Connect to Art: Cross Curricular Lesson Ideas
"When the arts are a disciplinary partner with other subjects, they generate conditions that cognitive scientists say are ideal for learning. The curriculum becomes more hands-on and project-based, offering what the University of Chicago researchers have called authentic and challenging work. Learning in all subjects becomes visible through the arts."
— Executive Director of Arts Policy Center
Follow the links below for ways to expose students to famous artists while teaching key concepts in math, writing, science, history/social studies and art! The cross curricular activities suggested can all be reinforced through literature by reading the book series entitled Masterpieces: Artists and Their Works.
By Artist
Mary Cassatt
Leonardo da Vinci
Henri Matisse
Michelangelo
Claude Monet
