creatively about links to your curriculum and the ways that you can tap into students’ knowledge and life experience. In this course, you will explore four themes that educators at The Museum of Modern Art use frequently in their teaching: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Through videos, slideshows, …

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About this course: This course is designed to help build critical skills that support theme-based teaching practices and build confidence in incorporating modern and contemporary art into interdisciplinary lesson plans. By addressing themes and questions that arise in relation to modern and contemporary art, the course will help you to think creatively about links to your curriculum and the ways that you can tap into students’ knowledge and life experience. In this course, you will explore four themes that educators at The Museum of Modern Art use frequently in their teaching: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Through videos, slideshows, and a variety of resources, readings, and activities, you will explore the content and context of works of art in MoMA’s collection. Learners will… - Explore works of modern and contemporary art through a variety of themes that relate to classroom content and student experience. - Hear directly from artists about their ideas and processes. - Learn about the ways that a thematic approach supports interdisciplinary teaching and learning. - Gain exposure to a range of digital resources available for teaching with themes and incorporating content around works of art into your classroom.

Who is this class for: This course is designed for both classroom teachers and educators in informal settings. Its focus is on primary and secondary education, but in some cases the content can be adapted to the requirements of higher education. No prior knowledge of art history or museum-based teaching practice is required. Please note: If you're a lifelong learner but not a teacher, and you’re interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art without the pedagogical component, we recommend you instead take the course, Modern Art & Ideas.

Created by:  The Museum of Modern Art
  • Taught by:  Lisa Mazzola, Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs

    Department of Education
Commitment 5 weeks of study x 2 hours/week, plus 2 hours for final project = 12 hours total Language English, Subtitles: Italian How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.6 stars Average User Rating 4.6See what learners said 课程作业

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The Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental. Our mission is helping you understand, enjoy, and use the art of our time.

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WEEK 1


Module 1: Introduction to Art & Ideas: Teaching with Themes



Be introduced to some of the overall benefits of studying modern and contemporary art through accessible and relevant themes. Understand that themes allow us to make connections with artworks, classroom content, and students’ lives. Become acquainted with the ways that a thematic approach supports student-centered, interdisciplinary teaching.


2 videos, 2 readings expand


  1. 阅读: 1.1 Introduction to Art & Ideas: Teaching With Themes
  2. Video: 1.2 Introduction to Art & Ideas
  3. Video: 1.3 Introduction to Teaching with Themes
  4. 阅读: 1.4 Required Readings & Additional Resources


WEEK 2


Module 2: Places & Spaces
Discover some of the many ways that artists represent place and take inspiration from their environment. Learn how to engage students with sights and structures that will be familiar to many of them.


11 videos, 3 readings expand


  1. 阅读: 2.1 Introduction to Places & Spaces
  2. Video: 2.2 Places & Spaces
  3. Video: 2.3 Teaching with Themes: Places & Spaces
  4. 幻灯片: 2.4 Slideshow
  5. 阅读: 2.4 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
  6. Video: 2.5 Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night. 1889
  7. Video: 2.6 Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942–43
  8. Video: 2.7 Gordon Matta-Clark. Bingo. 1974
  9. Video: 2.8 Andrew Wyeth. Christina's World. 1948
  10. Video: 2.9 Salvador Dalí. The Persistence of Memory. 1931
  11. Video: 2.10 Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914–26
  12. Video: 2.11 Rachel Whiteread. Water Tower. 1998
  13. Video: 2.12 Edward Hopper. House By the Railroad. 1925
  14. Video: 2.13 Louis I. Kahn. Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Study for National Assembly Building). 1962–83
  15. 阅读: 2.14 Required Readings & Additional Resources

Graded: Quiz

WEEK 3


Module 3: Art & Identity
Discover some of the ways artists create works of art to express, explore, and question identity. Gain strategies for using works of art to approach the topic of identity with students.


8 videos, 3 readings expand


  1. 阅读: 3.1 Introduction to Art & Identity
  2. Video: 3.2 Art & Identity
  3. Video: 3.3 Teaching with Themes: Art & Identity
  4. 幻灯片: 3.4 Slideshow
  5. 阅读: 3.4 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
  6. Video: 3.5 Frida Kahlo. Self-Portait with Cropped Hair. 1940
  7. Video: 3.6 Andy Warhol. Gold Marilyn Monroe. 1962
  8. Video: 3.7 Pablo Picasso. Girl Before a Mirror. 1932
  9. Video: 3.8 Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911
  10. Video: 3.9 Henri Matisse. The Red Studio. 1911
  11. Video: 3.10 Rineke Dijkstra. Almerisa series. 1994–2008
  12. 阅读: 3.11 Required Readings & Additional Resources

Graded: Quiz

WEEK 4


Module 4: Transforming Everyday Objects



Discover how artists use everyday objects to challenge assumptions about what constitutes art and how it should be made. Explore a variety of artistic and design choices, and the creative acts of inventing and transforming everyday objects. Gain skills for making interdisciplinary connections and fostering students’ critical thinking abilities.


10 videos, 3 readings expand


  1. 阅读: 4.1 Introduction to Transforming Everyday Objects
  2. Video: 4.2 Transforming Everyday Objects
  3. Video: 4.3 Teaching With Themes: Transforming Everyday Objects
  4. 幻灯片: 4.4 Slideshow
  5. 阅读: 4.4 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
  6. Video: 4.5 Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. 1913
  7. Video: 4.5 Robert Rauschenberg. Bed. 1955
  8. Video: 4.6 Meret Oppenheim. Object. 1936
  9. Video: 4.7 Décolletage Plastique Design Team. Bic Cristal® Ballpoint pen. 1950
  10. Video: 4.8 Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958
  11. Video: 4.9 Mike Kelley. Untitled. 1990
  12. Video: 4.10 Jessica Rosenkrantz, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg. Kinematics Dress. 2013
  13. Video: 4.11 Doris Salcedo. Atrabilious. 1992–93
  14. 阅读: 4.12 Required Readings & Additional Resources

Graded: Quiz

WEEK 5


Module 5: Art & Society
Explore works of art created in response to the social, cultural, and political issues of their time. Gain a deeper understanding of history and contemporary society. Be encouraged to think critically about world events and how they are depicted.


9 videos, 4 readings expand


  1. 阅读: 5.1 Introduction to Art & Society
  2. Video: 5.2 Art & Society
  3. Video: 5.3 Teaching with Themes: Art & Society
  4. 幻灯片: 5.4 Slideshow
  5. 阅读: 5.4 Slideshow [Mobile-Friendly Version]
  6. Video: 5.5 Dorothea Lange. Migrant Mother. 1936
  7. Video: 5.6 Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Untitled (Perfect Lovers). 1991
  8. Video: 5.7 Jacob Lawrence. Migration Series. 1940–41
  9. Video: 5.8 Martha Rosler. House Beautiful (Bringing the War Home). 1967-72
  10. Video: 5.9 Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954-55
  11. Video: 5.10 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Street Dresden. 1908
  12. Video: 5.11 Shahzia Sikander. Candied. 2003
  13. 阅读: 5.12 Required Reading & Additional Resources
  14. 阅读: Funding & Credits

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